
Security: ID - Colorado Springs, CO - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
IT Security:
ID Access
United States Location
Colorado Springs
CO
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 2/1/24 to 1/30/25
Salary Average
$90,988
Experience Requirement
6 Years
Raise +1 Year
$5,220 at 5.74%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years: $90,988 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $74,370 & $107,605; and, 5% of Jobs top $131,838.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.
$461,926 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 2/1/24 to 1/30/25.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $139,862 |
5% | $131,838 |
10% | $122,695 |
25% | $107,605 |
33% | $101,477 |
50% | $90,988 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $87,897 | $94,079 |
25% | $83,147 | $98,828 |
33% | $80,499 | $101,477 |
50% | $74,370 | $107,605 |
67% | $66,946 | $115,029 |
95% | $42,114 | $139,862 |
Salary Average =
$90,988
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
5 Years | $85,735 | $5,253 at 6.13% |
6 Years | $90,988 | $5,220 at 5.74% |
7 Years | $96,208 | $5,198 at 5.40% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases gradually in the first years, rises moderately with greater experience and grows robustly into maturity.
Salary Growth Overall :
The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is equal to that in the USA IT job market as a whole.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $55,610 at the low experience of Entry Level; $90,988 at the average experience of 6 Years; and, $125,089 at the top experience of 12 Years and 7 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
15 Years and 6 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 2/1/24 to 1/30/25.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
Entry Level | $55,610 | $7,847 at 14.11% |
1 Year | $63,457 | $6,007 at 9.47% |
2 Years | $69,464 | $5,571 at 8.02% |
3 Years | $75,035 | $5,395 at 7.19% |
4 Years | $80,430 | $5,305 at 6.60% |
5 Years | $85,735 | $5,253 at 6.13% |
6 Years | $90,988 | $5,220 at 5.74% |
7 Years | $96,208 | $5,198 at 5.40% |
8 Years | $101,406 | $5,183 at 5.11% |
9 Years | $106,589 | $5,172 at 4.85% |
10 Years | $111,761 | $5,164 at 4.62% |
11 Years | $116,925 | $5,158 at 4.41% |
12 Years | $122,083 | $5,153 at 4.22% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | Entry Level | $55,610 | $7,847 at 14.11% |
Average | 6 Years | $90,988 | $5,220 at 5.74% |
Top | 12 Years and 7 Months | $125,089 | $5,151 at 4.12% |
Qualifications
Description
Security of information technology operations, with ID access, is the position's primary responsibility.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
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- IT Security,
- Cybersecurity, Infosec or Information Technology (IT) Security;
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- Identity Access,
- Access Authorization, Credentials, Identity Accreditation, Identity Authentication, PKI, IdM (Identity Management), IAM (Identity and Access Management), GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification), CA Identity Suite, F5, NetIQ, Palo Alto Networks firewall, Ping or SailPont IdentityIQ.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
- Project Lead,
- Development Manager, Lead Developer, Project Lead, Project Manager, Project Supervisor, Team Lead, Team Supervisor or Technical Lead,
- 9.5% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 17.6% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 51.4% of job descriptions;
- Associate of Arts/Science Degree,
- 2.7% of job descriptions;
- Financial Sector,
- Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Finance, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street,
- 13.5% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 14.9% of job descriptions;
- ServiceNow,
- 13.5% of job descriptions;
- Oracle,
- 10.8% of job descriptions;
- CISM (Certified Information Security Manager),
- 10.8% of job descriptions;
- CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor),
- 6.8% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 4.1% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 5.4% of job descriptions.
Location
Colorado Springs, CO
- Colorado,
- Colorado Springs, El Paso, Manitou Springs, Security-Widefield and Stratmoor Hills.
These locations are all included in the Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).