US IT Security: ID & Protect - San Jose, CA - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
IT Security:
US Government
ID Access and Data Integrity
Readiness-Response
United States Location
San Jose -
- San Francisco - Oakland
CA, USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 9/1/23 to 8/30/24
Salary Average
$141,019
Experience Requirement
4 Years and 11 Months
Raise +1 Year
$16,821 at 11.93%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 4 Years & 11 Months: $141,019 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $128,583 & $153,456; and, 5% of Jobs top $171,441.
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.
$353,226 = 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 9/1/23 to 8/30/24.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $177,325 |
| 5% | $171,441 |
| 10% | $164,687 |
| 25% | $153,456 |
| 33% | $148,874 |
| 50% | $141,019 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 4 Years and 11 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
| Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Low Salary | High Salary | |
| 10% | $138,704 | $143,335 |
| 25% | $135,147 | $146,892 |
| 33% | $133,165 | $148,874 |
| 50% | $128,583 | $153,456 |
| 67% | $123,046 | $158,993 |
| 95% | $104,714 | $177,325 |
Salary Average =
$141,019
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 4 Years and 11 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Years and 11 Months | $120,586 | $20,433 at 16.95% |
| 4 Years and 11 Months | $141,019 | $16,821 at 11.93% |
| 5 Years and 11 Months | $157,840 | $14,286 at 9.05% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases extremely rapidly in the first years, rises moderately with greater experience and approaches a ceiling with maturity.
Salary Growth Overall :
The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is more than that in the USA IT job market as a whole.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $58,924 at the low experience of 1 Year and 11 Months; $141,019 at the average experience of 4 Years and 11 Months; and, $184,536 at the top experience of 7 Years and 11 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
14 Years and 7 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 9/1/23 to 8/30/24.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Years | $62,450 | $34,595 at 55.40% |
| 3 Years | $97,045 | $25,420 at 26.19% |
| 4 Years | $122,465 | $20,075 at 16.39% |
| 5 Years | $142,540 | $16,576 at 11.63% |
| 6 Years | $159,116 | $14,109 at 8.87% |
| 7 Years | $173,225 | $12,275 at 7.09% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 1 Year and 11 Months | $58,924 | $35,666 at 60.53% |
| Average | 4 Years and 11 Months | $141,019 | $16,821 at 11.93% |
| Top | 7 Years and 11 Months | $184,536 | $10,967 at 5.94% |
Qualifications
Description
Security of federal government information technology operations, with ID access and data integrity readiness and response, 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;
- USA Government agency or department;
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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;
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- Information Assurance,
- Data Leak, Data Loss, Data Protect, Data Recover, DLP or Information Assurance.
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,
- 8.5% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 11.2% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 62.8% of job descriptions;
- CISM (Certified Information Security Manager),
- 4.8% of job descriptions;
- ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
- 4.3% of job descriptions;
- PMP (Project Management Professional),
- 2.1% of job descriptions;
- Scrum software methodology,
- 2.1% of job descriptions.
Location
San Jose - San Francisco, CA
- California,
- Alameda, Alameda County, Alamo, Albany, Alum Rock, Alviso, Antioch, Ashland, Atherton, Bay Area, Bay Point, Belmont, Benicia, Berkeley, Boyes Hot Springs, Brisbane, Burlingame, Campbell, Capitola, Castre Valley, Concord, Contra Costa, Contra Costa County, Corte Madea, Cupertino, Daly City, Danville, Dixon, Dublin, East Palo Alto, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Emeryville, Fairfax, Fairfield, Foster City, Fremont, Gilroy, Half Moon Bay, Hayward, Healdsburg, Hercules, Hillsborough, Julian, Kensington, Lafayette, Larkspur, Livermore, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Marin, Marin County, Martinez, Menlo Park, Mill Valley, Millbrae, Milpitas, Moraga, Mountain View, Napa, Napa County, Newark, North Fair Oaks, Novato, Oakland, Orinda, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Petaluma, Piedmont, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Redwood City, Redwood Shores, Richmond, Rodeo, Rohnert Park, San Anselmo, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Francisco, San Francisco County, San Jose, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, San Mateo, San Mateo County, San Pablo, San Rafael, San Ramon, San Raphael, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Santa Rosa, Saratoga, Sausalito, Scotts Valley, Silicon Valley, Solano, Solano County, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Soquel, South San Francisco, Stanford, Sunnyvale, Tara Hills, Tiburon, Timalpais Valley, Union City, Vacaville, Vallejo, Walnut Creek, Walnut Creek West, Watsonville and Woodside.
These locations are all included in the San Jose - San Francisco, CA metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).