Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Python
Development

United States Location

Denver - Boulder - Greeley
CO
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 9/1/23 to 8/30/24

Salary Average

$114,444

Experience Requirement

6 Years

Raise +1 Year

$3,524 at 3.08%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 6 Years: $114,444 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $97,043 & $131,844; and, 5% of Jobs top $157,033.

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.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $165,286
5% $157,033
10% $147,569
25% $131,844
33% $125,433
50% $114,444
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% $111,204 $117,683
25% $106,228 $122,659
33% $103,454 $125,433
50% $97,043 $131,844
67% $89,293 $139,594
95% $63,601 $165,286
Salary Average =

$114,444

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.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
5 Years $110,368 $4,075 at 3.69%
6 Years $114,444 $3,524 at 3.08%
7 Years $117,967 $3,104 at 2.63%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases 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 less than that in the USA IT job market as a whole.

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $69,641 at the low experience of 4 Months; $114,444 at the average experience of 6 Years; and, $130,058 at the top experience of 11 Years and 8 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.

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Salary and Experience Range

95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
Low 4 Months $69,641 $15,474 at 22.22%
Average 6 Years $114,444 $3,523 at 3.08%
Top 11 Years and 8 Months $130,058 $1,995 at 1.53%

Qualifications

Description

Application development, using Python programming language, is the position's primary responsibility.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Python;
  • Software-Application Developer,
    Agile, Application (App), Back End, Big Data, Cloud, .Net, Embedded, Front End, Full Stack, Machine Learning, Mobile, Portal, Software (SW), User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX) or Web,
    and
    Analyst, Architect, Developer, Engineer, Lead or Programmer.

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,
20.3% of job descriptions;
Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
36.7% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
77.8% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
5.7% of job descriptions;
Spark,
46.2% of job descriptions;
PostgreSQL,
27.8% of job descriptions;
Oracle,
5.1% of job descriptions;
MongoDB,
2.5% of job descriptions;
Shell Scripts,
4.4% of job descriptions;
Google App Engine (GAE),
5.7% of job descriptions;
Microsoft Azure,
12% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
69% of job descriptions.

Location

Denver, CO

Colorado,
Adams, Arapahoe, Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Broadway Estates, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Cherry Hills Village, Cherry Knolls, Commerce City, Denver, Douglas, Dupont, Edgewater, Englewood, Evergreen, Federal Heights, Fort Lupton, Golden, Greeley, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Jefferson, Lafayetville, Lakewood, Littleton, Loisville, Longmont, Northglen, Parker, Sheridan, Sherrelwood, Thornton, Weld, Westminster, Wheat Ridge and Windsor.

These locations are all included in the Denver, CO metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).