Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Python and
Java
Development

United States Location

Colorado Springs
CO
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

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

Salary Average

$118,315

Experience Requirement

6 Years and 5 Months

Raise +1 Year

$8,371 at 7.08%

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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 & 5 Months: $118,315 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $105,972 & $130,657; and, 5% of Jobs top $148,557.

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% $154,437
5% $148,557
10% $141,824
25% $130,657
33% $126,108
50% $118,315
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years and 5 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% $116,017 $120,612
25% $112,488 $124,141
33% $110,521 $126,108
50% $105,972 $130,657
67% $100,471 $136,158
95% $82,192 $154,437
Salary Average =

$118,315

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 and 5 Months Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
5 Years and 5 Months $110,679 $7,635 at 6.90%
6 Years and 5 Months $118,315 $8,371 at 7.08%
7 Years and 5 Months $126,686 $8,993 at 7.10%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases gradually in the first years, rises stably with greater experience and grows briskly 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: $95,245 at the low experience of 2 Years and 4 Months; $118,315 at the average experience of 6 Years and 5 Months; and, $156,126 at the top experience of 10 Years and 6 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 2 Years and 4 Months $95,245 $2,977 at 3.13%
Average 6 Years and 5 Months $118,315 $8,371 at 7.08%
Top 10 Years and 6 Months $156,126 $10,553 at 6.76%

Qualifications

Description

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

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Python;
  • Java;
  • 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:
Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
35.2% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
88.5% 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,
13.9% of job descriptions;
Git,
15.6% of job descriptions;
Jira,
23.8% of job descriptions;
Scala,
25.4% of job descriptions;
Shell Scripts,
4.9% of job descriptions;
MongoDB,
27.9% of job descriptions;
Spark,
23.8% of job descriptions;
MySQL,
9% of job descriptions;
Google App Engine (GAE),
13.1% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
59.8% 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).