Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Software
Change-Configuration-Release
Management

United States Location

Chicago - Gary - Kenosha
IL - IN - WI
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 2/1/24 to 1/30/25

Salary Average

$110,406

Experience Requirement

6 Years and 4 Months

Raise +1 Year

$7,835 at 7.10%

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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 & 4 Months: $110,406 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $99,553 & $121,259; and, 5% of Jobs top $137,148.

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.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $142,439
5% $137,148
10% $131,140
25% $121,259
33% $117,254
50% $110,406
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years and 4 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% $108,388 $112,424
25% $105,287 $115,525
33% $103,557 $117,254
50% $99,553 $121,259
67% $94,696 $126,116
95% $78,372 $142,439
Salary Average =

$110,406

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 4 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 4 Months $102,490 $7,916 at 7.72%
6 Years and 4 Months $110,406 $7,835 at 7.10%
7 Years and 4 Months $118,240 $7,781 at 6.58%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases steadily in the first years, rises stably with greater experience and grows consistently into 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: $78,254 at the low experience of 2 Years and 5 Months; $110,406 at the average experience of 6 Years and 4 Months; and, $140,840 at the top experience of 10 Years and 3 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.

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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 5 Months $78,254 $8,629 at 11.03%
Average 6 Years and 4 Months $110,406 $7,834 at 7.10%
Top 10 Years and 3 Months $140,840 $7,699 at 5.47%

Qualifications

Description

Software change, configuration and release management to document state-of-the-art software code, track problem reports, record issue resolution, control version use, register new development code, prepare staff and facilities for change, and install updates, is the position's primary responsibility.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Change Management (CM),
    Build Administrator, Build and Deploy, Build Engineer, Build Manager, Change Manager (CM), Configuration Manager (CM), Release Manager or Source Control.

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,
30.5% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
76.3% 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,
15.3% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
11.9% of job descriptions;
Jira,
37.3% of job descriptions;
ServiceNow,
35.6% of job descriptions;
Git,
23.7% of job descriptions;
Workday,
20.3% of job descriptions;
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
25.4% of job descriptions;
Agile software methodology,
30.5% of job descriptions;
Microsoft Azure,
10.2% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
3.4% of job descriptions.

Location

Chicago, IL

Illinois,
Addison, Arlington Heights, Aurora, Batavia, Barrington, Berwyn, Bollingbrook, Boone, Buffalo Grove, Burbank, Calumet City, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Chicago Heights, Chicago, Cicero, Cook County, Crystal Lake, De Kalb County, De Kalb, Deerfield, Des Plaines, Downers Grove, DuPage County, East Chicago, Elgin, Elk Grove, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Evanston, Geneva, Glendale Heights, Glenview, Grundy County, Hanover Park, Harvard, Harvey, Highland Park, Hines, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Homewood, Itasca, Joliet, Kane County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, Lake County, Lake Forest, Lansing, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Lombard, Maywood, McHenry County, Morris, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, Naperville, Niles, Norridge, North Chicago, Northbrook, Oak Brook, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Ogle, Orland Park, Palatine, Park Forest, Park Ridge, Plano, Riverside, Riverwoods, Rochelle, Rockford, Rolling, Romeoville, Rosemont, Schaumburg, Schiller Park, Skokie, St Charles, Streamwood, Tinley Park, Vernon Hills, Warrenville, Waukegan, Westchester, Wheaton, Wheeling, Will County, Wilmette, Winebago, Wood Dale and Woodridge;
Indiana,
Cedar Lake, Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Hobart, Lake County, Lake, Merrilvilee, Merrilville, Portage, Porter County, and Valparaiso;
Wisconsin,
Kenosha County and Kenosha.

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