Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Software
Change-Configuration-Release
Management

United States Location

Colorado Springs
CO
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 11/1/24 to 10/31/25

Salary Average

$63,620

Experience Requirement

5 Years

Raise +1 Year

$8,100 at 12.73%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 5 Years: $63,620 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $56,343 & $70,896; and, 5% of Jobs top $81,488.

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.

$348,843 = 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 11/1/24 to 10/31/25.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $84,985
5% $81,488
10% $77,496
25% $70,896
33% $68,213
50% $63,620
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 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% $62,266 $64,974
25% $60,186 $67,054
33% $59,026 $68,213
50% $56,343 $70,896
67% $53,095 $74,144
95% $42,254 $84,985
Salary Average =

$63,620

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 5 Years Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
4 Years $56,154 $7,466 at 13.30%
5 Years $63,620 $8,100 at 12.73%
6 Years $71,720 $8,686 at 12.11%

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: $54,976 at the low experience of 3 Years and 10 Months; $75,270 at the average experience of 6 Years and 5 Months; and, $100,267 at the top experience of 9 Years and 1 Month.

Experience End Points :

0 = Entry Level.

17 Years and 2 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 11/1/24 to 10/31/25.

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Salary by Year

Salary and Experience Range

95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top

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,
5.9% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
84.7% of job descriptions;
Associate of Arts/Science Degree,
5.9% 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,
52.9% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
3.5% of job descriptions;
ServiceNow,
65.9% of job descriptions;
Jira,
22.4% of job descriptions;
Git,
11.8% of job descriptions;
Workday,
10.6% of job descriptions;
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
60% of job descriptions;
PMP (Project Management Professional),
5.9% of job descriptions;
Agile software methodology,
22.4% 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).