Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Software
Change-Configuration-Release
Management

United States Location

Huntsville
AL
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 7/1/24 to 6/30/25

Salary Average

$71,435

Experience Requirement

3 Years and 3 Months

Raise +1 Year

$6,314 at 8.84%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 3 Years & 3 Months: $71,435 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $61,932 & $80,939; and, 5% of Jobs top $94,756.

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.

$442,461 = 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 7/1/24 to 6/30/25.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $99,311
5% $94,756
10% $89,552
25% $80,939
33% $77,435
50% $71,435
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 3 Years and 3 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% $69,667 $73,204
25% $66,950 $75,921
33% $65,436 $77,435
50% $61,932 $80,939
67% $57,692 $85,179
95% $43,559 $99,311
Salary Average =

$71,435

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 3 Years and 3 Months Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
3 Years and 3 Months $71,435 $6,314 at 8.84%
4 Years and 3 Months $77,749 $7,279 at 9.36%

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: $71,435 at the low experience of 3 Years and 3 Months; $93,756 at the average experience of 6 Years and 4 Months; and, $122,402 at the top experience of 9 Years and 5 Months.

Experience End Points :

0 = Entry Level.

17 Years = 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 7/1/24 to 6/30/25.

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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 3 Years and 3 Months $71,435 $6,314 at 8.84%
Average 6 Years and 4 Months $93,756 $8,715 at 9.30%
Top 9 Years and 5 Months $122,402 $10,350 at 8.46%

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,
19.1% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
83% 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,
41.5% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
6.4% of job descriptions;
Jira,
28.7% of job descriptions;
ServiceNow,
57.4% of job descriptions;
Git,
14.9% of job descriptions;
Workday,
13.8% of job descriptions;
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
52.1% of job descriptions;
PMP (Project Management Professional),
8.5% of job descriptions;
Agile software methodology,
25.5% of job descriptions;
Microsoft Azure,
5.3% of job descriptions.

Location

Huntsville, AL

Alabama,
Athens, Hunstville, Limestone and Madison.

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