Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Software
Change-Configuration-Release
Management

United States Location

San Diego
CA
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

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

Salary Average

$98,561

Experience Requirement

6 Years and 4 Months

Raise +1 Year

$5,576 at 5.66%

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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: $98,561 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $88,872 & $108,250; and, 5% of Jobs top $122,435.

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% $127,158
5% $122,435
10% $117,071
25% $108,250
33% $104,675
50% $98,561
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% $96,760 $100,363
25% $93,991 $103,131
33% $92,447 $104,675
50% $88,872 $108,250
67% $84,537 $112,586
95% $69,964 $127,158
Salary Average =

$98,561

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 $93,452 $5,109 at 5.47%
6 Years and 4 Months $98,561 $5,576 at 5.66%
7 Years and 4 Months $104,138 $5,957 at 5.72%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases gradually 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 equal to that in the USA IT job market as a whole.

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $83,364 at the low experience of 2 Years and 5 Months; $98,561 at the average experience of 6 Years and 4 Months; and, $122,395 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 $83,364 $2,253 at 2.70%
Average 6 Years and 4 Months $98,561 $5,577 at 5.66%
Top 10 Years and 3 Months $122,395 $6,820 at 5.57%

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

San Diego, CA

California,
Alpine, Carlsbad, Casa de Oro, Chula Vista, Coronado, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Fellbrook, Imperial Beach, La Jolla, La Mesa, Lakeside, Lemon Grove, National City, Oceanside, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Spring Valley and Vista.

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