
Software Change Management - St. Louis, MO - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Software
Change-Configuration-Release
Management
United States Location
St. Louis
MO - IL
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 6/1/24 to 5/30/25
Salary Average
$121,015
Experience Requirement
6 Years and 4 Months
Raise +1 Year
$13,872 at 11.46%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years & 4 Months: $121,015 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $108,092 & $133,937; and, 5% of Jobs top $152,725.
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.
$425,267 = 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 6/1/24 to 5/30/25.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $158,919 |
5% | $152,725 |
10% | $145,649 |
25% | $133,937 |
33% | $129,173 |
50% | $121,015 |
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% | $118,610 | $123,419 |
25% | $114,916 | $127,114 |
33% | $112,857 | $129,173 |
50% | $108,092 | $133,937 |
67% | $102,327 | $139,703 |
95% | $83,110 | $158,919 |
Salary Average =
$121,015
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.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
5 Years and 4 Months | $108,107 | $12,907 at 11.94% |
6 Years and 4 Months | $121,015 | $13,872 at 11.46% |
7 Years and 4 Months | $134,887 | $14,775 at 10.95% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases steadily in the first years, rises vigorously with greater experience and grows briskly 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: $84,873 at the low experience of 3 Years and 3 Months; $121,015 at the average experience of 6 Years and 4 Months; and, $166,639 at the top experience of 9 Years and 5 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
16 Years and 9 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 6/1/24 to 5/30/25.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
4 Years | $92,588 | $11,447 at 12.36% |
5 Years | $104,035 | $12,566 at 12.08% |
6 Years | $116,601 | $13,559 at 11.63% |
7 Years | $130,160 | $14,479 at 11.12% |
8 Years | $144,639 | $15,353 at 10.61% |
9 Years | $159,992 | $16,195 at 10.12% |
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 | $84,873 | $10,461 at 12.33% |
Average | 6 Years and 4 Months | $121,015 | $13,872 at 11.46% |
Top | 9 Years and 5 Months | $166,639 | $16,538 at 9.92% |
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:
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- 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,
- 21.3% 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,
- 39.4% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 8.5% of job descriptions;
- Jira,
- 30.9% of job descriptions;
- ServiceNow,
- 56.4% of job descriptions;
- Git,
- 17% of job descriptions;
- Workday,
- 12.8% of job descriptions;
- ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
- 50% of job descriptions;
- Agile software methodology,
- 26.6% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 7.4% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 2.1% of job descriptions.
Location
St. Louis, MO
- Illinois,
- Alton, Belleville, Bethalto, Cahokie, Centreville, Clinton, Collinsville, East Alton, East St Louis, Edwardsville, Fairview Heights, Glen Carbon, Granite City, Highland, Jersey, Jerseyville, Madison, Monroe, O'Fallon, St. Clair, Swansea, Troy, Washington Park, Waterloo and Wood River;
- Missouri,
- Afton, Ballwin, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Berkeley, Black Jack, Breckeridge Hills, Brentwood, Bridgeton, Chesterfield, Clayton, Concord, Crawford, Crestwood, Creve Coeur, Dellwood, Des Peres, Ellisville, Ferguson, Florisant, Franklin, Glasgow Village, Glendale, Hazelwood, Hermann, Jefferson, Jennings, Kirkwood, Ladue, Lemay, Lincoln, Louis, Manchester, Maplewood, Maryland Heights, Mehlville, Murphy, Northwoods, O'Fallon, Oakville, Olivette, Overland, Pine Lawn, Richmond Heights, Richmond Hts, Rock Hill, Saint, Sappington, Shrewsbury, Spanish Lake, St Ann, St Charles, St John, St Louis, St Peters, Sullivan, Town Country, Union, University City, Warren, Washington, Webster Groves, Wildwood and Winfield.
These locations are all included in the St. Louis, MO metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).