Geeks Rule: Highest Paying IT Gigs

The 30 Top Paying Jobs in IT
By Eric Chabrow, CIO INSIGHT

Everyone knows the top paying IT job is the CIO. But, a new survey reveals that 29 other IT positions will have six-figure salaries in 2008.

No one is surprised that CIOs are the highest paid IT professionals, with a projected average annual salary of between $126,750 and $210,000 in 2008. But, 30 other IT titles also are projected to have average annual salaries that will top $100,000 next year, according to the just-released Robert Half Technology 2008 Salary Guide.Robert Half Technology, an IT staffing firm, projects that nine new occupations will for the first time have starting salaries averaging, on the high end of the range, in six figures:

  • Business Continuity Analyst, $100,250;
  • IT Auditor, $102,750;
  • Data Modeler, $103,000;
  • Network Security Administrator, $103,000;
  • Systems Security Administrator, $103,500;
  • Data Security Analyst, $104,000;
  • Data Warehouse Analysts, $104,250;
  • Software Engineer, $104,500.

Next page: 10 Top Paying IT Jobs for 2008

Meet me at the Brand You World event!

Check it out, I am in great company. Speakers at this event include Guy Kawasaki (Co-founder – Truemors; Managing Director – Garage Technologies), Dick Bolles (Author – What Color is Your Parachute), Martin Yate (Author – Knock ’em Dead career series), Andy Sernovitz (Word of Mouth Marketing Guru), Tim DeMello (ZIGGS founder) AND MORE! Here’s a link to the ENTIRE daylong schedule.

I get to host an interview with Jason Alba where we’ll talk about How to Use Personal Branding to Take Your Career from Zero to 60 – Jason did it and so can you! In this session, slated for 5 p.m. Eastern, you learn from Jason Alba’s personal job seeker experience as he immersed himself in online branding and created his own online networking tool. In fact, Jason started a business during his job search! From press releases to articles to authoring a book and a blog, this session will help you understand what you can and should do right now, no matter your employment status, to get your brand out there.

Please join us! And the rest of the gang at the Brand You World global event celebrating 10 years of personal branding.

Brand You World Summit

Hey! Exciting news. I’m one of the hosts for the Brand You World Summit celebrating 10 years of personal branding. Here’s the official info:

On November 8th “Team REACH” is providing 24 hours of free teleseminars with experts in the field of personal branding. Anyone in the world with a telephone will be able to participate in this live event.

In 1997, Tom Peters wrote “The Brand Called You” in Fast Company. Now 10 years later, the personal branding movement is firmly established as a revolutionary and evolutionary strategy for career management, professional, and personal success.

Whether you are a professional in an organization, an entrepreneur or an individual in career transition, personal branding has become synonymous with building our reputation and differentiating ourselves from our competitors.

In addition, HR managers and executives alike are challenged with the need to attract and retain great people in the well-publicized war for talent. Enabling people to develop and nurture their personal brand supports talent management strategies and ability to deliver business strategies.

The Details

“A Brand You World – Global TeleSummit” will take place on Thursday, 8th November 2007.

The event will run for a period of 12 hours commencing at the following times:

7 a.m. – Los Angeles
10 a.m. – New York
3 p.m. – London
4 p.m. – Paris
10 p.m. – Singapore

“A Brand You World – Global TeleSummit” consists of three content streams for:

Career Management Success
This stream is relevant for career professionals who want to apply personal branding strategies for career success. This content stream is also relevant for professionals in the field of career coaching, resume writing, and career counseling. There are nine sessions with expert speakers and three discussion panels.

Talent Management
This stream is relevant for HR professionals and business leaders who want to discover how to attract, develop, and retain talent through personal branding strategies. There are five sessions with expert speakers and one discussion panel.

Entrepreneurship
This stream is applicable for business owners and solopreneurs who want to apply personal branding strategies to grow their business. There are five sessions with expert speakers and one discussion panel.

This event is being organized by a team of leaders in the field of personal branding.

SEE YOU THERE!

FREE “How To” Guide to Networking

Did you know 61% to 85% of people land jobs through networking? No?! Get started on your network now. Here’s a free guide to help you courtesy of me, yours truly, and the writers of Career Hub. Enjoy!

Download Your Free Guide to Networking

guide to networking The “Insider’s Guide to Networking” is Career Hub’s fourth eBook and you can download it for free without spending a penny, signing away your first-born child or even giving them an email address!

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The experts give their very best advice on the subject of networking – topics include advice on networking for introverts, what NOT to do when networking, and how the Internet is revolutionizing networking.

Get your copy here and check out other eBooks while you’re there. In these books, our experts (yep, I’m one of them) offer advice on job search, resume writing, and interviewing.

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