Mobile specialist

The world has gone mobile. A mobile specialist can earn a total compensation of $114,852 with a salary of $108,066 and: $6,786 in bonuses. The average pay for the position has gone up by 9.3 percent.

Network architect

Building and securing networks is getting harder as companies add more and more machines into the mix. The total compensation of a network architect is $119,084 with $111,598 as salary and $7,486 in bonuses. The average pay has gone up by 3.4 percent since 2014.

Application development manager

With so many engineers, companies need managers to help run these teams. An app development manager makes a total of $120,938 a year with a salary of $112,580 and bonus of $8,358. The average pay for this position has gone up by 3.4 percent.

Systems architect

A systems architect is responsible for integrating various components of an offices’ IT department into an efficient unite. The total compensation package is $121,317 with a bonus of $9,691 and salary of $111,626. The average pay for the job went up by 3.3 percent since 2014.

Database architect

A database architect, as the name implies designs and maintains a company’s databases for the company’s most important products and services. With the growth of big data, there has been a surge in demand for database architects.  The annual compensation for a database architect is roughly $124,650 with $121,067 in salary and $3,583 in bonuses. The position’s average pay went by 2.4 percent since 2014.

Data warehousing manager

Before ‘big data’ there was ‘data warehouse’. Data warehouse specialists are highly trained in specialist subjects, and therefore are very well paid.  The total compensation for a data warehouse specialist is $127,004, with a salary of $118,773 and bonus of $8,231. The average pay for the job has increased by 2.8 percent over the last year.

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