1. Applications Development Manager

Median Base Salary: $112,045

2. Software Engineering Manager

Median Base Salary: $109,350

3. IT Architect

Median Base Salary: $105,303

4. Software Architect

Median Base Salary: $104,754

A software architect is a software expert who makes high-level design choices and dictates technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms. The leading expert is referred to as the chief architect. SOURCE

5. Data Architect

Median Base Salary: $102,091

A data architect is a practitioner of data architecture, an information technology discipline concerned with designing, creating, deploying and managing an organization’s data architecture. Data architects define how the data will be stored, consumed, integrated and managed by different data entities and IT systems, as well as any applications using or processing that data in some way. It is closely allied with business architecture and is considered to be one of the four domains of enterprise architecture. SOURCE

6. IT Program Manager

Median Base Salary: $98,883

Program management or programme management is the process of managing several related projects, often with the intention of improving an organization’s performance. In practice and in its aims it is often closely related to systems engineering, industrial engineering, change management, and business transformation. SOURCE

7. UX Manager

Median Base Salary: $98,353

User Experience (UX) refers to a person’s emotions and attitudes about using a particular product, system or service. It includes the practical, experiential, affective, meaningful and valuable aspects of human–computer interaction and product ownership. Additionally, it includes a person’s perceptions of system aspects such as utility, ease of use and efficiency. User experience may be considered subjective in nature to the degree that it is about individual perception and thought with respect to the system. User experience is dynamic as it is constantly modified over time due to changing usage circumstances and changes to individual systems as well as the wider usage context in which they can be found. SOURCE

8. Systems Architect

Median Base Salary: $97,873

The systems architect is a professional figure in information and communications technology. Systems architects define the architecture of a computerized system (i.e., a system composed of software and hardware) in order to fulfill certain requirements. Such definitions include: a breakdown of the system into components, the component interactions and interfaces (including with the environment, especially the user), and the technologies and resources to be used in the design. SOURCE

9. Scrum Master

Median Base Salary: $95,167

Scrum is a framework for managing software development. Scrum is designed for teams of approximately 10 individuals, and generally relies on two-week development cycles, called “sprints”, as well as short daily stand-up meetings. Approaches to scale Scrum to larger organizations include Large-Scale Scrum and Scrum of Scrums. SOURCE

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