Information Technology, Software Services Salary Survey

United States (with Canadian cuts)Edition: 2026Quote

The Information Technology, Software Services Salary Survey reports compensation data for 564 benchmark jobs related to providing expertise in the field of information technologies, such as computer programming, systems design, processing and data preparation, information retrieval, facilities management, networking, maintenance and repair.

Incumbent-based, market-based pay data; submissions screened and normalized to common date — Annual; published in July. Effective data date March 31 of the given survey year. Data collection October–March

Base salaryShort-term incentivesBenefits

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Survey cycle

Annual

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1Participation opens
October
When employers can submit data
2Effective date
March 31
Data is reported “as of” this date
3Results published
July
When subscribers receive the dataset

Data collection runs October through March; effective date is March 31; published in July of the same survey year.

Positions in this report (563)

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