2005 Salary Survey Snapshots: Contractors and Consultants

Consultants & Contractors: By the Numbers

Base: 689

The average annual hourly rate in 2005: $61.00 per hour (base: 484)

The average annual base salary in 2005: $85,904 (base: 206)

49% saw no change in their base salary or hourly rate from one year ago

15% said their salary or hourly rate has decreased from one year ago, on average by 19%

36% said their salary or hourly rate has increased from one year ago, on average by 20%

Areas of Specialization

Software design/development 21%

Project management 18%

Network administration 12%

Information systems design 9%

Database development 6%

ERP implementation 5%

Data warehouse/data mining 4%

Quality assurance 3%

E-commerce 2%

Hardware development 2%

CRM implementation 1%

Other 18%

Doesn't total 100% because of rounding.

What They Do

IT contractor/independent contractor 18%

Senior IT contractor/full-time employee of contracting firm 17%

Senior consultant 13%

Staff IT contractor/full-time employee of contracting firm 10%

Project manager 10%

Analyst 7%

Director 5%

Staff consultant 4%

Partner/vice president 3%

Manager 3%

Practice manager 1%

Package integration/implementation specialist 1%

Other contractor/consultant-level title 10%

Doesn't total 100% because of rounding.

What They're Paid

The average annual hourly rate in 2005 is $61.

Less than $10 per hour 0.2%

$10 to less than $20 per hour 7%

$20 to less than $30 per hour 10%

$30 to less than $40 per hour 13%

$40 to less than $50 per hour 15%

$50 to less than $60 per hour 15%

$60 to less than $70 per hour 11%

$70 to less than $80 per hour 8%

$80 to less than $90 per hour 4%

$90 to less than $100 per hour 3%

$100 to less than $125 per hour 5%

$125 to less than $150 per hour 3%

$150 to less than $200 per hour 3%

$200 to $250 per hour 3%

Doesn't total 100% because of rounding.

Base: 484

2005 Salary Survey

Stories in this report:

• Salary Survey: Are Skimpy Raises the New Normal?

• Sidebar: Chief Security Officers: Bigger Raises, But Not Always High Pay
  
• Salary Survey Methodology
  
• Sidebar: Who They Are
  
• Leaving a Mark
  
• Opinion: Spark Your Salary
  
• Salary Survey Blog: Johanna Rothman
  
• Opinion: The Meaning of Money
  
• Senior Management IT Salaries
  
• Middle Management IT Salaries
  
• Staff and Entry-Level IT Salaries
  
• Sampling of Other Titles
  
• Compensation by Region
  
• Salary Survey: Interactive Smart Salary Tool 2005
  
• 2005 Salary Survey Snapshots: Contractors and Consultants
  
• 2005 Salary Survey Snapshots
  
• Write Your Own Salary Ticket
  
• Salary Survey 2005 - Data Points