Compensation Study Details

Our study offers what no one else does:

IT Expertise
Our study includes over 130 of the best benchmark job descriptions in the market (including emerging and difficult-to-find positions).

Hot Skills Pay Data
Data is provided on what the market is commanding for "hot" skilled IT professionals.

Market Based Compensation Data
Clients are provided with multiple views of US based market data on base pay, short-term incentives and total cash compensation.

HR Current Practices
Strategic data are provided on current practices and future trends in such areas as recruitment, retention, reward, recognition and work/life programs and career development and training programs.

Web-Enabled Compensation Platform
Participants receive one-year access to our study web site. This provides the following:

• Ability to download the survey benchmark job descriptions in Excel or Word format
• Ability to download the compensation data summary for national level as well as by selected criteria (industry, company revenue or volume measure, number of IT employees and geographic market) in Excel (.xls), comma-separated value (.csv) and text (.txt) file formats
• Ability for participants to compare their base pay and total cash compensation practices against peer groups and the total survey population
• Ability to perform data aging and download the aged data in Excel format
• Ability to perform pre-defined cuts of data by industry, company size or volume measure, number of IT employees and geographic market.

Deliverables

Compensation data is presented in two key report formats. The following reports are available:

Compensation Data by Job Title
A comprehensive report of each surveyed job, organized by job family, listing percentile data and median (by scope variant) for all cash compensation elements.

Compensation Data Summary
A summary report of compensation data for all jobs surveyed.

Additional Reports

In addition to the IT Market Compensation Study report, clients have the option to include three Quarterly Trending Reports, which provide:

• Strategic, focused, timely research on the effects of certain business trends and conditions-for example, IT leadership and outsourcing-on human capital issues within IT organizations.
• Current trends in areas such as career development, work/life programs, IT leadership, organization competence and structure.

Overall Value

The combination of the IT Market Compensation Study and the Quarterly Trending Reports represent a holistic approach to the complex issues surrounding compensation and human capital, both tactical and strategic. Here you will find a complete product suite comparable to none other in the marketplace today!