Press Release - January 09, 2007

IT Hiring Recession is OVER reports Janco in its January 2007 Salary Survey

Park City, UT – Janco has found the IT Hiring Recession is over. Victor Janulaitis, the CEO of Janco said, “For the first time since the recession of 2001 there has been a significant increase in demand for IT Professionals. Hiring is up across the nation as companies begin to focus on business expansion.”

The summary findings in Janco 2007 IT Salary Survey are:

The mean compensation (which includes bonuses) for executive IT positions surveyed now is $143,243 in large enterprises and $127,439 in mid-sized enterprises. (Large enterprises have over $500 million in revenue and mid-sized are $100 to $499 million in revenue).
Hiring for all levels of IT professionals in mid-sized enterprises has increased significantly.
CSOs (Chief Security Officers) and top administrative executives are in high demand at larger enterprises
The mean compensation for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in all enterprises remains relatively flat with the mean compensation across all enterprises between $174,979 and $169,504.
The positions in the highest demand are: VP – Administration; VP - Information Services; VP - Security (CSO); Change Control Analyst; Computer Operations - Shift Manager; Data Center Facility Administrator; Data Entry Clerk; Data Entry Supervisor; LAN Applications Support Analyst; Object Visual Programmer; Production Control Specialist; Project Manager – Systems; Systems Programmer; and Voice/Wireless Communications Manager.
Mid-sized enterprises are starting to open the hiring gates as backlogs build up and enterprises see continued growth.
The mean total compensation for all positions surveyed has started to move up(0.72%) in the last twelve (12) months. In mid-sized enterprises the mean total compensation has fallen slightly (-0.39%) from $75,096 to $74,806. At the same time in large enterprises the median compensation has also moved up significantly from $81,078 to $82,498 (1.75%).
Demand is high in the internet and network areas of e-commerce, voice/wireless communication, object programming, data security and data warehousing as enterprisers try to prepare for the next wave of the new wireless technology.
In our prior reports, Janco found a number of ‘baby boomer’ individuals who had planned on retiring in 2003 and 2004 but did not -- they now are starting to think about retiring in 2007 and 2008.

Summary Results

	*Benchmark 4th Quartile*			*Prior Mean*		*Current Mean*
	*Prior*	*Current*	*Percent Change*	*Base*	*Total*	*Base*	*Total*	*Percent Change*
Executives	$195,667	$197,766	1.09%	$125,662	$140,550	$128,010	$143,243	1.92%
Middle Managers	$100,182	$101,969	1.78%	$74,976	$78,858	$76,441	$80,527	2.14%
Staff	$94,216	$94,958	0.79%	$63,009	$66,174	$63,570	$66,939	1.16%
Large Enterprise	$109,415	$110,803	1.27%	$76,143	$81,078	$77,333	$82,498	1.75%

Executives	$189,745	$195,144	2.85%	$114,006	$128,464	$113,251	$127,439	-0.80%
Middle Managers	$103,005	$104,764	1.71%	$70,271	$74,978	$70,177	$74,076	-1.20%
Staff	$87,545	$89,639	2.39%	$57,330	$59,727	$58,120	$60,303	0.96%
Mid-Size Enterprises	$107,134	$109,484	2.19%	$70,168	$75,096	$70,367	$74,806	-0.39%

IT Averages All	$108,274	$110,143	1.73%	$73,155	$78,087	$73,850	$78,652	0.72%

Positions with Increased Demand

Positions with Decreased Demand

Large Enterprises

VP – Information Services

Computer Operations – Shift Supervisor

Data Center Facility Administrator

Database Specialist

Director – Productions/Data Center

Manager Application Development

Manager Data Warehouse

Manager Internet Systems

VP – Administration

Change Control Supervisor

Director IT Planning

Forms and Graphics Designer

LAN Application Support Analyst

Production Control Specialist

Mid Sized Enterprises

VP- Security (CSO)

Data Entry Supervisor

Director IT Planning

e-commerce Specialist

Internet Developer

LAN Application Support Analyst

Manager Data Communications

Manager Database

Manager Security and Workstations

Project Manager Network Technical Services

Web Analyst

VP – Information Services

Capacity Planning Supervisor

Data Entry Clerk

Forms and Graphics Designer

Manager Application Development

Project Manager – Systems

Supervisor Hardware Installations

The Janco and IT Productivity Center web sites are information portals for business executives who manage the Information Technology function. Mr. Janulaitis said, “These portals provide Information Technology management productivity tools to executives and IT professionals. The portal has templates and reports covering Sarbanes-Oxley to Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) and Disaster Recovery Planning.”

About Janco Associates, Inc

Janco is Mountain States based consulting firm that publishes the HandiGuide® series of book used by IT, HR and other professionals as the source of information on topics from PC Polices to job positions and responsibilities. In addition to its electronic book and survey publishing, Janco also publishes award winning business software.