Friday, September 26, 2008

Microsoft Salary Survey | 2008

The results are in and it pays to develop skills implementing Microsoft's technology solutions.

The 13th annual Redmond Salary Survey has been released. The survey was a joint effort by Redmondmag.com and mcpmag.com, two publications dedicated to serving the Microsoft technology community. Results were compiled from the returns of nearly 1,500 e-mail responses to technology professionals who implement solutions using Microsoft technologies.

Survey Highlights

  • The average base salary among survey respondents was $78,100.
  • The average bonus was $6,400.

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  • More than one in five (21%) earn a six figure salary.
  • Managers and those with project management expertise make up more than a quarter of respondents.
  • Longevity counts as the average career experience was listed as nearly 14 years.

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  • If you hold the job title "Webmaster/Developer/Producer" you can expect to earn, on average, $78,400.

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  • If your expertise is "Web Site Development/Management" you can expect to earn, on average, $80,900.

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The Next Step

Web developers who are open to learning Microsoft technologies can focus first on developing generic skills such as the following:

  • SQL | #1
  • Ajax | #15
Then, attention can be focused on gaining experience implementing these skills using Microsoft's technologies including the following:
  • SQL Server | #4
  • C# | #7
  • ASP.NET | #12

NOTE: The number represents the relative value in the Boston marketplace with links to job listings in the right-hand column.