IT Compensation Surveys

Foote Partners proprietary data research--collected from more than 4,480 U.S. and Canadian employers--features the industry's most up-to-date tech salary/bonus and skills and certifications cash pay premiums surveys and workforce trends research.

Advisory & Consulting

Foote Partners works with a wide range of private and public sector organizations, providing customized deep-dive research, analysis, forecasting, and frameworks to meet specific needs.

Thought Leadership

Our analysts are Tech industry research pioneers, innovators, and some of the most quoted authorities on global Tech workforce and compensation trends.

We have been using Foote Partners since 2005. Their data and job descriptions are far more accurate than what we have seen over the years from the large, national consulting firms.

Vice President, Human Resources, Private State Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau

Our company has been using Foote Partners IT Salary and Skills Pay Survey Reports since 2003. Our organization has found them to not only be the most accurate, but also the most reliable source for our area of expertise.

Director of Finance & Administration, Large IT Professional Services Firm

We have been using Foote Partner salary survey data for a very long time because they provide the most up-to-date and in-depth IT salary data in the market place. Their data allows us to feel comfortable that our IT jobs stay competitive in the ever changing IT market place.

Manager, Compensation & HRIS, Largest U.S. Department of Defense Healthcare Benefits Provider

Tech Analyst David Foote on the Future of Work: Key Drivers, Implications and How to Prepare  

David Foote, Chief Analyst & Chief Research Officer for Foote Partners, discusses the future of work: what it means, what’s driving it, the implications for how we build and manage workforces going forward. A former Gartner analyst and Silicon Valley executive, he is an innovator of advanced techniques for benchmarking enterprise tech jobs, skills supply/demand, and compensation; tracking/forecasting tech labor trends; and analyzing human factors in technology development.  

The A.I. Revolution Will Not Be Televised: the Big Shift and the 5 Drivers of Workforce Transformation

This is the a series of podcasts analyizing how AI is reshaping and resuffling IT jobs, careers, and entire enterprise tech workforces. We call it The Big Shift--tectonic changes sweeping through the workplace, driven by new high-momentum technologies of which AI is just one, but it's a very big one. It is in fact the fourth Industrial Revolution in recorded history. This first in the series focuses on massive generational workforce shifts as Gen Z and Millennials assume greater prominence, each contributing unique work attributes but also management challenges including workstyles, learning styles, value, and goals.

The Big Shift: A Hard Look at Soft Skills

This is the third in a series of talks with David Foote, founder of Foote Partners, on The Big Shift- several tectonic changes sweeping through the workplace and the workforce. In this pod we discuss the shift from a demand for "traditional" tech skills to a demand for a variety of so-called soft skills due to the changing nature of work – hybrid, cross-functional teams that often operate without day-to-day managerial oversight. David categorizes these skills as those that you’re born with, those that can be taught, and those that are difficult – but not impossible - to acquire. These skills include empathy, authenticity, humility, critical thinking, curiosity, passion, and leadership. You’ll have to listen to find out which are innate, and which can be taught and improved upon!

Foote Partners News Release: Q3 2024 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report

October 18, 2024

Summary of the latest trends in extra cash awarded by employers to talented tech professionals for 1,348 non-certified and certified tech related skills. 48 pages of graphs, tables, and detailed analysis of:

--Winners and losers: Which certified and non-certified tech skills are earning the highest cash pay premiums? Which have gained or lost the most market value, and by how much?
--Which are paying well above average and still gaining in market value?
--3Q 2024 IT Skills VOLATILITY INDEX: 17 years of quarterly markey volatility indexing of tech skills supply and demand
--Discussion of latest tech labor trends and our forecast of what to expect in the next 12-24 months.

Foote Partners News Release: Q2 2024 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report

August 18, 2024

Summary of the latest trends in extra cash awarded by employers to talented tech professionals for 1,342 non-certified and certified tech related skills. 42 pages of graphs, tables, and detailed analysis of:

--Winners and losers: Which certified and non-certified tech skills are earning the highest cash pay premiums? Which have gained or lost the most market value, and by how much?
--Which are paying well above average and still gaining in market value?
--2Q 2024 IT Skills VOLATILITY INDEX: 17 years of quarterly markey volatility indexing of tech skills supply and demand
--Discussion of latest tech labor trends and our forecast of what to expect in the next 12-24 months.

Foote Partners News Release: Q1 2024 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report

April 21, 2024

Summary of the latest trends in extra cash awarded by employers to talented tech professionals for 1,340 non-certified and certified tech related skills. 38 pages of graphs, tables, and detailed analysis of:

--Winners and losers: Which certified and non-certified tech skills are earning the highest cash pay premiums? Which have gained or lost the most market value, and by how much?
--Which are paying well above average and still gaining in market value?
--1Q 2024 IT Skills VOLATILITY INDEX: 17 years of quarterly markey volatility indexing of tech skills supply and demand
--Discussion of latest tech labor trends and our forecast of what to expect in the next 12-24 months.