💻 Software Development & Engineering
Job Title	Salary Range	Common Skills / Certifications
Software Engineer	$90K–$150K	CS degree, Python, Java, Git
Web Developer	$70K–$120K	HTML, CSS, JS, React
Front-End Developer	$75K–$130K	React, Vue, Angular
Back-End Developer	$85K–$140K	Node.js, Java, .NET, SQL
Full Stack Developer	$90K–$150K	MERN, Django, Laravel
Mobile App Developer	$80K–$140K	Swift, Kotlin, React Native
Game Developer	$70K–$130K	Unity, Unreal, C++
Embedded Systems Engineer	$95K–$160K	C, C++, RTOS, ARM
Software Architect	$120K–$180K	System design, UML
QA Tester	$60K–$100K	Selenium, TestNG, ISTQB
Automation Engineer	$80K–$140K	CI/CD, Selenium, Jenkins
DevOps Engineer	$100K–$160K	AWS, CI/CD, Terraform
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)	$110K–$180K	Kubernetes, Monitoring
API Developer	$90K–$140K	REST, GraphQL
Firmware Engineer	$90K–$150K	C, Assembly, Microcontrollers
Game Tools Engineer	$95K–$140K	Python, Unity Editor, C#

🌐 Networking & Infrastructure
Job Title	Salary Range	Certifications / Skills
Network Technician	$50K–$80K	CompTIA Network+, CCNA
Network Engineer	$75K–$130K	CCNA, CCNP
Network Architect	$120K–$180K	CCNP, CCIE
Systems Administrator	$70K–$120K	Linux+, Windows Server
Infrastructure Engineer	$90K–$140K	VMware, Hyper-V
Data Center Technician	$60K–$100K	CompTIA Server+
VoIP Engineer	$80K–$130K	Cisco UC, SIP
Wireless Engineer	$90K–$140K	CWNA, CWSP
SD-WAN Specialist	$100K–$160K	Cisco SD-WAN, VMware NSX
Network Operations Center (NOC) Tech	$55K–$90K	Monitoring tools, SNMP

🔒 Cybersecurity
Job Title	Salary Range	Certifications / Skills
Security Analyst	$80K–$120K	Security+, CEH
SOC Analyst	$70K–$110K	Splunk, SIEM
Security Engineer	$100K–$150K	CISSP, CEH
Penetration Tester (Ethical Hacker)	$100K–$160K	OSCP, CEH
Incident Responder	$90K–$140K	GCIH, Splunk
Forensic Analyst	$85K–$130K	CHFI, EnCase
Malware Analyst	$95K–$150K	Reverse Engineering
Security Architect	$130K–$200K	CISSP, CISM
Cloud Security Engineer	$110K–$170K	CCSP, AWS Security
IAM Engineer (Identity & Access Mgmt)	$95K–$150K	Okta, Azure AD
Risk Analyst	$80K–$130K	CRISC, NIST
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)	$180K–$300K	CISSP, CISM
☁️ Cloud Computing & Virtualization
Job Title	Salary Range	Certifications / Skills
Cloud Engineer	$100K–$160K	AWS/Azure/GCP
Cloud Architect	$130K–$200K	AWS Solutions Architect
Cloud Administrator	$80K–$130K	Azure Admin, GCP Admin
Cloud Security Engineer	$110K–$170K	CCSP
DevOps Cloud Engineer	$100K–$160K	Terraform, Jenkins
FinOps Analyst	$90K–$140K	Cloud cost management
Kubernetes Administrator	$95K–$150K	CKA, CKAD
Virtualization Engineer	$85K–$140K	VMware, Hyper-V
Multi-Cloud Strategist	$130K–$190K	AWS/Azure Hybrid

📊 Data & Analytics
Job Title	Salary Range	Certifications / Skills
Data Analyst	$70K–$120K	SQL, Excel, Tableau
Data Scientist	$100K–$170K	Python, ML, R
Data Engineer	$95K–$160K	ETL, Spark
Database Administrator (DBA)	$80K–$130K	SQL Server, Oracle
BI Developer	$85K–$140K	Power BI, Tableau
Data Architect	$120K–$180K	Big Data, NoSQL
Machine Learning Engineer	$110K–$180K	Python, TensorFlow
AI Researcher	$130K–$200K	Deep Learning, PhD
NLP Engineer	$120K–$190K	LLMs, Hugging Face
MLOps Engineer	$110K–$170K	ML pipelines, CI/CD

🤖 AI, Automation & Robotics
Job Title	Salary Range	Skills / Certs
AI Engineer	$110K–$180K	ML, Deep Learning
Prompt Engineer	$90K–$160K	LLM tuning
Robotics Programmer	$90K–$150K	ROS, Python
Automation Architect	$110K–$170K	RPA, UiPath
RPA Developer	$80K–$130K	UiPath, Automation Anywhere

🖥️ IT Support & Operations
Job Title	Salary Range	Certifications
Help Desk Technician	$45K–$70K	CompTIA A+
IT Support Specialist	$50K–$80K	CompTIA ITF+, A+
Desktop Support Engineer	$55K–$85K	Microsoft 365, ITIL
Field Service Technician	$50K–$80K	Vendor hardware certs
Technical Support Engineer	$60K–$90K	OS, Networking basics
IT Operations Analyst	$70K–$110K	ITIL, Scripting
Systems Support Engineer	$75K–$120K	Windows/Linux, PowerShell

🧰 System & Platform Specializations
Job Title	Salary Range	Certifications
Linux Administrator	$75K–$120K	RHCSA, LFCS
Windows Server Admin	$75K–$120K	MCSA, AZ-800
Storage Engineer	$90K–$140K	NetApp, SAN
VMware Engineer	$95K–$150K	VCP-DCV
Backup & Recovery Specialist	$80K–$130K	Veeam, Commvault

🧭 Project, Management & Governance
Job Title	Salary Range	Certifications
IT Project Manager	$100K–$160K	PMP, Scrum
Scrum Master	$90K–$140K	CSM
IT Manager	$110K–$170K	ITIL, Leadership
Program Manager	$120K–$180K	PgMP
Product Owner	$90K–$150K	PSPO
IT Governance Analyst	$90K–$130K	COBIT, ITIL
Business Analyst (IT)	$80K–$130K	CBAP, SQL
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)	$180K–$300K	Executive MBA, Leadership

🎨 Design & UX
Job Title	Salary Range	Skills
UI/UX Designer	$80K–$130K	Figma, Adobe XD
Product Designer	$90K–$140K	Design Systems
UX Researcher	$90K–$140K	User Testing
Interaction Designer	$85K–$130K	Prototyping tools

🧠 Specialized / Emerging Fields
Job Title	Salary Range	Skills
IoT Engineer	$100K–$160K	MQTT, Embedded
Blockchain Developer	$100K–$180K	Solidity, Ethereum
Quantum Computing Researcher	$130K–$200K	Quantum algorithms
Edge Computing Specialist	$110K–$170K	Fog, 5G
AR/VR Developer	$90K–$150K	Unity, Unreal, XR SDKs
3D Visualization Engineer	$85K–$140K	WebGL, Three.js
Platform Reliability Engineer	$120K–$180K	SRE, Cloud Ops
API Product Manager	$110K–$160K	API Strategy

🏢 Industry-Specific IT Roles
Job Title	Field	Example
Health IT Specialist	Healthcare	EMR/EHR systems
FinTech Developer	Finance	Payment gateways
EdTech Engineer	Education	LMS, Ed APIs
LegalTech Analyst	Legal	eDiscovery, CLM tools
GovTech Systems Analyst	Government	FedRAMP systems