Hourly wages for tech professionals hit a record high during the fourth quarter of 2005, according to a report released Monday.

Hourly wages for tech professionals hit a record high during the fourth quarter of 2005, according to a report released Monday.

According to the Yoh Index of Technology Wages, hourly pay increased by 3.1 percent to an average of $30.27 per hour between October 10, 2005 and November 6, 2005. Since the fourth quarter of 2001, wages for "high-impact technology professionals" have rise nearly 11 percent, the frm found.

The positions in the most demand include SAP functional consultants, who commanded an average of $75.09 pr hour. Data warehouse architects, CRM managers, hardware/firmware engineers and a generic project manager classification rounded out the top five.

"Ending 2005 with the highest wages for skilled technology professionals recorded in five years is a high water mark for the industry," said Jim Lanzalotto, vice president of strategy and marketing for Yoh, in a statement. "Despite major economic setbacks during the year, the technology industry has demonstrated its strength and confirmed its power to propel the employment market in a positive direction."

The Yoh data is culled from actual employment activity of over 5,000 technology professionals outsourced on short- and long-term projects by over 1,000 of the nation's top employers in aviation, engineering, information technology, manufacturing, scientific, telecommunications, and utility industries, according to the company. It is used to determine salaries in Fortune 500 companies.

According to Yoh, the top ten jobs with the highest demand by employers in the fourth quarter of 2005, together with their average hourly wages, were:

Clinical Research Associate - $38.52

Data Manager - $45.06

CRM Project Manager - $62.01

Data Warehouse Architect - $69.03

Hardware/Firmware engineer - $59.34

NET Developer - $45.77

Oracle Database Administrator - $55.82

Project Manager - $57.07

SAP Functional Consultant - $75.09

Senior Scientist - $43.76

       摘要：

日前，美国最新公布的一份统计数据表明，在2005年的第4季度里，高科技专业人员每小时的薪水创下了新高。

据《美国电脑杂志》2月6日报道，根据美国Yoh技术薪水指数公司的最新统计数据表明，2005年10月10日至11月6日，高效科技专业人员的时薪又上涨了3.1％，平均高达30.27美元。自2001年第4季度以来，“高科技专业人员”薪水在5年的时间里已经上涨了近11％。

在这些高薪职位中，时薪最高的是卫星自动控制系统资讯顾问，平均时薪已高达75.09美元。排在其后的分别是数据库架构师、客户关系管理经理、软硬件工程师和项目经理等。

Yoh公司市场营销和策略副总裁兰扎洛特指出：“2005年底，娴熟的科技专业人员的薪水创下5年来的新高。尽管2005年经济整体受挫，但科技行业还是展现了强劲的势头，且有能力带动就业市场向积极的方向发展。”

报道说，Yoh公司公布的数据来自对美国航空、工程、信息、制造、科学、电讯和公用事业等1000家顶尖企业的5000多名技术专业人员的薪水的统计结果。据悉，这些数据通常用来决定全球500强企业的薪水标准。

根据Yoh公司公布的数据，2005年第4季度，时薪最高的10种高效科技专业人员分别是：

卫星自动控制系统资讯顾问——75.09美元

数据库架构师——69.03美元

客户关系管理经理——62.01美元

软硬件工程师——59.34美元

项目经理——57.07美元

Oracle数据库管理员——55.82美元

网络开发人员——45.77美元

电脑数据管理人员——45.06美元

高级科学家——43.76美元

临床研究专员——38.52美元