Potentia Recruitment - 2020 Interim Remuneration Report

2020 Interim
Remuneration Report
Pandemic edition
Interim Remuneration Report | 2020
Introduction
2020 has been a unique year. As we have responded Our hope is that this provides support for workers and
to and navigated the demands of COVID-19 crisis employers alike to make better informed decisions during
management, the need to do business has persisted. The this time of turbulence.
shape of doing business has changed, not just in terms
of how and where we meet our customers but also how Though there have been wide-reaching impacts from
our workforce delivers its productivity. People, processes COVID-19 throughout the technology sector, many
and technologies have all been profoundly affected. In key areas and sub-domains have been resilient to
the technology sector, we’ve been much more ready to the economic turmoil it has generated, seeing few
meet these challenges than most, although doing so has redundancies and enabling rate and salary levels to either
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applied pressure to the workforce around demand for remain stable or experience marginal movement.
skills, remuneration levels, employment agreements and
flexible working arrangements.
Due to the reality of this picture, we made the decision to

The shape of doing business has
delay this report by six months, giving us time to gather changed, not just in terms of how
data on the pandemic’s real impact on remuneration and where we meet our customers,
levels. As a result, this year’s report serves as a reference
document for salary and contract pay levels but with
but also how our workforce
insights on how skills and pay packets are being shifted. delivers its productivity.
Trends summary
What follows is a brief summary of the key areas that have seen either upward or downward pressure.
Contract employment
As economic uncertainty has affected financial Enterprises and government organisations either
forecasting and increased risks in the private sector, the committed to long-term programmes with reduced
pursuit of short-term contract resources has flourished budgets or other cost-saving measures, are offering hourly
in certain occupations for enterprises and some SMEs. rate contractors fixed-term or permanent jobs to compress
These employers have defaulted to onboarding people for costs. Along with this, government agencies are aiming to
project work, while delaying the recruitment of hire fixed-term or permanent talent where possible, on the
full-time staff until the future outlook is clearer. understanding that there is more talent readily available at
present and many (even career contractors) are open to
permanent and fixed-term roles in the current climate.
‘‘ Continued digital product

development has sustained the
long-term pressure for more
developers, with many businesses
looking to contract workforces.
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Up
Businesses unprepared for working from home (WFH) or lacking maturity in
business continuity planning (BCP) have turned to technology specialists to fulfil Rate increases
their needs. In addition, with buyers moving online as WFH increases, businesses
of all sizes have called upon digital specialists to deliver stronger engagement and + Security Specialists
customer experiences (CX). This includes contract workers in marketing, content
creation and UX to devise plans to expand online sales funnels, convert customers
+ Digital Marketers
and create stickier digital experiences. + Software Developers/
Engineers
Continued digital product development has sustained the long-term pressure for
more developers, with many businesses looking to contract workforces. A short + Product/Application
surge in demand for service management product specialists and implementation Specialists
resources (like ServiceNow Consultants) during and post-lockdown drove their
hourly rates up as demand overtook talent supply.
Down
Many contract project teams were forced to take significant rate decreases Rate decreases
because of a halt or decrease in funding for projects that were underway following
the initial lockdowns. Much of this blood on the ground has already washed away
_ Project Managers
and rates have now begun to normalise for many occupations. Those who continue _ Testers
to feel it most are Project Managers and others in the project job family as large
capital intensive initiatives are paused, deferred or cancelled.
More recently however, those early in the project lifecycle (Business Analysts) are
being re-engaged, a sign that projects are kicking off again, with rates forecast to
gradually return to pre-COVID levels. Expect this to bounce up in 2021.
In general, consulting gigs have become more difficult to find and led to a
compression in rates. Interestingly, those who are assessing quality in a test or QA
capacity are seeing rates creep down, though it is unclear if this is based around
the COVID fallout, or if it is an extension of an overall trend.
Permanent/Full-time employment
Following months of compressed permanent hiring activity, demand for full-time
workers has been strengthening. While hiring was reduced by an estimated 80%+
from March, advertised technology jobs had increased roughly 50% by June, with
this upward trajectory continuing.
Complementing this, new hiring campaigns, job changes declared on social media
and industry information hubs are clear indicators that employment activity in the
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While hiring was
reduced by an
estimated 80%+ from
March, advertised
technology jobs had
increased roughly
sector is rising.
50% by June,
with this upward
trajectory continuing.
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Up
Though a shortage of permanent jobs remains, some roles have seen more demand
and in turn, salary increases. Security specialists, Developers (especially DevOps)
and Product Managers have all seen increases this year. Security workers have
Salary increases
faced increased needs with changing remote work practices and recent high- + DevOps Engineers
profile security breaches.
+ Product Owners/
DevOps activity is up, given the requirement for development teams to WFH Managers
and increased requirements for businesses to have mature DevOps models and
processes in place. Product management is a little harder to understand, but as + Security Engineers
businesses embrace new customer demands and segments and/or pivot their
products, deeper customer knowledge, data and insights are critical to making new
bets for an opaque future. This demand is also an extension of long-term macro
trends for greater capability in product management for tech-centric businesses.
Down
Many have faced remuneration cuts, with hours reduced due to decreased demand
or businesses cutting pay to survive. Overall though, this has not reduced actual
salary rates by significant amounts. However, some occupations’ salaries have Salary decreases
been more deeply affected. Systems Engineers and Administrators with on-prem _ Systems Engineers/
skill-sets and a lack of cloud experience have struggled to gain work and have seen
decreases in salaries offered.
Administrators
In addition, Project Managers and those in the project family of jobs have
_ Project Managers
seen decreases in starting salaries as internal projects teams are cut back and
competition for roles has increased.
Leadership
Up
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Increased demand for leaders of business-wide transformation and resizing exercises
and senior/C-level Product people have seen growth in their remuneration levels.
This demonstrates the reliance businesses place on these people to lead initiatives to
better streamline operations or increase sales, develop alternative revenue streams
Expect these
and provide greater customer impact. Expect to see hiring of GM Digital, CDO, Head
of Product and CPO roles rise. remuneration levels
to bounce quickly
Down as development
and project team
Redundancies have hit organisations and led to pockets of mid-tier leadership
headcounts increase
roles being retrenched. This has decreased expected remuneration for those who
are in these roles, particularly development and project leadership, as competition and the supply-
for open jobs increases. This is predominantly a symptom of larger businesses and demand equation
enterprises with deeper hierarchies cutting costs, while those of smaller size and reverses.
flatter structures have not made as many leadership redundancies.
Expect these remuneration levels to bounce quickly as development and project

team headcounts increase and the supply-demand equation reverses.
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Demographics
The sources used to gather this data include responses to the Potentia Salary Survey collected online and actual
remuneration packages offered to individuals we’ve placed since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In total, 3237 remuneration data points were collected.
Gender split
72.4% 27.1% 0.5%

Male Female Gender neutral
Employment type Generation split
Contract 24.6% 8.1% Baby Boomer
41.0% Generation X
48.9% Millennial
2.0% Generation Z
75.4%
Permanent
Experience Right to work

47.7%
NZ citizen 64.2%
Permanent
27.2% resident 23.5%
25.1%
Work visa holder 11.2%
Student job search
visa holder 0.7%
0–3 years
3–7 years
7+ years
Working holiday visa holder 0.4%
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Salary data
Permanent salaries across the NZ tech sector
Permanent salaries based on level of experience

Occupation
0–3 years 3–7 years 7+ years
Low Average High Low Average High Low Average High
Architecture
Applications Architect $125,000 $134,900 $189,000 $145,000 $155,000 $192,000 $150,000 $159,000 $210,000
Data Architect $120,000 $134,000 $145,100 $131,000 $151,300 $169,800 $163,000 $194,500 $230,000
Enterprise Architect $141,000 $157,100 $185,000 $140,000 $182,000 $200,000 $175,000 $209,500 $250,000
Infrastructure Architect $105,000 $111,000 $128,500 $118,500 $129,100 $150,000 $122,500 $140,800 $165,000
Integration Architect $120,100 $133,400 $145,000 $133,000 $144,900 $158,000 $135,000 $159,600 $197,500
Network Architect $105,000 $112,500 $129,000 $120,000 $127,500 $152,000 $122,000 $154,000 $195,000
Security Architect $104,000 $115,800 $138,500 $120,500 $136,000 $159,500 $155,000 $180,200 $202,500
Software Architect $128,250 $136,200 $170,000 $145,000 $156,700 $192,000 $155,000 $166,750 $210,000
Solution Architect $115,000 $142,500 $170,000 $120,000 $167,000 $180,000 $135,000 $173,000 $195,000
Team Lead $115,000 – $156,000 (average $132,560)
Manager $155,000 – $220,000 (average $181,950)
Business Analysis
Business Analyst $53,000 $84,063 $120,000 $70,000 $95,737 $130,000 $86,500 $116,818 $167,000
Systems Analyst $52,500 $62,000 $73,500 $64,000 $76,900 $88,900 $75,000 $92,000 $115,000
Manager $115,000 – $170,000 (average $154,000)
Change & Transformation

Agile Coach $110,000 $117,800 $125,000 $117,120 $125,900 $135,000 $125,000 $139,270 $170,000
Change Analyst $72,200 $75,350 $82,250 $81,000 $90,000 $97,000 $95,250 $102,300 $110,000
Change Manager $110,500 $118,700 $126,000 $120,000 $127,500 $135,000 $145,000 $156,667 $165,000
Team Lead/Change Lead $110,000 – $203,000 (average $145,600)
Manager $130,000 – $240,000 (average $178,500)
Content & Knowledge

Content Manager $70,000 $79,800 $89,000 $85,000 $91,000 $100,000 $90,000 $97,500 $111,000
Technical Writer $50,000 $61,650 $70,000 $70,000 $82,500 $93,500 $80,000 $99,200 $120,000
Content & Knowledge Specialist $55,000 $71,400 $85,000 $70,000 $79,600 $89,000 $85,000 $98,000 $115,000
Manager $95,000 – $155,000 (average $114,500)
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Occupation
Consultant
Business Intelligence Consultant $65,000 $90,000 $105,000 $102,000 $114,500 $127,500 $115,000 $152,600 $185,000
Digital Strategy $95,000 $103,650 $120,000 $105,000 $118,250 $140,000 $130,000 $166,400 $240,000
Functional/Product $70,000 $85,100 $110,000 $118,500 $121,500 $130,000 $125,000 $136,000 $170,000
Implementation $85,000 $93,900 $105,000 $92,000 $107,000 $115,000 $105,000 $130,700 $150,000
Security $91,750 $114,189 $132,150 $131,500 $148,665 $160,000 $162,400 $177,962 $190,000
Training $52,000 $67,500 $75,500 $75,000 $84,500 $90,500 $85,500 $94,250 $105,000
Technical $57,000 $85,000 $110,000 $80,000 $117,000 $125,500 $110,000 $131,600 $190,000
Manager $135,000 – $370,000 (average $168,300)
Data & Analytics

Data Analyst $48,500 $69,521 $75,000 $70,000 $82,125 $95,000 $80,000 $102,550 $150,000
Data Engineer $70,000 $82,100 $105,000 $100,000 $112,300 $135,000 $120,000 $132,000 $180,000
Data Scientist $55,000 $71,500 $90,000 $87,000 $103,667 $135,000 $110,000 $131,665 $180,000
Visualisation Specialist $60,000 $69,200 $80,000 $78,000 $96,500 $112,000 $103,600 $116,350 $130,000
Database Administrator $65,000 $71,000 $85,000 $80,000 $88,900 $107,000 $105,000 $126,250 $145,000
Data Storyteller $80,000 $89,500 $100,000 $92,500 $103,550 $125,800 $100,000 $119,800 $139,000
Insights Analyst $52,000 $72,300 $85,000 $80,750 $89,000 $105,000 $105,000 $123,900 $140,000
Reporting Analyst $55,450 $62,000 $90,000 $75,000 $81,450 $110,000 $89,500 $108,500 $125,000
Research Analyst $49,700 $55,000 $75,000 $75,000 $82,750 $110,000 $95,000 $99,850 $120,000
Governance Specialist $70,000 $81,000 $90,000 $85,000 $96,350 $110,000 $100,000 $120,800 $140,000
Manager $112,500 – $225,000 (average $145,000)
Manager - Business Intelligence $120,000 – $300,000 (average $173,000)
Manager - Data Science $120,000 – $265,000 (average $168,900)
Manager - Insights $115,000 – $170,000 (average $147,333)
Manager - Data Engineering $125,000 – $210,000 (average $145,250)
Manager - Research $105,000 – $155,000 (average $126,350)
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Occupation
Development & Engineering

Algorithm, AI & $65,000 $77,600 $90,000 $80,000 $88,500 $115,000 $114,000 $121,000 $150,000
Machine Learning Engineer
BI/Data Warehousing/Reports $70,000 $78,300 $86,000 $85,000 $93,900 $100,000 $95,000 $110,850 $157,000
Cloud Engineer $75,000 $92,600 $112,500 $87,500 $114,900 $140,000 $110,000 $129,475 $160,000
Database Developer $55,000 $73,640 $78,000 $65,000 $87,400 $105,000 $95,000 $106,750 $125,000
DevOps Engineer $70,000 $92,500 $113,000 $90,000 $112,600 $130,000 $95,000 $129,400 $155,000
Embedded Engineer $60,000 $80,667 $92,500 $70,000 $84,220 $110,000 $80,000 $102,900 $135,000
Front End Developer $50,000 $58,200 $108,000 $68,500 $94,179 $115,000 $92,000 $118,000 $150,000
Full Stack Developer $50,900 $74,413 $120,000 $60,000 $91,205 $160,000 $85,000 $119,000 $180,000
JavaScript Developer $55,000 $81,250 $95,000 $77,000 $102,667 $143,000 $110,000 $126,400 $165,000
Mainframe Engineer $55,000 $66,500 $78,000 $68,000 $76,450 $90,000 $85,000 $98,150 $118,000
Mobile Developer $50,000 $72,000 $83,000 $78,000 $87,500 $130,000 $110,000 $122,714 $166,000
Platform Developer - .NET $57,000 $79,500 $106,000 $65,000 $86,500 $106,000 $81,500 $117,905 $175,000
Platform Developer -C++ $60,000 $64,320 $85,000 $77,500 $91,000 $120,000 $88,000 $112,480 $200,000
Platform Developer - Delphi $46,000 $59,000 $72,000 $65,000 $75,100 $88,000 $82,000 $96,850 $125,000
Platform Developer - Java $55,000 $61,000 $75,000 $68,000 $83,120 $105,000 $85,500 $117,000 $143,000
Salesforce $55,000 $72,000 $92,250 $75,000 $98,550 $122,000 $95,000 $121,500 $150,000
Web & WebScripting Developer $50,000 $58,100 $68,000 $61,250 $88,750 $105,000 $79,500 $103,125 $130,000
Technical Lead $90,000 $109,675 $130,000 $105,000 $112,550 $140,000 $120,000 $142,300 $164,000
Manager $90,000 – $257,000 (average $166,470)
Digital Design
Service Designer $71,500 $95,115 $115,000 $90,000 $110,288 $126,250 $100,000 $129,250 $175,000
UI Designer $55,000 $59,680 $67,500 $65,000 $82,250 $98,500 $95,000 $103,740 $128,500
UX Designer $63,000 $77,600 $90,000 $93,250 $112,800 $120,000 $112,000 $133,514 $158,000
UX Researcher $70,000 $84,150 $95,000 $80,000 $99,450 $115,000 $92,500 $110,925 $125,000
Web/Digital Designer $45,000 $61,250 $75,000 $65,000 $74,500 $85,000 $77,900 $96,550 $100,000
Manager $110,000 – $198,000 (average $153,152)
Manager - UX $136,250 – $240,000 (average $145,020)
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Occupation
Digital Marketing
Account Director $80,000 $89,500 $103,000 $90,000 $114,650 $135,000 $110,000 $129,780 $160,000
Account Manager $65,000 $77,500 $95,000 $80,000 $92,400 $110,000 $85,000 $101,850 $128,500
Campaign Manager $55,000 $58,890 $78,000 $65,000 $74,125 $89,500 $85,000 $92,560 $105,000
CRO Specialist $80,000 $92,565 $101,500 $92,500 $105,953 $115,250 $110,000 $118,675 $125,000
Digital Marketer $45,000 $56,000 $79,000 $70,000 $79,100 $94,450 $80,000 $86,800 $110,000
Digital Marketing Manager $50,000 $71,400 $93,000 $80,000 $104,950 $124,750 $96,750 $123,120 $155,000
Digital/Programmatic Media $50,000 $60,800 $81,500 $75,000 $82,500 $98,000 $90,000 $113,100 $135,000
Specialist
Paid Search/PPC/SEM Specialist $50,000 $59,900 $69,750 $65,000 $78,300 $90,000 $85,000 $107,050 $129,250
SEO Specialist $52,000 $61,000 $70,000 $68,500 $82,000 $95,000 $98,000 $101,500 $115,000
Social Media Manager $47,500 $51,950 $60,000 $55,000 $72,630 $93,750 $90,000 $107,350 $127,000
Manager $72,750 – $155,000 (average $102,850)
Executive
Chief Customer Officer $165,000 – $323,500 (average $229,800)
Chief Data Officer/Head of Data $195,000 – $420,000 (average $227,950)
Chief Digital Officer/ $165,000 – $330,000 (average $258,500)

Head of Digital
Chief Executive Officer $120,000 – $600,000 (average $305,090)
Chief Information Officer $125,000 – $350,000 (average $226,540)
Chief Information Security $130,000 – $300,000 (average $245,250)

Officer
Chief Operating Officer $180,000 – $560,000 (average $259,840)
Chief Product Officer/ $180,000 – $366,000 (average $213,073)

VP Product
Chief Revenue Officer/VP Sales $140,000 – $575,000 (average $207,560)
Chief Technology Officer/ $130,000 – $480,000 (average $203,600)

VP Engineering
Director - Digital Marketing $120,000 – $195,000 (average $129,500)
General Manager $92,000 – $350,000 (average $238,460)
Head of Client Services $140,000 – $220,000 (average $180,230)
Head of Customer Success $120,000 – $187,250 (average $146,580)
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Occupation
IT Support Services
Consumer Provisioning $48,570 $56,901 $63,000 $60,000 $70,125 $77,500 $64,750 $78,923 $90,000
Specialist
ITIL - Specific Business $70,000 $87,365 $103,000 $82,350 $102,187 $120,000 $100,000 $114,888 $127,500
Relationship Manager
ITIL - Specific Problem Manager $68,200 $88,400 $95,000 $90,000 $99,250 $107,000 $105,000 $113,500 $128,000
Level 2 - Application $46,900 $67,000 $80,000 $65,000 $72,150 $82,250 $75,000 $83,200 $100,000
Administrator
Level 2 - Application $45,000 $64,400 $74,500 $68,500 $81,250 $95,000 $90,000 $106,350 $117,850
Consultant
Level 2 - Functional Application $45,000 $70,875 $78,500 $55,000 $75,125 $85,000 $88,000 $97,400 $120,000
Support Analyst
Level 2 - Monitoring & Reponse $44,500 $59,800 $69,000 $65,000 $86,500 $95,000 $85,000 $97,300 $114,250
Engineer
Level 2 - Technical Application $52,000 $66,500 $80,000 $68,000 $74,500 $95,000 $90,000 $92,650 $116,250
Support Analyst
Level 2 - Technical Support $52,000 $62,200 $70,500 $68,000 $74,500 $111,000 $77,900 $81,600 $135,000
Engineer
Level 2 - Technical Support $37,000 $50,222 $70,000 $53,427 $65,000 $74,700 $65,400 $73,600 $95,000
Technician
Resource Planner $66,800 $72,318 $75,000 $76,500 $82,238 $84,750 $90,000 $104,805 $115,500
Service Desk Analyst $36,750 $53,127 $69,000 $51,000 $60,250 $72,150 $65,000 $69,800 $84,700
Servie Desk Technician $41,000 $51,000 $66,600 $48,000 $58,340 $70,000 $56,000 $65,700 $81,500
Manager $55,000 – $195,000 (average $118,667)
Manager - Applications $70,000 – $208,500 (average $161,000)
Service Desk Manager $77,500 – $120,000 (average $96,250)
Manager - IT Manager $80,000 – $170,000 (average $122,600)
Procurement
Contract Manager $82,400 $92,500 $95,000 $91,500 $106,425 $119,500 $110,000 $123,250 $130,000
Procurement Analyst $56,500 $63,500 $72,750 $66,000 $72,890 $78,950 $80,000 $95,200 $104,500
Manager $85,000 – $230,000 (average $128,600)
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Occupation
Product Management & Development

Product Analyst/ $73,000 $85,150 $105,000 $85,000 $104,850 $124,500 $112,000 $123,900 $135,000
Associate Product Manager
Product Manager $67,800 $99,100 $125,000 $105,750 $119,300 $145,000 $120,000 $142,882 $181,700
Product Owner $78,000 $93,000 $115,000 $89,000 $120,750 $163,250 $112,000 $139,480 $174,000
UX Researcher $70,000 $82,350 $93,750 $80,000 $108,100 $112,450 $118,000 $157,900 $195,000
Team Lead/Group Product $125,000 – $205,000 (average $151,800)

Manager
Manager $120,000 – $325,000 (average $165,500)
Project & Delivery Services

Agile Coach $110,000 $117,800 $125,000 $117,120 $125,900 $135,000 $125,000 $139,270 $170,000
PMO Coordinator $55,000 $63,500 $67,450 $69,000 $73,650 $78,750 $80,000 $92,400 $145,000
PMO Manager $112,000 $118,365 $130,900 $122,000 $151,300 $165,000 $135,000 $163,950 $177,700
Portfolio Manager $112,000 $119,050 $128,000 $125,500 $140,000 $152,000 $130,000 $155,750 $163,222
Programme Manager $115,000 $119,682 $132,000 $125,000 $146,325 $185,000 $127,750 $174,571 $225,000
Project Coordinator $55,000 $68,750 $76,300 $68,750 $76,300 $94,000 $68,375 $81,580 $94,000
Project Manager $60,000 $90,750 $120,000 $94,000 $117,371 $162,000 $111,800 $124,656 $200,000
Resourcing Analyst $53,000 $71,500 $75,000 $70,000 $82,900 $85,000 $90,000 $95,000 $101,500
Scrum Master $68,750 $92,850 $118,000 $97,000 $108,833 $150,000 $118,200 $143,500 $195,000
Service Delivery Manager $71,800 $96,310 $114,400 $110,000 $118,630 $125,000 $119,000 $134,690 $145,000
Tribe Lead $135,000 – $255,000 (average $142,500)
Manager $108,000 – $384,000 (average $176,429)
Sales - Pre & Post

Account Manager $65,000 $73,550 $85,000 $85,000 $94,000 $120,000 $95,000 $101,650 $187,500
Business Development $60,000 $102,360 $137,500 $67,000 $114,000 $144,000 $100,000 $137,556 $220,000
Manager/Director
Pre-sales Engineer $46,750 $64,500 $75,000 $77,350 $86,250 $102,000 $90,000 $121,470 $155,000
Manager $100,000 – $425,000 (average $152,500)
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Occupation
Security Services
Security Analyst $91,350 $99,800 $105,000 $103,540 $111,820 $122,000 $118,000 $123,560 $142,000
Security Engineer $65,000 $91,560 $119,000 $110,000 $119,670 $128,800 $120,000 $127,900 $162,000
Manager $107,550 – $170,000 (average $135,750)
Systems & Infrastructure Services

Backup & Restore Engineer $67,500 $75,555 $84,300 $80,000 $86,360 $102,650 $93,700 $118,650 $130,000
Cloud Operations Engineer $60,000 $74,500 $89,000 $90,000 $97,250 $120,000 $97,450 $111,420 $220,000
Cloud Site Reliability Engineer $75,000 $95,370 $112,000 $110,000 $124,998 $139,000 $104,350 $136,488 $180,000
Cloud Systems Engineer $70,500 $93,000 $118,750 $85,000 $115,380 $128,600 $101,450 $122,500 $145,000
DevOps Engineer $70,000 $92,500 $113,000 $90,000 $112,600 $130,000 $95,000 $129,400 $155,000
Network Administrator $60,000 $67,100 $72,680 $64,550 $77,980 $88,000 $85,000 $96,850 $112,750
Network Engineer $60,000 $74,650 $79,000 $75,000 $93,260 $114,400 $82,900 $114,667 $132,000
Systems Administrator $55,000 $60,500 $68,850 $64,800 $79,852 $110,000 $85,000 $98,745 $119,000
Systems Engineer $44,000 $73,550 $93,000 $63,750 $89,500 $110,000 $92,750 $112,325 $129,000
Manager $99,000 – $220,000 (average $136,000)
Manager - Operations $90,000 – $260,000 (average $158,900)
Telecommunications
Engineer $40,000 $55,600 $68,000 $57,750 $85,350 $92,000 $100,000 $118,222 $130,000
Manager $82,500 – $143,000 (average $127,667)
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Occupation
Testing Services
Automation $61,000 $66,520 $87,650 $76,000 $91,200 $118,700 $110,500 $118,520 $137,500
Automation Development $64,000 $68,880 $85,000 $72,500 $82,550 $124,100 $115,700 $125,740 $150,000
Manual $45,000 $68,210 $73,250 $65,000 $75,500 $78,900 $71,100 $88,555 $111,800
Manual & Automation $50,000 $74,000 $104,000 $65,800 $83,456 $112,000 $72,250 $92,656 $135,800
Test Lead $76,800 $90,345 $105,000 $97,000 $104,660 $128,000 $92,650 $119,998 $147,500
Manager - Testing $110,000 – $143,500 (average $135,750)
Trainer
Trainer $44,750 $56,850 $69,700 $60,800 $73,620 $86,790 $71,110 $92,000 $112,650
Manager $80,750 – $165,000 (average $115,380)
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Contractor rates
Hourly pay rates across the NZ tech sector
Hourly pay rates based on level of experience

Occupation
Architecture
Data Architect $110.00 $125.00 $130.00 $125.00 $134.00 $140.00 $135.00 $146.00 $180.00
Enterprise Architect $100.00 $116.50 $125.00 $120.00 $132.00 $155.00 $135.00 $145.00 $187.50
Infrastructure Architect $95.00 $98.00 $110.00 $110.00 $114.00 $120.00 $115.00 $116.50 $132.50
Integration Architect $117.00 $130.00 $145.00 $140.00 $148.50 $155.00 $147.50 $175.00 $185.00
Security Architect $105.00 $111.00 $125.00 $120.00 $130.00 $145.00 $135.00 $158.50 $180.00
Software Architect $92.50 $102.00 $125.00 $125.00 $131.00 $140.00 $135.00 $150.00 $180.00
Solution Architect $100.00 $110.00 $115.00 $110.00 $116.50 $122.50 $120.00 $127.00 $150.00
Business Analysis
Business Analyst $45.00 $68.00 $80.00 $75.00 $89.50 $118.50 $85.00 $105.00 $140.00
Team Lead $95.00 – $150.00 (average $105.00)
Manager $100.00 – $150.00 (average $110.00)
Change & Transformation

Agile Coach $67.50 $92.00 $98.00 $90.00 $104.00 $117.50 $108.00 $120.00 $150.00
Change Analyst $55.00 $80.00 $95.00 $95.00 $100.00 $105.00 $100.00 $115.00 $120.00
Change Manager $88.00 $92.00 $105.00 $100.00 $110.00 $120.00 $115.00 $125.00 $135.00
Release Manager $85.00 $90.00 $105.00 $100.00 $110.00 $115.00 $120.00 $125.00 $130.00
Team Lead/Change Lead $95.00 – $150.00 (average $115.00)
Manager $100.00 – $180.00 (average $142.00)
Consultant
Business Intelligence Consultant $35.00 $49.00 $75.00 $77.00 $84.00 $100.00 $100.00 $135.00 $250.00
Digital Strategy $90.00 $94.00 $108.00 $105.00 $114.00 $123.00 $120.00 $130.00 $195.00
Functional/Product $85.00 $90.00 $97.00 $93.00 $107.50 $120.00 $123.00 $135.00 $150.00
Implementation $67.00 $76.00 $86.00 $76.00 $85.00 $102.00 $97.00 $125.00 $140.00
Technical $80.00 $88.00 $95.00 $95.00 $100.00 $105.00 $100.00 $117.00 $185.00
Manager $100.00 – $160.00 (average $145.00)
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Occupation
Content & Knowledge

Content & Knowledge Specialist $30.00 $42.00 $55.00 $45.00 $60.00 $72.00 $70.00 $80.50 $90.00
Technical Writer $55.00 $62.00 $70.00 $70.00 $85.00 $95.00 $85.00 $92.00 $105.00
Data & Analytics

Data Analyst $25.00 $46.00 $60.00 $52.00 $70.00 $80.00 $75.00 $91.00 $110.00
Data Engineer $65.00 $74.00 $80.00 $78.00 $86.00 $95.00 $92.00 $110.00 $135.00
Data Scientist $60.00 $62.00 $75.00 $74.00 $80.00 $95.00 $95.00 $120.00 $135.00
Data Storyteller $35.00 $46.00 $55.00 $50.00 $63.00 $75.00 $62.00 $95.00 $125.00
Data Visualisation Specialist $40.00 $47.00 $55.00 $50.00 $65.00 $75.00 $62.00 $93.50 $135.00
Database Administrator $40.00 $70.00 $85.00 $86.00 $95.00 $105.00 $105.00 $115.00 $125.00
Governance Specialist $65.00 $72.00 $80.00 $80.00 $88.00 $105.00 $100.00 $120.00 $135.00
Insights Analyst $35.00 $42.50 $55.00 $50.00 $61.00 $75.00 $70.00 $93.50 $125.00
Reporting Analyst $35.00 $54.00 $60.00 $55.00 $65.00 $75.00 $70.00 $75.00 $100.00
Research Analyst $20.00 $26.50 $35.00 $35.00 $44.00 $55.00 $55.00 $65.00 $78.00
Development & Engineering

Algorithm, AI & $20.00 $90.00 $95.00 $95.00 $112.50 $125.00 $120.00 $150.00 $170.00
Machine Learning Engineer
BI/Data Warehousing/Reports $45.00 $58.00 $65.00 $67.00 $82.00 $90.00 $90.00 $110.00 $130.00
Database Developer $70.00 $82.00 $92.00 $85.00 $92.50 $104.00 $100.00 $112.50 $130.00
DevOps Engineer $70.00 $81.00 $86.00 $88.00 $97.00 $110.00 $105.00 $117.50 $185.00
Embedded Engineer $36.00 $70.00 $75.00 $77.00 $85.00 $97.00 $93.00 $97.00 $115.00
Front End Developer $45.00 $52.00 $65.00 $65.00 $80.00 $90.00 $85.00 $102.00 $120.00
Full Stack Developer $20.00 $46.00 $60.00 $57.00 $73.00 $110.00 $85.00 $106.00 $140.00
JavaScript Developer $40.00 $45.00 $55.00 $52.00 $76.00 $87.00 $90.00 $101.50 $125.00
Mainframe Engineer $75.00 $81.00 $85.00 $85.00 $87.00 $95.00 $90.00 $99.00 $105.00
Mobile Developer $30.00 $43.00 $55.00 $55.00 $78.50 $92.00 $85.00 $95.00 $135.00
Platform Developer - .NET $60.00 $69.00 $75.00 $75.00 $87.00 $90.00 $85.00 $103.50 $125.00
Platform Developer -C++ $80.00 $87.00 $92.50 $90.00 $95.00 $101.00 $95.00 $101.50 $111.00
Platform Developer - Java $55.00 $62.50 $72.00 $71.00 $80.00 $90.00 $87.00 $103.50 $115.00
Salesforce Developer $70.00 $76.00 $82.00 $80.00 $92.50 $101.50 $100.00 $111.00 $123.00
Web & WebScripting Developer $22.00 $41.00 $55.00 $55.00 $71.00 $79.00 $74.00 $79.50 $88.00
Manager $95.00 – $135.00 (average $117.50)
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Occupation
Digital Design
Service Designer $50.00 $62.00 $75.00 $70.00 $80.00 $95.00 $85.00 $110.00 $140.00
UI Designer $40.00 $48.00 $60.00 $55.00 $70.00 $80.00 $75.00 $103.00 $120.00
UX Designer $50.00 $62.00 $90.00 $70.00 $86.00 $105.00 $89.00 $103.00 $130.00
UX Researcher $80.00 $85.00 $90.00 $88.00 $96.00 $108.00 $105.00 $116.50 $150.00
Web/Digital Designer $35.00 $52.00 $60.00 $55.00 $77.00 $90.00 $80.00 $105.00 $120.00
Digital Marketing
CRO Specialist $45.00 $61.00 $75.00 $60.00 $74.00 $85.00 $80.00 $105.00 $125.00
Digital Marketer $30.00 $38.00 $45.00 $40.00 $59.00 $79.00 $75.00 $94.00 $110.00
Digital Marketing Manager $30.00 $45.00 $58.00 $55.00 $67.00 $76.00 $65.00 $98.00 $160.00
Paid Serach/PPC/SEM Specialist $25.00 $32.00 $39.00 $35.00 $48.00 $60.00 $55.00 $69.00 $83.50
IT Support Services
Consumer Provisioning $25.00 $35.00 $45.00 $35.00 $40.00 $55.00 $45.00 $55.00 $60.00
Specialist
ITIL - Specific Problem Manager $80.00 $82.50 $85.00 $84.50 $90.00 $95.00 $92.00 $110.00 $120.00
Level 2 - Application $35.00 $37.00 $42.00 $40.00 $45.00 $55.00 $55.00 $67.50 $88.00
Administrator
Level 2 - Application $37.00 $38.00 $43.00 $42.00 $47.00 $58.00 $57.00 $72.00 $90.00
Consultant
Level 2 - Functional Application $45.00 $55.00 $60.00 $55.00 $65.00 $70.00 $70.00 $75.00 $80.00
Support Analyst
Level 2 - Monitoring & Reponse $35.00 $40.00 $50.00 $48.00 $52.00 $65.00 $62.00 $74.00 $85.00
Engineer
Level 2 - Technical Application $52.00 $63.00 $75.00 $75.00 $80.00 $85.00 $85.00 $90.00 $95.00
Support Analyst
Level 2 - Technical Support $37.00 $42.00 $47.00 $45.00 $50.00 $57.00 $58.00 $68.75 $87.00
Engineer
Level 2 - Technical Support $27.00 $30.00 $35.00 $30.00 $40.00 $50.00 $48.00 $59.00 $70.00
Technician
Service Desk Analyst $20.00 $26.00 $37.00 $35.00 $40.00 $50.00 $47.00 $52.50 $57.00
Service Desk Technician $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $27.00 $30.00 $35.00 $35.00 $38.00 $42.00
IT Manager $84.00 – $110.00 (average $90.00)
Manager - Applications $70.00 – $110.00 (average $95.00)
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Occupation
Procurement
Procurement Analyst $55.00 $65.00 $70.00 $77.00 $85.50 $90.00 $100.00 $105.00 $110.00
Manager $70.00 – $147.50 (average $105.00)
Product Management & Development

Agile Coach $67.50 $92.00 $98.00 $90.00 $104.00 $117.50 $108.00 $120.00 $150.00
Product Analyst/ $70.00 $75.00 $85.00 $77.00 $81.00 $92.00 $85.00 $91.00 $95.00
Associate Product Manager
Product Manager $90.00 $102.00 $108.00 $105.00 $112.50 $125.00 $115.00 $119.00 $130.00
Product Owner $75.00 $81.00 $90.00 $85.00 $89.00 $100.00 $95.00 $99.00 $130.00
UX/CX Researcher $80.00 $85.00 $90.00 $88.00 $96.00 $108.00 $105.00 $116.50 $150.00
Manager $90.00 – $160.00 (average $125.00)
Project & Delivery Services

Agile Coach $67.50 $92.00 $98.00 $90.00 $104.00 $117.50 $108.00 $120.00 $150.00
PMO Coordinator $45.00 $51.00 $57.00 $55.00 $61.00 $69.00 $65.00 $75.00 $95.00
Programme Manager $110.00 $124.00 $130.00 $125.00 $130.50 $139.00 $130.00 $134.00 $200.00
Project Coordinator $30.00 $54.00 $75.00 $40.00 $62.75 $85.00 $70.00 $86.25 $120.00
Project Manager $60.00 $96.00 $133.00 $95.00 $109.00 $130.00 $105.00 $116.50 $156.25
Scrum Master $85.00 $91.00 $95.00 $92.00 $97.50 $110.00 $100.00 $115.00 $125.00
Manager - Delivery Services $90.00 – $155.00 (average $132.00)
Security Services
Security Administrator $60.00 $68.50 $75.00 $80.00 $90.00 $100.00 $100.00 $105.00 $130.00
Security Engineer $70.00 $76.00 $83.00 $80.00 $91.50 $98.00 $100.00 $109.50 $120.00
CISO $105.00 – $185.00 (average $155.00)
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Occupation
Systems & Infrastructure Services

Cloud Administrator $60.00 $72.00 $80.00 $72.00 $77.50 $89.00 $87.00 $96.00 $105.00
Cloud Automation Engineer $70.00 $75.00 $80.00 $78.00 $86.50 $95.00 $90.00 $101.00 $125.00
Cloud Operations Engineer $70.00 $75.00 $80.00 $80.00 $90.00 $100.00 $100.00 $110.00 $120.00
Cloud Systems Engineer $60.00 $70.00 $80.00 $80.00 $90.00 $100.00 $100.00 $105.00 $115.00
DevOps Engineer $75.00 $81.00 $85.00 $82.00 $87.00 $93.00 $90.00 $113.00 $125.00
Network Administrator $40.00 $45.00 $60.00 $55.00 $65.00 $75.00 $70.00 $75.00 $85.00
Network Engineer $45.00 $55.00 $65.00 $70.00 $80.00 $90.00 $80.00 $90.00 $100.00
Systems Administrator $55.00 $60.00 $65.00 $60.00 $70.00 $80.00 $75.00 $85.00 $95.00
Systems Engineer $45.00 $50.00 $65.00 $65.00 $70.00 $75.00 $75.00 $81.00 $95.00
Testing Services
Automated $40.00 $69.00 $75.00 $73.00 $86.50 $95.00 $92.00 $98.00 $110.00
Automation Development $75.00 $79.00 $85.00 $85.00 $92.50 $96.00 $90.00 $101.00 $110.00
Manual $30.00 $35.00 $45.00 $45.00 $66.00 $78.00 $75.00 $86.50 $115.00
Manual & Automated $50.00 $58.00 $62.00 $60.00 $70.00 $84.00 $82.50 $94.50 $100.00
Test Lead $70.00 $75.00 $85.00 $80.00 $87.00 $92.00 $85.00 $91.00 $115.00
Test Manager $85.00 $88.00 $92.00 $90.00 $94.00 $100.00 $96.00 $103.00 $120.00
Manager - Testing $95.00 – $135.00 (average $115.00)
Training
Trainer $30.00 $40.00 $55.00 $45.00 $50.00 $65.00 $60.00 $65.00 $80.00
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Auckland
Level 8, 23 Customs Street East,
Auckland 1010
09 368 5111
info@potentia.co.nz
Wellington
potentia.co.nz
Level 4, 330 Lambton Quay,
Wellington 6011
04 473 9210
wellington@potentia.co.nz

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2020 Interim

Due to the reality of this picture, we made the decision to

‘‘ Continued digital product

Expect these remuneration levels to bounce quickly as development and project

In total, 3237 remuneration data points were collected.

72.4% 27.1% 0.5%

Employment type Generation split

Contract 24.6% 8.1% Baby Boomer

Experience Right to work

Working holiday visa holder 0.4%

Permanent salaries based on level of experience

Low Average High Low Average High Low Average High

Team Lead $115,000 – $156,000 (average $132,560)

Manager $155,000 – $220,000 (average $181,950)

Team Lead $108,445 – $160,000 (average $139,500)

Manager $115,000 – $170,000 (average $154,000)

Change & Transformation

Team Lead/Change Lead $110,000 – $203,000 (average $145,600)

Manager $130,000 – $240,000 (average $178,500)

Content & Knowledge

Team Lead $70,000 – $122,000 (average $98,500)

Manager $95,000 – $155,000 (average $114,500)

Permanent salaries across the NZ tech sector

Permanent salaries based on level of experience

Low Average High Low Average High Low Average High

Team Lead $96,500 – $190,000 (average $132,500)

Manager $135,000 – $370,000 (average $168,300)

Data & Analytics

Team Lead $91,000 – $185,000 (average $138,000)

Manager $112,500 – $225,000 (average $145,000)

Manager - Business Intelligence $120,000 – $300,000 (average $173,000)

Manager - Data Science $120,000 – $265,000 (average $168,900)

Manager - Insights $115,000 – $170,000 (average $147,333)

Manager - Data Engineering $125,000 – $210,000 (average $145,250)

Manager - Research $105,000 – $155,000 (average $126,350)

Permanent salaries across the NZ tech sector

Permanent salaries based on level of experience

Low Average High Low Average High Low Average High

Development & Engineering

Team Lead $69,000 – $200,000 (average $135,400)

Manager $90,000 – $257,000 (average $166,470)

Team Lead $85,000 – $140,000 (average $112,000)

Manager $110,000 – $198,000 (average $153,152)

Manager - UX $136,250 – $240,000 (average $145,020)

Permanent salaries across the NZ tech sector

Permanent salaries based on level of experience

Low Average High Low Average High Low Average High

Team Lead $67,000 – $112,000 (average $79,500)

Manager $72,750 – $155,000 (average $102,850)

Chief Data Officer/Head of Data $195,000 – $420,000 (average $227,950)

Chief Digital Officer/ $165,000 – $330,000 (average $258,500)

Chief Executive Officer $120,000 – $600,000 (average $305,090)

Chief Information Officer $125,000 – $350,000 (average $226,540)

Chief Information Security $130,000 – $300,000 (average $245,250)

Chief Operating Officer $180,000 – $560,000 (average $259,840)

Chief Product Officer/ $180,000 – $366,000 (average $213,073)

Chief Revenue Officer/VP Sales $140,000 – $575,000 (average $207,560)

Chief Technology Officer/ $130,000 – $480,000 (average $203,600)

Director - Digital Marketing $120,000 – $195,000 (average $129,500)

General Manager $92,000 – $350,000 (average $238,460)

Head of Client Services $140,000 – $220,000 (average $180,230)

Head of Customer Success $120,000 – $187,250 (average $146,580)

Permanent salaries across the NZ tech sector

Permanent salaries based on level of experience