| Vendors show their worth | |||
| Respondents were asked to indicate the particular technology or products they are most proficient in. | |||
| Tech proficiency vs salary | |||
| Permanent staff | Contractors | ||
| Technology / product | Monthly average | Monthly average | |
| Accpac | R13 539 | R23 056 | |
| Adabas | R22 942 | R22 528 | |
| AIX / UNIX | R21 630 | R6 372 | |
| Apple OS | R13 625 | R7 916 | |
| AS400 | R14 514 | R12 906 | |
| Avaya telephony solutions | R18 773 | R5 500 | |
| Business Objects | R16 422 | R25 448 | |
| CA eTrust | R12 395 | R7 917 | |
| CA Unicenter | R15 284 | R12 580 | |
| Cisco | R17 562 | R13 423 | |
| Cobol | R18 804 | R17 543 | |
| Cognos | R17 331 | R16 620 | |
| Delphi | R16 325 | R21 965 | |
| EMC | R35 021 | R6 414 | |
| Goldmine | R15 967 | R13 333 | |
| HP OpenView | R17 695 | R11 222 | |
| HP OpenVMS | R15 221 | ||
| HP-UX | R13 017 | R18 333 | |
| IBM AS/400 | R18 252 | R15 333 | |
| IBM DB2 | R21 423 | R43 125 | |
| IBM iSeries | R15 689 | R12 559 | |
| IBM MQSeries | R20 296 | ||
| IBM OS/390 | R20 358 | R29 375 | |
| IBM Tivoli | R17 990 | R21 199 | |
| IBM WebSphere | R25 831 | R31 083 | |
| Java, J2EE | R15 361 | R21 640 | |
| JD Edwards | R17 840 | R10 750 | |
| Juniper | R13 222 | R13 333 | |
| Linux | R14 697 | R12 042 | |
| Microsoft .Net | R16 553 | R17 358 | |
| Microsoft ASP | R12 943 | R14 043 | |
| Microsoft C# | R16 761 | R19 789 | |
| Microsoft C++ | R17 677 | R18 551 | |
| Microsoft Office | R13 802 | R13 800 | |
| Microsoft Operating Systems | R14 190 | R14 326 | |
| Microsoft SQL | R16 330 | R18 924 | |
| Microsoft VB | R14 182 | R10 623 | |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | R14 625 | R18 898 | |
| MySAP | R21 261 | R25 569 | |
| Novell Directory | R14 613 | R11 545 | |
| Novell netWarw | R12 327 | R24 468 | |
| Novell SUSE Linux | R14 075 | R9 494 | |
| Object oriented platforms (C++ / UML / Rational Rose, etc) | R20 996 | R26 960 | |
| Oracle Applications | R18 324 | R7 538 | |
| Oracle Data Warehousing and BI | R21 583 | R11 410 | |
| Oracle Database | R17 944 | R20 880 | |
| Oracle Development Tools | R17 025 | R11 196 | |
| PeopleSoft | R15 597 | R5 938 | |
| F1F1F1 Hat | R13 916 | R8 175 | |
| SAP NetWeaver | R32 137 | R15 250 | |
| SAP R/3 | R22 052 | R29 794 | |
| SAS | R24 301 | R11 111 | |
| SCO | R18 287 | R14 583 | |
| Siebel | R15 416 | R23 972 | |
| Sun Java | R14 339 | R18 477 | |
| Sun server hardware | R17 475 | ||
| Sun Solaris | R22 951 | R26 667 | |
| Symantec | R13 657 | R30 861 | |
| Unisys server hardware | R12 250 | R8 000 | |
| Unix | R19 226 | R25 786 | |
| Disclaimer: Although permanent and contractor monthly salaries are listed next to one another, direct comparisons are not possible as monthly totals are affected by many factors, such as company size, experience, responsibility, number of hours worked and hourly rates. | |||
| Note: For salary tables as reported by holders of various vendor certifications, go to page 15. | |||