pragmatic forward -thinking advice and market intelligence targeting the human capital side of the modern highly integrated business/IT hybrid environment in which virtually all private and public organizations operate their businesses.

Our products are deeply grounded in specialized proprietary data-driven statistical and empirical research, surveys, and business intelligence collected from thousands of North American employers with whom we have deep longstanding research partnerships. These partnerships have been created and supported specifically to enable unique market intelligence views and difficult-to-find decision support research on the multiple facets of IT human capital management. As a group they were selected to meet strict criteria for what we believe is the most meaningful demographic representation for IT professionals for benchmarking purposes.

Founded in 1997 and comprised of former Gartner and META Group industry analysts, McKinsey & Company, Mercer and TowersWatson senior consultants, and former corporate HR, IT, and business executives, the firm’s research division publishes 100+ quarterly-updated benchmarking, analytical research and forecasting products that help employers benchmark their IT compensation, solve difficult information technology management and workforce problems, and strengthen their ability to execute complex business solutions.

The firm’s IT Insider research series features the industry’s most up-to-date and versatile IT salary/bonus and skills premium pay surveys and in depth IT organization and workforce trends research. A pioneer in defining and benchmarking pay for ‘new breed’ roles and jobs in the modern IT workforce, the firm’s IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index TM of pay for 885 skills and is the industry’s oldest and most comprehensive survey of market values and demand forecasting for individual certified and noncertified IT information technology skills. Our IT Professional Salary Survey is highly regarded for its currency and accuracy, and for its relevancy in filling in gaps in other surveys in defining and pricing the modern IT workforce.

The foundation of the firm’s research is the continuous monitoring of compensation, attitudes, and workplace experiences of 255,600 IT workers in 2,985 North American employers. Foote Partners distinction in the marketplace is an innovative compensation data collection and validation methodology designed specifically to alleviate the widespread problem of lack of standardization in IT job titles that plagues most major IT salary surveys still using low-cost passive data collection methods. All surveys and trend reports are updated and published every ninety days.

Foote Partners IT compensation survey findings and IT labor market trend analyses are featured regularly in countless HR, IT and business periodicals and media sources around the globe, including Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CIO Magazine, ComputerWorld, Network World, WorldatWork’s Journal and Workspan Magazine; and in appearances on network and cable television, National Public Radio, and countless podcasts and webcasts.

IT Compensation Survey and Workforce Publications

Foote Partners’ respected IT Insider research series features comprehensive and up-to-date IT salary/bonus and technical skills premium pay benchmark surveys, and IT organization and workforce trends research. Included in the quarterly IT Insider series are the following:

• IT Professional Salary Survey reports

• IT Skills and Certifications Pay IndexTM

• IT Salary+Skills Pay Survey Reports TM

• IT Insider Professional Job DescriptionsTM

• IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends ReportTM

• IT Skills and Certifications HOT LIST Forecast

• IT Skills & Certifications Volatility Index

• Insider Workforce Trends SeriesTM reports

Foote Partners’ proprietary survey-based research and business consulting practice areas include:

• IT Workforce Intelligence

• IT Market Intelligence

• Agile IT Compensation

• Incentive Plan Design

• People Architecture

• Business Intelligence/Analytics

• IT Management and Organization Services

• Professions and Retention Services

• Enterprise Capability Planning/Mgt

• International HR and Expatriate Administration

• Outsourcing/Offshoring and Strategic Resource Management

• Organization and Transition Management

• Workforce Performance Management

• Enterprise Project Delivery

• Corporate Strategy and Business Development