These tech skills drove the biggest salary increases over the past year [Video]

Professionals and managers working directly with artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are seeing their compensation shoot upward. These workers also experience greater job satisfaction.

That’s the word from Dice’s latest tech salaries report, based on the responses of 2,835 tech professionals conducted in the fall of 2024.

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The research also shows how tech workplaces are evolving. Women respondents, who trailblazed in a male-dominated field, say that opportunities and workplace cultures have opened up. Female professionals who have worked in tech for more than two decades are 1.5 times more likely than men to say tech culture has improved over the past 20 years (64% versus 46%).

Salary and rate increases

The average technology professional now earns $112,521 a year across all disciplines, reflecting a 1.2% year-on-year increase. IT executives and managers lead the pack by a wide margin, earning almost $170,000 annually on average. Developers tend to earn …