Technology is ever changing and so are the high paying jobs in the field of technology. In today’s era, there is no doubt that the largest growing industry is technology. With so many billion dollar companies alone in the field of technology, there is no doubt that the highest paid jobs are in this field too.

If you look at the giants of industry like Microsoft and Google, you can search online how much their CTO’s and other high position officials make per year. This income amount is jaw-dropping and even unbelievable to the people of same job descriptions in fields other than technology. 

But not everybody can become a CTO or CEO of an IT company. So, what can you do instead? Start from the bottom, or mid-level, or senior-level in any technology company. With almost very little education like a college degree, a diploma, or even some IT certifications like Azure certification or AWS certification, you can land a pretty good job in this field and then make your way upward to the high paid jobs. This time period after freshly joining an IT company is very crucial for any IT professional. As this is the time when you find out your hidden skills, whether you are more suitable for a managerial post or a development post.

Nevertheless, wherever your skill sets might lead you, you can always come on top based on your work ethics and can land any one of these high paying jobs.

Here are 10 of the highest paying Tech jobs in 2019.

1. Software engineering manager
   This is a crucial role in any company, A software engineering manager looks over all of the software developers and engineers. And assists them in the development cycle and also provides solutions to any upcoming issues.
   Average salary of Software engineering manager is around $163,000.
   
   
2. Infrastructure Architect / Data warehouse Architect
   The job of an Infrastructureor Data warehousearchitect is to create data communication networks that help the organization internally or maintain a data warehouse for the users, where user’s data is stored. Ever seen those big server farms that most tech giants use? Most of them are thought out by a single infrastructure / Data warehouse Architect. Average salary for this position is around $150,000.
    
3. Software development manager
   The software development manager oversees the development team in the development and testing part. They ensure that the final product has minimal bugs or defects and that the development team is following some industry standards. The software development manager is involved throughout the development phase overseeing every single developer and making sure that there are no hiccups in the process. Average salary is $150,000.
   
   
4. Software Architect
   The software architect plans the flow and direction for the development phase of any software system. The software architect has a lot of burden on his/her shoulders as they are the ones who plan the system before creation, what tools or programming languages will be used for developing software, what platforms will be used, what guidelines will be set, and what technical standards have to be followed.  The average salary of a software architect is $150,000.
   
   
5. Technical program manager
   They help track the progress of any software development cycle, set deadlines of deliverables, and provide support for any issue that may arise. Technical program managers are also called project managers in some companies and they are given a number of projects to manage at once. Avarage salary is around $145,000.
   
   

6. Applications Architect
   Applications architect focuses on the creation and modification of applications. Along with this, job responsibilities could be to overlook when new tools need to be developed for application and when we can use existing. Salary could be said around $140,000.
   
   

7. Information security engineer
   All big companies face cyber attacks from time to time. The job of information security engineer is to implement security checks and firewalls against malicious attacks for either the organization itself or any one of the organization’s products. As security is essential for the survival of any IT company, the information security engineers are well paid. And any word from them regarding security in the software is not taken lightly. Average salary for information security engineer is $130,000.
   
   
8. DevOps Engineer
   A DevOps Engineer makes the deployment cycle very easy for any company. They work alongside developers, operations and other IT staff to release small changes from time to time. They can also help pinpoint some issues regarding the changes after deployment. The demand for DevOps engineers is increasing rapidly these days, as companies don’t want to bother developers to deploy on various platforms. Rather the developers can focus on the creation part and the DevOps engineer focuses on the deployment part. Salary is around $130,000.

9. Data Scientist
   A data scientist implies logic on the data itself, the main role of this job is to get useful data out of some data present at hand. A data scientist can make predictive strategies either for a product or the organization itself.
   The average salary for a data scientist is $120,000.
   
   

10. Senior Software Engineer
    A senior software engineer is an experienced professional whose code is clean and according to professional standards. Although this is not a managerial role, and each team can have more than one senior software engineer. But still, a senior software engineer guides the lower or entry level engineers/developers in development. Salary of a senior software engineer could be around $100,000.

Conclusion: 

The above-mentioned jobs are not entry-level jobs in any way. Rather they require a lot of time and effort along with smooth enhancement of skills. As mentioned earlier, if you are planning to make a career transition to any of these posts, do not do it keeping the income in mind, instead focus on an area that you truly enjoy and then you can naturally rise to a position of this level.

With that being said, Information technology is a great field for career choice at this time. As we are currently living in the digital age, new technology always keeps popping up and along with that some new career choices. Learning is never-ending in the life of an IT professional, choose it over any other field only if you have a stomach for it.