In the fourth quarter, wages increased 3.1 percent overall, when compared to the same quarter in 2004. Wages reached their peak in the four-week period between Oct.10, 2005 and Nov. 6, 2005 when they averaged $30.27 per hour, and the Yoh Index of Technology Wages hit 108.37, the highest level it has reached since its inception in 2001. The Yoh Index of Technology Wages ended the fourth quarter of 2005 at 106.12, when indexed to January 2001 (1/2001 = 100), representing a near 11 percent total increase in wages for high-impact technology professionals since the fourth quarter of 2001. View the Yoh Index of Technology Wages data from 2001 – 2005, at www.yoh.com/yohindex/raw_data.htm.

The high-impact technology job titles in greatest demand nationwide during the fourth quarter of 2005, and their average hourly pay rates as determined by the Yoh Index, are:

• Clinical Research Associate - $38.52 • Data Manager - $45.06
• CRM Project Manager - $62.01 • Data Warehouse Architect - $69.03
• Hardware/Firmware engineer - $59.34 • .net Developer - $45.77
• Project Manager - $57.07 • SAP Functional Consultant - $75.09
• Senior Scientist - $43.76 • Oracle Database Administrator - $55.82

The Yoh Index of Technology Wages is not based on polls, surveys, projections, or other anecdotal evidence. It is built on data complied by Yoh’s 40 U.S. field offices, and uses actual employment activity of over 5,000 technology professionals outsourced on short- and long-term projects by over 1,000 of the nation’s top employers in aviation, engineering, information technology, manufacturing, scientific, telecommunications, and utility industries.