Computer and Information Systems Managers

Overview

Computer and Information Systems Managers has a national median salary of $175,140 per year, with +15.8% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

Work Values

• Working Conditions
• Support
• Achievement

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Manage backup, security and user help systems.
• Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
• Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
• Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
• Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.

Work Activities

• Working with Computers
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Getting Information
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Analyzing Data or Information
• Developing and Building Teams
• Developing Objectives and Strategies
• Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

Detailed Work Activities

• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a master's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Master's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a bachelor's degree.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Computer and Information Systems Managers:

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