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Date: 08/11/2025

Computer and Information Systems Managers

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

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  • Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.
  • Manage backup, security and user help systems.
  • Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
  • Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
  • Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
  • Evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements, such as hardware and software upgrades.
  • Provide users with technical support for computer problems.
  • Stay abreast of advances in technology.
  • Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
  • Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.
  • Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
  • Control operational budget and expenditures.
  • Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
  • Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.
  • Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
  • Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
  • Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
  • Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.
  • Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation.
  • Evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements, such as hardware and software upgrades.
  • Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
  • Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
  • Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
  • Prepare and review operational reports or project progress reports.
  • Purchase necessary equipment.
  • Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
  • Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation.

Work Activities

Work Activities

  • Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.
  • Manage backup, security and user help systems.
  • Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
  • Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
  • Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
  • Evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements, such as hardware and software upgrades.
  • Provide users with technical support for computer problems.
  • Stay abreast of advances in technology.
  • Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
  • Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.
  • Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
  • Control operational budget and expenditures.
  • Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
  • Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.
  • Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
  • Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
  • Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.
  • Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.
  • Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation.
  • Evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements, such as hardware and software upgrades.
  • Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
  • Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
  • Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.
  • Prepare and review operational reports or project progress reports.
  • Purchase necessary equipment.
  • Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
  • Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation.

Skills

  • Technology Design

    Making equipment and technology useful for customers.

  • Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • Installation

    Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.

  • Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

  • Management of Financial Resources

    Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

  • Learning Strategies

    Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Understanding people's reactions.

  • Coordination

    Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

  • Management of Material Resources

    Managing equipment and materials.

  • Active Listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • Equipment Maintenance

    Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.

  • Repairing

    Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.

  • Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • Management of Personnel Resources

    Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

  • Equipment Selection

    Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.

  • Negotiation

    Bringing people together to solve differences.

  • Science

    Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

  • Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

  • Systems Analysis

    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

  • Time Management

    Managing your time and the time of other people.

  • Operations Monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

  • Quality Control Analysis

    Testing how well a product or service works.

  • Operations Analysis

    Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

  • Programming

    Writing computer programs.

  • Reading Comprehension

    Reading work-related information.

  • Service Orientation

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • Operation and Control

    Using equipment or systems.

  • Judgment and Decision Making

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

  • Active Learning

    Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

  • Troubleshooting

    Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.

  • Critical Thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • Systems Evaluation

    Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

  • Mathematics

    Using math to solve problems.

  • Complex Problem Solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

WorkKeys®

Applied Math
6
Workplace Documents
5
Graphic Literacy
5

Abilities

  • Visualization

    Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.

  • Written Expression

    Communicating by writing.

  • Originality

    Creating new and original ideas.

  • Oral Comprehension

    Listening and understanding what people say.

  • Inductive Reasoning

    Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.

  • Visual Color Discrimination

    Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.

  • Night Vision

    Seeing at night or under low light.

  • Mathematical Reasoning

    Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.

  • Speed of Closure

    Quickly knowing what you are looking at.

  • Hearing Sensitivity

    Telling the difference between sounds.

  • Information Ordering

    Ordering or arranging things.

  • Reaction Time

    Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.

  • Dynamic Strength

    Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.

  • Control Precision

    Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

  • Memorization

    Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.

  • Speed of Limb Movement

    Quickly moving your arms and legs.

  • Manual Dexterity

    Holding or moving items with your hands.

  • Oral Expression

    Communicating by speaking.

  • Glare Sensitivity

    Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.

  • Speech Clarity

    Speaking clearly.

  • Fluency of Ideas

    Coming up with lots of ideas.

  • Auditory Attention

    Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.

  • Category Flexibility

    Grouping things in different ways.

  • Selective Attention

    Paying attention to something without being distracted.

  • Peripheral Vision

    Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.

  • Written Comprehension

    Reading and understanding what is written.

  • Flexibility of Closure

    Seeing hidden patterns.

  • Gross Body Equilibrium

    Keeping your balance or staying upright.

  • Deductive Reasoning

    Using rules to solve problems.

  • Time Sharing

    Doing two or more things at the same time.

  • Depth Perception

    Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.

  • Number Facility

    Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.

  • Perceptual Speed

    Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

  • Spatial Orientation

    Knowing where things are around you.

  • Stamina

    Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.

  • Finger Dexterity

    Putting together small parts with your fingers.

  • Multilimb Coordination

    Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.

  • Problem Sensitivity

    Noticing when problems happen.

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness

    Keeping your arm or hand steady.

  • Near Vision

    Seeing details up close.

  • Far Vision

    Seeing details that are far away.

  • Speech Recognition

    Recognizing spoken words.

  • Trunk Strength

    Using your lower back and stomach.

  • Static Strength

    Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.

  • Sound Localization

    Noticing the direction that a sound came from.

  • Extent Flexibility

    Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Dynamic Flexibility

    Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Wrist-Finger Speed

    Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.

  • Rate Control

    Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.

  • Response Orientation

    Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.

  • Explosive Strength

    Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.

  • Gross Body Coordination

    Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.

Knowledge

  • Public Safety and Security

    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

  • Administration and Management

    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • History and Archeology

    Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

  • Biology

    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

  • Administrative

    Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

  • Physics

    Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.

  • Sales and Marketing

    Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • Transportation

    Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

  • Economics and Accounting

    Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

  • Mathematics

    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

  • Production and Processing

    Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

  • Building and Construction

    Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

  • Mechanical

    Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

  • Geography

    Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

  • Therapy and Counseling

    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

  • Education and Training

    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • Law and Government

    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

  • Design

    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

  • Sociology and Anthropology

    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.

  • Foreign Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

  • Fine Arts

    Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

  • Food Production

    Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

  • Chemistry

    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

  • Psychology

    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

  • Computers and Electronics

    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • Communications and Media

    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

  • Telecommunications

    Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • Personnel and Human Resources

    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

  • Engineering and Technology

    Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • Philosophy and Theology

    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

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Pay

  • Typical Salary
  • $208,000
    $163,260
    $99,010
    Ohio
    US
    $208,000
    $171,200
    $104,450
  • Typical Hourly Wage
  • $100
    $78
    $48
    Ohio
    US
    $100
    $82
    $50

Ohio Employment Trends

  • Currently Employed 13,610
  • Yearly Projected Openings 970

Typical Education

Personality

Conventional: People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Initiative
  • Cooperation
  • Analytical Thinking

Tools

  • Access servers
  • Computer servers
  • Computer tool kits
  • High end computer servers
  • Inkjet printers
  • Integrated services digital network ISDN access devices
  • Laser fax machine
  • Laser printers
  • Mainframe computers
  • Network analyzers
  • Network interface cards
  • Network routers
  • Network switches
  • Peripheral controller cards
  • Personal computers
  • Photocopiers
  • Print servers
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Screwdrivers
  • Teleconference equipment

Technology

  • Access software
  • Accounting software
  • Analytical or scientific software
  • Application server software
  • Backup or archival software
  • Business intelligence and data analysis software
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Cloud-based data access and sharing software
  • Cloud-based management software
  • Cloud-based protection or security software
  • Clustering software
  • Communications server software
  • Compliance software
  • Configuration management software
  • Content workflow software
  • Customer relationship management CRM software
  • Data base management system software
  • Data base reporting software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Data mining software
  • Desktop publishing software
  • Development environment software
  • Electronic mail software
  • Enterprise application integration software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Enterprise system management software
  • Filesystem software
  • Financial analysis software
  • Graphical user interface development software
  • Helpdesk or call center software
  • Human resources software
  • Internet browser software
  • LAN software
  • Metadata management software
  • Network conferencing software
  • Network connectivity terminal emulation software
  • Network monitoring software
  • Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software
  • Object or component oriented development software
  • Object oriented data base management software
  • Office suite software
  • Operating system software
  • Platform interconnectivity software
  • Portal server software
  • Presentation software
  • Process mapping and design software
  • Project management software
  • Requirements analysis and system architecture software
  • Software defined networking/ virtualization software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Transaction security and virus protection software
  • Transaction server software
  • Video creation and editing software
  • Web page creation and editing software
  • Web platform development software
  • Wireless software
  • Word processing software

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