The annual State of the CIO study provides Australian chief information officers with local research on leadership strategies, salary ranges, tenure and business priorities in mid to large organisations. CIOs in organisations with an average of 145 IT staff, supporting 7000 users participated in this year’s study and provided a benchmark for best-practice in IT business management. The study is part of a global research project which allows CIOs to compare their priorities and objectives with those of equivalent organisations in the United States.

The Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) has advertised for a CIO, with the successful candidate set to report to the Chief Financial Officer.

In our annual State of the CIO survey you told us about the problems you face in this turbulent world of new technologies and tight budgets, a world in which the role of the CIO is reconsidered, re-evaluated and re-imagined almost on a daily basis. Some of the 302 CIOs who responded are fairing quite well. They’re bringing creativity and new revenues to their businesses and they’re being rewarded with new responsibilities. Others are finding this new world difficult to navigate. Read on to see how you compare...