Please provide 3 examples of competitive salary levels for a Price
Benchmarking Specialist in the information technology services industry
(U.S.-based preferred).  Position should require at least 3-5 years
price benchmarking experience (8+ years total IT outsourcing
experience) and may be a staff- or manager-level position.  Companies
that typically hire these individuals include IBM, HP, EDS, CSC, ACS,
Accenture, Keane, Cap Gemini, Gartner, Compass America, etc.

Any comparable data MUST be specific to the type of descriptions
provided below.  Preferably, the source will indicate experience
levels as well.

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Sample job description 1: THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL GATHER, ANALYZE,
SYNTHESIZE, AND DISSEMAINATE COMPETITIVE PRICING INFORMATION AND
INSIGHTS TO OPTIMIZE PRICING. PROVIDES ANALYSES OF MARKET AND
COMPETITIVE PRICING TO SUPPORT THE CONFIGURATION OF PROFITABLE,
COMPETITIVE, AND DIFFERENTIATED OFFERINGS ON POTENTIAL DEALS AND TO
SUPPORT DELIVERY TEAMS IN NEGOTIATING CONTRACT BENCHMARKING CLAUSES. 
CONSULTS WITH ACCOUNT TEAMS TO MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF PRICE
BENCHMARKING ENGAGEMENTS ON COMPANY'S REVENUE.

Sample job description 2:  The key responsibilities are to advise
account teams of strategies and tactics to mitigate price benchmarking
risks throughout the deal lifecycle. The second key benchmarking
responsibility is to project manage benchmarks in order to mitigate
risk of revenue loss. The third key benchmarking responsibility is to
provide competitive pricing analysis to account teams throughout the
deal lifecycle.
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Partial payment will be made for individual, legitimate salary
citations and respective context ($15 per citation or $50 for 3
citations).

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Request for Question Clarification by nenna-ga on 29 Jun 2005 13:07 PDT

Hi benchmarker,

Just to let you know, you can't break up payment between researchers.
There is only 1 time a question can be answered, and that's the person
who gets 75% of the listed price for the question. In order to get you
an answer, a researcher will have to answer the ENTIRE question.

Just wanted to let you know that, being as you mentioned breaking up
payment at the bottom of your question. Also, the comments section is
not an official answer. The only people who can answer officially for
payment are researchers. You can tell us by the fact our names are
hyperlinked (usually in blue), as opposed to black and un-click-able.
Commentors sometimes leave email addresses or ways to contact them
when they help you, but it violates GA's policy, and is a bad idea to
follow up on if you get one.

Nenna-GA
Google Answers Researcher