63% software developers fewer than 5 years of experience

Highest salary for software developers with 25 years of experience: LKR96,006 to LKR553,127 per month

Based on our survey, employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between LKR96,006 and LKR553,127 per month. Veteran workers in this occupation with 30 years worth of experience can earn an hourly wage between LKR311 and LKR2,708 per hour.

Software developers mostly male

Among the people in this job who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. 30% of workers in this occupation are parents of at least 1 child. Workers who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.

Average working week of 41 hours

On average, workers in this occupation work 41 hours per week. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers is set at 3%. 97% are not covered by a collective agreement.

Coworkers mostly male

25% of workers state that they have no permanent contract for their job. The majority of people in this job work in organisations of 500 or more employees. Since starting their first job, 63% of employees have worked fewer than 5 years. 75% of people in this job state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. 55% of all participating workers in this occupation work in a multinational organisation. For most employees, the majority of their coworkers are male.

In the survey, 2% of the people in this job choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, people in this job feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 29% of the people in this job.

Of all surveyed workers, 27% feel dissatisfied about their salary. 32% of the workers reports to be in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their wage.

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