Wage satisfaction low among software developers

Salary for starting software developers between K6,553 and K20,248 per month

Based on our survey, workers in this occupation with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K6,362 and K44,792 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting workers in this occupation who are new to their job will earn between K6,553 and K20,248 per month.

Software developers mostly male

60% of people in this job have 1 child or more. 80% says they are male, while 20% entered female as their gender. People in this job who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age.

Average working week of 41 hours

On average, workers work 41 hours per week. According to our survey, coverage by collective bargaining among workers in this occupation is set at 2%. 98% are not covered by a collective agreement.

Coworkers mostly male

Of the participating workers, 45% work in a multinational organisation. 66% of workers have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. The majority of workers work in organisations of 500 or more employees. 52% of employees state that they have no permanent contract for their job. In most cases, workers report that the majority of their coworkers are male. 48% of workers state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing.

In the survey, 8% of the workers choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most employees are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 35% of the employees.

Wage dissatisfaction high among software developers

Of all surveyed people in this job, 23% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. 49% of the people in this job reports to be dissatisfied with their wage.

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