Developer Salary in Germany during 2025

💰 The median Developer Salary in Germany during 2025 is USD 117,900

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The average Developer salary lies between USD 84,210 and USD 193,000 in Germany. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Developer
Experience
all levels
Region
Germany
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 344,000
Top 25%
$ 193,000
Median
$ 117,900
Bottom 25%
$ 84,210
Bottom 10%
$ 50,526

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Developer job listings are Python, Engineering and SQL. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 4415 jobs Engineering | 3460 jobs SQL | 3260 jobs Computer Science | 3011 jobs Machine Learning | 2848 jobs Testing | 2174 jobs Architecture | 2165 jobs Security | 2151 jobs AWS | 2100 jobs Azure | 2073 jobs APIs | 2025 jobs Agile | 2020 jobs Pipelines | 1923 jobs Java | 1463 jobs ETL | 1432 jobs Power BI | 1424 jobs CI/CD | 1412 jobs Research | 1368 jobs Git | 1267 jobs DevOps | 1222 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Developer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 4317 jobs Health care | 1920 jobs Flex hours | 1689 jobs Competitive pay | 1267 jobs Startup environment | 1032 jobs Team events | 942 jobs Equity / stock options | 926 jobs Insurance | 887 jobs Flex vacation | 781 jobs Salary bonus | 673 jobs Medical leave | 571 jobs Parental leave | 559 jobs Wellness | 448 jobs 401(k) matching | 436 jobs Fitness / gym | 240 jobs Transparency | 214 jobs Relocation support | 193 jobs Conferences | 178 jobs Flexible spending account | 145 jobs Gear | 118 jobs

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