Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer during 2025 is USD 130,891

✏️ This salary info is based on 196 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 89,532 and USD 168,870 globally. 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
196
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 168,870
Median
$ 130,891
Bottom 25%
$ 89,532
Bottom 10%
$ 56,962

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 1393 jobs Engineering | 1153 jobs SQL | 1051 jobs Machine Learning | 958 jobs Computer Science | 955 jobs Architecture | 871 jobs Security | 794 jobs AWS | 747 jobs Agile | 733 jobs Testing | 717 jobs Azure | 692 jobs Pipelines | 690 jobs APIs | 673 jobs CI/CD | 527 jobs Java | 509 jobs ETL | 459 jobs Research | 451 jobs Power BI | 424 jobs DevOps | 418 jobs JavaScript | 408 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 1471 jobs Health care | 642 jobs Flex hours | 513 jobs Competitive pay | 396 jobs Startup environment | 328 jobs Insurance | 314 jobs Equity / stock options | 294 jobs Team events | 270 jobs Flex vacation | 247 jobs Salary bonus | 214 jobs Parental leave | 200 jobs Medical leave | 200 jobs Wellness | 164 jobs 401(k) matching | 160 jobs Fitness / gym | 84 jobs Transparency | 67 jobs Flexible spending account | 61 jobs Conferences | 55 jobs Relocation support | 45 jobs Home office stipend | 35 jobs

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