Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer during 2025 is USD 130,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 438 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 92,346 and USD 163,000 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
438
Top 10%
$ 199,500
Top 25%
$ 163,000
Median
$ 130,000
Bottom 25%
$ 92,346
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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Developer Salary TrendYearly salary in USD - Region: Global - Experience: Senior-level / Expert$130,400$130,400$130,000$130,000$129,600$129,600$129,200$129,200$128,800$128,800$128,400$128,4002024202420252025
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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 | 2425 jobs Engineering | 2075 jobs SQL | 1750 jobs Machine Learning | 1684 jobs Computer Science | 1634 jobs Architecture | 1555 jobs AWS | 1349 jobs Security | 1337 jobs Pipelines | 1313 jobs Testing | 1300 jobs Azure | 1281 jobs APIs | 1280 jobs Agile | 1223 jobs CI/CD | 974 jobs Java | 889 jobs DevOps | 780 jobs ETL | 771 jobs Docker | 753 jobs Research | 730 jobs Power BI | 724 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 | 2536 jobs Health care | 1111 jobs Flex hours | 933 jobs Competitive pay | 687 jobs Startup environment | 626 jobs Team events | 522 jobs Equity / stock options | 510 jobs Insurance | 482 jobs Flex vacation | 459 jobs Salary bonus | 368 jobs Parental leave | 356 jobs Medical leave | 327 jobs Wellness | 274 jobs 401(k) matching | 267 jobs Fitness / gym | 133 jobs Transparency | 128 jobs Conferences | 105 jobs Relocation support | 102 jobs Flexible spending account | 83 jobs Home office stipend | 63 jobs

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