Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in Canada during 2025 is USD 125,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 18 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 82,142 and USD 140,000 in Canada. 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
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
18
Top 10%
$ 150,000
Top 25%
$ 140,000
Median
$ 125,000
Bottom 25%
$ 82,142
Bottom 10%
$ 67,857

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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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 | 935 jobs Engineering | 775 jobs SQL | 703 jobs Computer Science | 651 jobs Machine Learning | 647 jobs Architecture | 577 jobs Security | 548 jobs Agile | 492 jobs AWS | 484 jobs Testing | 469 jobs Azure | 463 jobs Pipelines | 440 jobs APIs | 432 jobs Java | 354 jobs CI/CD | 339 jobs ETL | 317 jobs Research | 301 jobs Power BI | 293 jobs DevOps | 286 jobs JavaScript | 285 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 | 984 jobs Health care | 416 jobs Flex hours | 348 jobs Competitive pay | 255 jobs Startup environment | 211 jobs Insurance | 205 jobs Equity / stock options | 188 jobs Team events | 172 jobs Flex vacation | 154 jobs Salary bonus | 146 jobs Parental leave | 128 jobs Medical leave | 128 jobs 401(k) matching | 105 jobs Wellness | 94 jobs Fitness / gym | 53 jobs Transparency | 45 jobs Flexible spending account | 37 jobs Relocation support | 29 jobs Conferences | 25 jobs Gear | 20 jobs

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