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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in Canada during 2025 is USD 126,650

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 89,285 and USD 142,857 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
38
Top 10%
$ 170,000
Top 25%
$ 142,857
Median
$ 126,650
Bottom 25%
$ 89,285
Bottom 10%
$ 71,428

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 | 1634 jobs Engineering | 1346 jobs SQL | 1204 jobs Machine Learning | 1134 jobs Computer Science | 1101 jobs Architecture | 1018 jobs Security | 909 jobs AWS | 894 jobs Testing | 841 jobs Agile | 839 jobs Azure | 816 jobs Pipelines | 808 jobs APIs | 808 jobs CI/CD | 637 jobs Java | 613 jobs ETL | 523 jobs DevOps | 518 jobs Research | 516 jobs Git | 495 jobs JavaScript | 487 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 | 1713 jobs Health care | 747 jobs Flex hours | 613 jobs Competitive pay | 447 jobs Startup environment | 397 jobs Insurance | 344 jobs Equity / stock options | 336 jobs Team events | 331 jobs Flex vacation | 308 jobs Salary bonus | 258 jobs Parental leave | 240 jobs Medical leave | 223 jobs Wellness | 192 jobs 401(k) matching | 186 jobs Fitness / gym | 95 jobs Transparency | 82 jobs Conferences | 72 jobs Flexible spending account | 68 jobs Relocation support | 55 jobs Home office stipend | 46 jobs

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