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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in Canada during 2025 is USD 128,193

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 92,346 and USD 141,600 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
54
Top 10%
$ 170,000
Top 25%
$ 141,600
Median
$ 128,193
Bottom 25%
$ 92,346
Bottom 10%
$ 81,500

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 | 2403 jobs Engineering | 2056 jobs SQL | 1725 jobs Machine Learning | 1669 jobs Computer Science | 1620 jobs Architecture | 1542 jobs AWS | 1340 jobs Security | 1325 jobs Pipelines | 1298 jobs Testing | 1288 jobs APIs | 1268 jobs Azure | 1267 jobs Agile | 1215 jobs CI/CD | 966 jobs Java | 881 jobs DevOps | 775 jobs ETL | 760 jobs Docker | 744 jobs Research | 725 jobs Power BI | 716 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 | 2510 jobs Health care | 1098 jobs Flex hours | 927 jobs Competitive pay | 683 jobs Startup environment | 622 jobs Team events | 517 jobs Equity / stock options | 507 jobs Insurance | 477 jobs Flex vacation | 455 jobs Salary bonus | 365 jobs Parental leave | 352 jobs Medical leave | 325 jobs Wellness | 272 jobs 401(k) matching | 266 jobs Fitness / gym | 132 jobs Transparency | 128 jobs Conferences | 105 jobs Relocation support | 100 jobs Flexible spending account | 83 jobs Home office stipend | 63 jobs

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