Senior Executive is the highest-earning software development job worldwide as 2022, with the average annual salary amounting to around 125 thousand U.S. dollars. Engineering manager and site reliability engineer are the other developer jobs with high salaries.
Software developer
A software developer, or more commonly known as a programmer or a coder, is a person who creates software by using computer languages. There are two main types of software developers: application developer – those who design computer or mobile applications – and system developer – those who focus on operating systems-level software and network distribution software. In 2021, there were around 25.6 million software developers worldwide.
Programming languages
A programming language is a formal language that instruct a computer or computing device to perform certain tasks. Languages that software developers use to write code are called “high-level languages”; these can be complied into a “low-level language” which can be understood by the computer hardware. Programming languages that are most used by developers include JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, and Python. Clojure, F# and Elixir, on the other hand, are the languages associated with the highest salaries.
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Stack Overflow. (June 2, 2023). Average salaries of software developers worldwide as of 2023, by role (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/793602/worldwide-developer-survey-average-salaries/
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Stack Overflow. (2023). Average salaries of software developers worldwide as of 2023, by role (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/793602/worldwide-developer-survey-average-salaries/
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Average salaries of software developers worldwide as of 2023, by role (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Stack Overflow, June 2, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/793602/worldwide-developer-survey-average-salaries/