IT & PROGRAMMING II / SALARY
HONG KONG

SALARY SURVEYS

48

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June 2024
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 7.81 HKD = 1 USD
600,321 HKD $76,874 USD		601,305 HKD $77,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 7.81 HKD = 1 USD

Average Salary / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong

Average salary for IT & Programming II / Hong Kong is 600,321 HKD per year. The most typical earning is 601,305 HKD. All data are based on 48 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 573,192 HKD. Women receive a salary of 525,556 HKD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 659,874 HKD. The second most paid education level is Some College with salary of 590,372 HKD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 0-1 Year of experience receive salary of 1,692,244 HKD. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 1,104,996 HKD.

Levels / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

Salary Levels (HKD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
78,100 HKD - 117,099 HKD	1	100% 2.08%
117,100 HKD - 156,199 HKD	0	n/a
156,200 HKD - 195,199 HKD	0	n/a
195,200 HKD - 234,299 HKD	2	97.92% 4.17%
234,300 HKD - 273,299 HKD	4	93.75% 8.33%
273,300 HKD - 312,399 HKD	2	85.42% 4.17%
312,400 HKD - 351,399 HKD	2	81.25% 4.17%
351,400 HKD - 390,499 HKD	2	77.08% 4.17%
390,500 HKD - 429,499 HKD	4	72.92% 8.33%
429,500 HKD - 468,499 HKD	1	64.58% 2.08%
468,500 HKD - 507,599 HKD	3	62.5% 6.25%
507,600 HKD - 546,599 HKD	0	n/a
546,600 HKD - 585,699 HKD	2	56.25% 4.17%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
585,700 HKD - 624,699 HKD	7	52.08% 14.58%
624,700 HKD - 663,799 HKD	0	n/a
663,800 HKD - 702,799 HKD	4	37.5% 8.33%
702,800 HKD - 741,899 HKD	3	29.17% 6.25%
741,900 HKD - 780,899 HKD	1	22.92% 2.08%
780,900 HKD - 819,999 HKD	3	20.83% 6.25%
820,000 HKD - 858,999 HKD	0	n/a
859,000 HKD - 897,999 HKD	0	n/a
898,100 HKD - 937,099 HKD	0	n/a
937,100 HKD - 976,099 HKD	0	n/a
976,100 HKD - 1,015,199 HKD	4	14.58% 8.33%
1,015,200 HKD - 1,054,199 HKD	0	n/a
1,054,200 HKD - 1,093,299 HKD	0	n/a
1,093,300 HKD - 1,132,299 HKD	0	n/a
1,132,300 HKD - 1,171,399 HKD	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
1,171,400 HKD - 1,249,499 HKD	1	6.25% 2.08%
1,249,500 HKD - 1,327,499 HKD	0	n/a
1,327,600 HKD - 1,405,599 HKD	0	n/a
1,405,600 HKD - 1,483,699 HKD	0	n/a
1,483,700 HKD - 1,561,799 HKD	1	4.17% 2.08%
1,561,800 HKD - 1,639,899 HKD	0	n/a
1,639,900 HKD - 1,717,999 HKD	1	2.08% 2.08%
1,718,000 HKD - 1,796,099 HKD	0	n/a
1,796,100 HKD - 1,874,199 HKD	0	n/a
1,874,200 HKD - 1,952,299 HKD	0	n/a
1,952,300 HKD - 2,733,199 HKD	0	n/a

Gender / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	21	573,192 HKD
2	Women	8	525,556 HKD

Education / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	12	659,874 HKD
2	Some College	5	590,372 HKD
3	Bachelors Degree	29	579,439 HKD
4	Doctorate Degree	2	567,725 HKD

Experience / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	0-1 Year	1	1,692,244 HKD
2	20+ Years	2	1,104,996 HKD
3	8-12 Years	12	695,015 HKD
4	12-16 Years	8	609,895 HKD
5	4-8 Years	14	545,860 HKD
6	1-2 Years	2	510,719 HKD
7	16-20 Years	2	458,397 HKD
8	2-4 Years	7	302,214 HKD

Age / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	21-25	2	1,022,219 HKD
2	46-50	1	705,167 HKD
3	n/a	19	661,435 HKD
4	36-40	5	570,849 HKD
5	31-35	10	527,118 HKD
6	41-45	4	513,061 HKD
7	26-30	7	474,796 HKD

Work Type / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	8	673,149 HKD
2	Permanent	39	593,496 HKD
3	Self Employed	1	298,309 HKD

Cities / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Hong Kong	48	600,524 HKD

Careers / IT & Programming II / Hong Kong (Gross HKD)

#		Surveys
1	Computer Architect	3	1,030,809 HKD
2	Unix or Linux System Administrator	3	767,640 HKD
3	SAP Consulting	1	744,993 HKD
4	Security Specialist	4	719,223 HKD
5	Network Manager	2	712,195 HKD
6	Consulting, Speaker	1	705,167 HKD
7	System Analyst	10	666,121 HKD
8	Hardware Engineer	3	634,103 HKD
9	IT Researching	1	587,248 HKD
10	Network Specialist	3	552,107 HKD
11	System Administrator	1	501,348 HKD
12	Network Administrator	2	424,818 HKD
13	Software Engineer	6	416,228 HKD
14	Other IT Career	6	399,828 HKD
15	Computer Engineer	1	318,613 HKD
16	IT Project Manager	1	298,309 HKD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Technical Support Engineer

Posted 29 April 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technical support engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	672,000 HKD

It Procurement Senior Officer

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Procurement, Accounting, Project management, Legal and compliance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	420,300 HKD

System Analyst

Posted 28 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"SQL Database Design, Web Application Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	618,100 HKD

Engineer

Posted 30 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Employee support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	352,000 HKD

Insurance Software Project Manager

Posted 26 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full Life cycle of software development for insurance ERP."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	298,600 HKD

Data Analyst

Posted 28 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accomplished data warehousing/Big Data - data modeling, data transformation, data glossary and data governance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	666,800 HKD

Senior Engineer

Posted 24 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"5G protocol stack development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	587,200 HKD

Technical Account Manager

Posted 27 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"The Technical Account Manager is responsible for proactively managing each customer’s deployed estate of Exegy products for the normalization and distribution of real-time market data."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,015,200 HKD

Senior Qa Engineer

Posted 10 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working with automation engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	477,700 HKD

Network Specialist

Posted 18 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Network Specialist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	599,300 HKD

Sr Qa Engineer

Posted 24 February 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analyse requirements. 
Test plan creation. 
Test Case design. 
Test Case Execution
Test Case Reporting
Defect tracking and reporting
Expert in HP QC ALM
Expert in Jira
Selenium Webdriver
HP LoadRunner
vApp
VMWares
Linux
SQL
Leading a team of 10 members."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	107,900 HKD

Unix Engineer

Posted 15 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Unix Engineer Unix Engineer Unix Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	594,000 HKD

Product Manager

Posted 04 July 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Provide IT application for financial report and accounts solution."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hong Kong	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	402,700 HKD

IT & PROGRAMMING II / SALARY HONG KONG

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600,321 HKD

601,305 HKD