LEAD DEVELOPER / SALARY
GERMANY

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€81,709 EUR

$90,242 USD

Berlin

€77,537 EUR

€74,246 EUR

$82,000 USD

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Average Salary / Lead Developer / Germany

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Average salary for Lead Developer / Germany is €81,709 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €74,246 EUR. All data are based on 33 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €82,939 EUR. Women receive a salary of n/a.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of €86,561 EUR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of €76,057 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €112,004 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €84,025 EUR.

Levels / Lead Developer / Germany (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	0	n/a
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	0	n/a
€18,100 EUR - €22,599 EUR	0	n/a
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	0	n/a
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	0	n/a
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	0	n/a
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	0	n/a
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	0	n/a
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	1	100% 3.03%
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	0	n/a
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	2	96.97% 6.06%
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	2	90.91% 6.06%
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	2	84.85% 6.06%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	2	78.79% 6.06%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	7	72.73% 21.21%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	4	51.52% 12.12%
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	2	39.39% 6.06%
€86,000 EUR - €90,499 EUR	3	33.33% 9.09%
€90,500 EUR - €95,099 EUR	3	24.24% 9.09%
€95,100 EUR - €99,599 EUR	2	15.15% 6.06%
€99,600 EUR - €104,099 EUR	0	n/a
€104,100 EUR - €108,699 EUR	0	n/a
€108,700 EUR - €113,199 EUR	0	n/a
€113,200 EUR - €117,699 EUR	0	n/a
€117,700 EUR - €122,199 EUR	0	n/a
€122,200 EUR - €126,799 EUR	1	9.09% 3.03%
€126,800 EUR - €131,299 EUR	0	n/a
€131,300 EUR - €135,799 EUR	1	6.06% 3.03%
HIGH SALARIES
€135,800 EUR - €144,899 EUR	0	n/a
€144,900 EUR - €153,899 EUR	1	3.03% 3.03%
€153,900 EUR - €162,999 EUR	0	n/a
€163,000 EUR - €171,999 EUR	0	n/a
€172,000 EUR - €181,099 EUR	0	n/a
€181,100 EUR - €190,099 EUR	0	n/a
€190,100 EUR - €199,199 EUR	0	n/a
€199,200 EUR - €208,299 EUR	0	n/a
€208,300 EUR - €217,299 EUR	0	n/a
€217,300 EUR - €226,399 EUR	0	n/a
€226,400 EUR - €316,899 EUR	0	n/a

Gender / Lead Developer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	30	€82,939 EUR

Education / Lead Developer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	18	€86,561 EUR
2	Bachelors Degree	14	€76,057 EUR
3	High School	1	€74,609 EUR

Experience / Lead Developer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	3	€112,004 EUR
2	16-20 Years	2	€84,025 EUR
3	12-16 Years	10	€80,766 EUR
4	8-12 Years	9	€79,589 EUR
5	4-8 Years	8	€76,691 EUR
6	2-4 Years	1	€55,594 EUR

Age / Lead Developer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	2	€120,877 EUR
2	56-60	1	€94,166 EUR
3	41-45	1	€93,442 EUR
4	31-35	14	€81,762 EUR
5	36-40	6	€79,679 EUR
6	26-30	6	€72,345 EUR
7	n/a	3	€69,810 EUR

Work Type / Lead Developer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Permanent	31	€82,124 EUR
2	Contract	2	€75,061 EUR

Cities / Lead Developer / Germany (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Stuttgart	1	€131,924 EUR
2	Mannheim	1	€123,050 EUR
3	Karlsruhe	1	€95,977 EUR
4	Hamburg	1	€95,343 EUR
5	München	11	€86,108 EUR
6	Berlin	9	€77,506 EUR
7	Frankfurt am Main	4	€69,900 EUR
8	Köln	2	€66,822 EUR
9	Düsseldorf	2	€64,920 EUR
10	Nürnberg	1	€61,661 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Technical Lead

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage technical teams, architecture, processes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€93,500 EUR

Software Architect

Posted 02 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Developer, Software Architect."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Stuttgart	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€131,900 EUR

Lead Data Collection

Posted 14 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Drive a team of solution specialist 
ETL resources 
setup and manage vendor contracts. 
be creative and result-oriented 
high level of personal responsibility 
influence the decisions and the results. 
reporting and correspondence with colleagues and piers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€78,600 EUR

Data Analyst

Posted 20 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Splunk, Splunk ITSI, AWS Cloud Services."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€64,500 EUR

Devops Teamlead

Posted 22 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Devops, php ansible, docker, networking, python, groovy, jenkins, aws, automation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	€74,600 EUR

Software Architect

Posted 25 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software architecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€89,500 EUR

Senior Software Developer

Posted 27 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

". Net, Azure, ETL, SSIS, Data Factory, Cloud Application developement, Data Architecture, Database Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nürnberg	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€61,600 EUR

Senior Consultant

Posted 10 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Atlassian Consultant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€85,500 EUR

Data Scientist

Posted 16 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Köln	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€55,600 EUR

It Engineer

Posted 21 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"New project implementation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Frankfurt am Main	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€72,000 EUR

Staff Engineer

Posted 22 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technical lead, develop and manage team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€87,500 EUR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 25 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Architecture and design, Microservices with spring development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€77,200 EUR

Team Lead Software Engineering

Posted 12 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Team Lead Software Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Hamburg	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€95,300 EUR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 07 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software arhitect and developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€94,200 EUR

It Specialist

Posted 31 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Düsseldorf	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€56,100 EUR

Full Stack Developer

Posted 30 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Front-end and backend developer, Scala, AWS, microservices, Big Data, Machine learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€93,100 EUR

Devops

Posted 27 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"DevOps, clouds, automation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€84,100 EUR

Lead Developer

Posted 19 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Architect, Design & Develop."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Berlin	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€78,500 EUR

Technology Consultant

Posted 04 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming, consulting, provide design solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Frankfurt am Main	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€75,900 EUR

Principal

Posted 22 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Rf componemt development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€145,800 EUR

Autosar Expert

Posted 10 May 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"12 years experience in automotive embedded domain."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€72,900 EUR

Specialist

Posted 16 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Embedded software developer 
Firmware developer
Technical lead."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€72,900 EUR

Data Engineer

Posted 03 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Engineer at product company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
München	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€89,700 EUR

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