IT & TELECOMMUNICATION SALARY IN KUWAIT

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Average gross salary for IT & Telecommunication GROSS SALARY
KWD 18,988
Average gorss salary (USD) for IT & Telecommunication GROSS SALARY (USD)
US$ 65,343
Average net salary for IT & Telecommunication NET SALARY
KWD 16,080
The most typical salary for IT & Telecommunication MOST TYPICAL GROSS
KWD 13,322
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  Updated: 07 Aug 2020   Diff. gross vs. net: 15%
  Salary entries: 86

IT & Telecommunication Earnings in Kuwait

Average salary for IT & Telecommunication in Kuwait is KWD 18,988.

Average take home earning is KWD 16,080 (Net).

The most typical salary is KWD 13,322 (Gross).

These data are from our visitors surveys (86 individual salaries).

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Percentage of people Earn this salary or more
6 % KWD 50,000
14 % KWD 35,800
29 % KWD 24,467
62 % KWD 13,322
84 % KWD 7,400
91 % KWD 5,133
100 % KWD 1,268
Career Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
IT Manager KWD 27,900 US$ 96,307 22
IT Project Manager KWD 16,607 US$ 57,400 16
Software Developer KWD 12,660 US$ 42,201 15
IT Coordinator KWD 12,520 US$ 43,020 10
Lead Developer KWD 21,375 US$ 74,916 06
.NET Developer KWD 18,300 US$ 60,706 04
Database Administrator KWD 57,500 US$ 204,578 02
Java Developer KWD 9,746 US$ 32,055 02
Ruby Developer KWD 24,000 US$ 79,740 01
Share-point Administrator KWD 20,000 US$ 71,393 01
City Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
Kuwait City KWD 19,356 US$ 66,650 83
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  SALARY BY LEVEL   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   KUWAIT

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Salary levels Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
More US$ 268,340 KWD 76,666
03
175K US$ 178,482 KWD 50,000
01
165K US$ 164,746 KWD 50,000
01
145K US$ 148,110 KWD 43,250
02
125K US$ 126,329 KWD 35,800
05
115K US$ 117,277 KWD 35,500
02
95K US$ 95,804 KWD 27,526
03
85K US$ 84,066 KWD 24,467
08
75K US$ 75,976 KWD 21,875
09
65K US$ 69,773 KWD 21,000
01
55K US$ 57,751 KWD 17,035
06
45K US$ 45,794 KWD 13,322
12
35K US$ 36,221 KWD 10,731
08
25K US$ 24,869 KWD 7,400
11
15K US$ 17,060 KWD 5,133
06
Less US$ 4,203 KWD 1,268
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  SALARY BY GENDER   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   KUWAIT

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Men US$ 63,054 KWD 18,528 65
Women US$ 35,238 KWD 10,374 05
N/A US$ 84,051 KWD 23,545 16

  SALARY BY EDUCATION   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   KUWAIT

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Masters Degree US$ 80,733 KWD 23,489 23
Bachelors Degree US$ 60,258 KWD 17,500 61
Some College US$ 47,513 KWD 13,200 01
High School US$ 39,409 KWD 12,000 01

IT & Telecommunication workers holding Masters Degree degrees enjoy the highest average gross salaries in Kuwait. With an earned Masters Degree, they grosses KWD 23,489. While IT & Telecommunication workers with High School education earn the least, with an average gross income of KWD 12,000. This is 104.86% lower of what Masters Degree degree holders earn.


  SALARY BY EXPERIENCE   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   KUWAIT

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
20+ Years US$ 95,979 KWD 28,048 05
16-20 Years US$ 64,516 KWD 19,183 06
12-16 Years US$ 79,025 KWD 22,841 09
8-12 Years US$ 57,583 KWD 16,660 25
4-8 Years US$ 67,162 KWD 19,580 24
2-4 Years US$ 48,441 KWD 14,306 08
1-2 Years US$ 49,485 KWD 14,546 02
0-1 Year US$ 71,904 KWD 20,299 07

IT & Telecommunication workers in Kuwait with more years of work experience outperform their counterparts with less experience. Workers with 20+ Years of experience earn a gross average of KWD 28,048 compared to KWD 14,306 for their counterparts with 2-4 Years of experience. The difference between workers with 20+ Years of experience and 2-4 Years is 98.14%.


  SALARY BY AGE   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   KUWAIT

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
51-56 US$ 127,263 KWD 36,000 01
45-50 US$ 75,208 KWD 22,166 03
39-44 US$ 67,681 KWD 20,012 08
33-38 US$ 65,766 KWD 19,291 09
27-32 US$ 53,383 KWD 15,713 39
22-26 US$ 70,652 KWD 20,720 10
N/A US$ 84,051 KWD 23,545 16
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  SALARY BY CAREER   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   KUWAIT

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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. Database Administrator US$ 204,578 KWD 57,500 02
2. IT Manager US$ 96,307 KWD 27,900 22
3. Ruby Developer US$ 79,740 KWD 24,000 01
4. Lead Developer US$ 74,916 KWD 21,375 06
5. Share-point Administrator US$ 71,393 KWD 20,000 01
6. .NET Developer US$ 60,706 KWD 18,300 04
7. IT Project Manager US$ 57,400 KWD 16,607 16
8. Data-warehouse Engineer US$ 43,194 KWD 12,000 01
9. IT Coordinator US$ 43,020 KWD 12,520 10
10. MS Office US$ 42,836 KWD 12,000 01
11. Software Developer US$ 42,201 KWD 12,660 15
12. PHP Developer US$ 35,679 KWD 9,995 01
13. Java Developer US$ 32,055 KWD 9,746 02
14. Web Developer US$ 29,903 KWD 9,000 01
15. Database Developer US$ 29,557 KWD 9,000 01
16. Web Administrator US$ 18,938 KWD 5,700 01
17. Android Developer US$ 2,326 KWD 700 01

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In Kuwait economy, Database Administrator is on the top list of highest earners, earning an average gross salary of KWD 57,500. IT Manager and Ruby Developer follow, earning KWD 27,900 and KWD 24,000, respectively. Android Developer earn a gross annual average of KWD 700, while Web Administrator earn KWD 5,700. The gap between the lowest and the highest paid careers is 8695.27%.


  SALARY BY JOB TYPE   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   KUWAIT

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Permanent US$ 66,688 KWD 19,279 61
Contract US$ 65,159 KWD 19,233 22
Self Employed US$ 53,431 KWD 15,250 02
Part Time US$ 11,176 KWD 3,300 01
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  SALARY BY CITY   IT & TELECOMMUNICATION   KUWAIT

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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. Kuwait City IT & Telecommunication in Kuwait City US$ 66,650 KWD 19,356 83

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  SALARY BY COUNTRY    IT & TELECOMMUNICATION

# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. Switzerland Switzerland IT & Telecommunication in Switzerland US$ 128,809 CHF 123,504 154
2. Australia Australia IT & Telecommunication in Australia US$ 93,888 AU$ 106,615 288
3. United States United States IT & Telecommunication US$ 89,430 US$ 89,430 1,440
4. Norway Norway IT & Telecommunication in Norway US$ 85,631 NOK 663,598 158
5. United Kingdom United Kingdom IT & Telecommunication in United Kingdom US$ 79,790 GBP 53,961 456
6. Germany Germany IT & Telecommunication in Germany US$ 74,892 EUR 61,901 443
7. Finland Finland IT & Telecommunication in Finland US$ 71,904 EUR 59,393 131
8. Canada Canada IT & Telecommunication in Canada US$ 71,069 CA$ 79,640 391
9. Kuwait Kuwait US$ 65,343 KWD 18,988 86
10. France France IT & Telecommunication in France US$ 64,535 EUR 52,375 164

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(45/45)  DATA SCIENTIST


 Posted: 07 Aug 2020

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "I have completed b.tech degree from India. Also I havecertificate of data science, I don't have so much experience but my skill is good to work. Also I have some knowledge of androind develoent ."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 500
US$ 1,647


(44/45)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 08 Jun 2020

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "MicroStrategy developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 50,000
US$ 164,746


(43/45)  PROGRAM MANAGER


 Posted: 25 Dec 2019

Masters Degree, 16-20 years: "ERP and Project Management."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 23,000
US$ 76,418


(42/45)  SECURITY ENGINEER


 Posted: 12 Dec 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Security analyst having 8+ years of experience."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 18,000
US$ 59,805


(41/45)  RPA SR DEVELOPER


 Posted: 05 Dec 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Degign RPA robots and handle."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 17,401
US$ 57,815


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(40/45)  DEVELOPMENT


 Posted: 04 Dec 2019

Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Backend development and database."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 36,000
US$ 119,610


(39/45)  ANALYST


 Posted: 04 Dec 2019

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Developing analytics and reporting."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 28,000
US$ 93,030


(38/45)  BUSINESS ANALYST


 Posted: 15 Nov 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Business analyst."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 24,000
US$ 79,740


(37/45)  SENIOR ORACLE TECHNICAL


 Posted: 25 Sep 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Technical consultant."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 2,400
US$ 7,974


(36/45)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 16 Aug 2019

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Ai developer as software developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 9,000
US$ 29,903


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(35/45)  API ENGINEER


 Posted: 16 Aug 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Lead API engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 25,000
US$ 83,063


(34/45)  WEB DEVELOPER


 Posted: 05 Aug 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Magento developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 9,000
US$ 29,903


(33/45)  CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER


 Posted: 14 Jul 2019

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "CTO taking care of all aspects related to IT and software development."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 24,500
US$ 81,402


(32/45)  HELP DESK ENGENIER


 Posted: 01 Jun 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Working as a IT help desk support eng."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 6,500
US$ 21,596


(31/45)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 21 Mar 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Software Developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 6,600
US$ 21,929


(30/45)  TECHNICAL MANAGER


 Posted: 06 Mar 2019

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "18 Years of Technical Manager experience."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 18,000
US$ 59,805


(29/45)  SENIOR DEVELOPER


 Posted: 13 Feb 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "DESIGN SOFTWARE."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 24,000
US$ 79,740


(28/45)  ANDROID DEVELOPER


 Posted: 23 Jan 2019

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Develop and design application."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 700
US$ 2,326


(27/45)  COMPUTER PROGRAMMER


 Posted: 02 Jan 2019

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Software developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 12,000
US$ 39,870


(26/45)  IT MANAGER


 Posted: 02 Jan 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Responsible for all network and systems."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 8,400
US$ 27,909


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(25/45)  SYSTEM ENGINEER


 Posted: 18 Dec 2018

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Dealing with hardware and software and end user support."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 7,200
US$ 23,922


(24/45)  LEAD CLOUD ARCHITECT


 Posted: 05 Dec 2018

Bachelors Degree, 20+ years: "Lead a team of IT professionals developing Cloud based solutions."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 45,000
US$ 149,513


(23/45)  PROGRAMMER


 Posted: 27 Nov 2018

Masters Degree, 0-1 year: "Software Developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 7,300
US$ 24,254


(22/45)  MANAGER


 Posted: 20 Nov 2018

Bachelors Degree, 20+ years: "Instllation of windows server."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 500
US$ 1,661


(21/45)  APPLICATION DEVELOPER


 Posted: 20 Nov 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Experience 4 years in oracle application."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 550
US$ 1,827


(20/45)  MANAGER


 Posted: 17 Nov 2018

Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Manage the department for service company specialized in information technology solutions."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 21,000
US$ 69,773


(19/45)  ACCOUNT SERVICES MANAGER


 Posted: 03 Sep 2018

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "After completing my Engineering in Electronics i started as a Support Engineer in which position i worked for 8 years. After this i got promoted to Account Services Manager in the same company and am working since past 5 years in this profile. In my current role i am doing Project Management, Team Management, Customer Account Management, Analysis, Quarterly Invoicing and Life Cycle Support."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 13,069
US$ 43,422


(18/45)  SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 28 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Softwrae team handling."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 12,000
US$ 39,870


(17/45)  IT ADMINISTRATOR


 Posted: 08 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Technical Support Engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 6,000
US$ 19,935


(16/45)  IT SUPPORT ENGINEER


 Posted: 10 Jul 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Computer Engineer in Safety International with 4 year experience and Certifications in MCSA Server 2012 R2 and MCSE Implementing Azure Solutions."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 5,700
US$ 18,938


(15/45)  TEAM LEAD


 Posted: 08 Jul 2018

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Assisting team in developing software development using .net and c#."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 14,000
US$ 46,515


(14/45)  ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER


 Posted: 08 Jul 2018

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Getting requirements and documentation for technical people."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 15,000
US$ 49,838


(13/45)  DEVELOPER


 Posted: 11 Jun 2018

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Development career."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 9,660
US$ 32,095


(12/45)  IT AOC


 Posted: 28 May 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Airport Operatio s Coodinator."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 13,200
US$ 43,857


(11/45)  SENIOR PROGRAMMER


 Posted: 22 Apr 2018

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "IT Strategy within ministry or governmental unit aligned with the national framework of IT governance in Kuwait. Prepare IT strategy quarter reports. Review IT work Processes to ensure strategy and standards matches. Determine variation between actual IT work processes and planned processes. Manage systems implementation and application support team. Manage Systems Development activities. Perform new systems requirements analysis. Develop New Systems Design Document. Support Users and IT stuff. Develop software applications, web services and components using .net framework 3.5,4 with SQL Server 2008, 2012 and Oracle 11G, MySQL, HTML5, JQUERY, AJAX, CSS, C#, VB.Net, IIS Application Server, PL/SQL, TSQL, C++ and WordPress. Prepare technical documentation for software application and systems. Evaluate recent IT solutions. Develop Tenders and Bidding‘s request for proposal. Model and solve Leaner programming problem."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 1,100
US$ 3,655


(10/45)  PROJECT MANAGER


 Posted: 16 Apr 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "PM with a median salaried company."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 6,000
US$ 19,935


(9/45)  IT SUPPORT SPECIALIST


 Posted: 10 Apr 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Maintaining Servers, Switches & Routers. Maintaining ERP Software of Clinic. Maintaining Exchange Server. Managing Network issues. Configuration, Managing of Printers. Handling IP Telephonic System. Maintaining Outlook users. Managing Backup Solution. Handling PC Hardware Issues. Managing CCTV Solution. Maintaining Network UPS. IP Routing Implementation of VLANS. DHCP, DNS, ADC and PDC. Rip V1, Rip V2, EIRGRP, IRGRP, OSPF. Configuring and managing ICS, NAT & DHCP. Configuring and managing FTP & IIS Web server. Installing & configuring LAN, INTERNET, switch, wireless Linksys router. Maintain Firewall Device."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 5,000
US$ 16,613


(8/45)  BUSINESS ANALYST


 Posted: 09 Apr 2018

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Data analysis and report generation for the company."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 26,500
US$ 88,047


(7/45)  SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 02 Apr 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Java, j2ee, design and development."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 2,250
US$ 7,476


(6/45)  ORACLE APPS TECHNO FUNCTIONAL


 Posted: 20 Feb 2018

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "Working as Oracle apps techno functional in Kuwait."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 25,000
US$ 83,063


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(5/45)  JAVA DEVELOPER


 Posted: 19 Nov 2017

Bachelors Degree, 1-2 years: "Expat in Kuwait for 6 months min."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 17,093
US$ 56,135


(4/45)  SENIOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR


 Posted: 24 Oct 2017

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Many things in IT Infrastructure."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 35,000
US$ 114,944


(3/45)  UX DESIGNER


 Posted: 28 Aug 2017

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "UX designing Wire framing Task analysis Visual designing."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 14,400
US$ 47,291


(2/45)  ORACLE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 20 Aug 2017

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "Working in ERP(Enterprise resource planning) Domain using Oracle SQL,PLSQL,Oracle Froms & Reports."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 9,000
US$ 29,557


(1/45)  SENIOR .NET DEVELOPER


 Posted: 06 Aug 2017

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "I am interested in the.Net Developer position. I am currently employed as senior .Net developer and Ultimus expert at Futuretech located in Kuwait. I am working since 2010 as .Net developer Using following technology:- Visual C# .Net (All versions), WPF & Expression Blend with C# using MVVM and Dependency Injection, WCF, Asp.Net, MVC, JavaScript, JQuery, AngularJS, JSON, MS SQL Server, Oracle 11g and Ultimus Enterprise Solutions. I am a conscientious person who works hard and pays attention to detail. I'm flexible, quick to pick up new skills and eager to learn from others. I also have lots of ideas and enthusiasm. I have excellent references and would be delighted to discuss any possible vacancy with you at your convenience. Yours sincerely Hany Adam."
Individual GROSS salary:
KWD 15,000
US$ 49,262


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