SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SALARY
SAUDI ARABIA

SALARY SURVEYS

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Net (after tax)

3.75 SAR = 1 USD

179,910 SAR

$47,976 USD

Riyadh

199,106 SAR

176,250 SAR

$47,000 USD

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Average Salary / Software Developer / Saudi Arabia

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Average salary for Software Developer / Saudi Arabia is 179,910 SAR per year. The most typical earning is 176,250 SAR. All data are based on 17 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 186,000 SAR. Women receive a salary of 184,500 SAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 265,125 SAR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 171,000 SAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 360,001 SAR. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive 196,500 SAR.

Levels / Software Developer / Saudi Arabia (Gross SAR)

Salary Levels (SAR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
37,500 SAR - 56,199 SAR	0	n/a
56,300 SAR - 74,999 SAR	0	n/a
75,000 SAR - 93,699 SAR	1	100% 5.88%
93,800 SAR - 112,499 SAR	2	94.12% 11.76%
112,500 SAR - 131,199 SAR	1	82.35% 5.88%
131,300 SAR - 149,999 SAR	3	76.47% 17.65%
150,000 SAR - 168,699 SAR	1	58.82% 5.88%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
168,800 SAR - 187,499 SAR	4	52.94% 23.53%
187,500 SAR - 206,199 SAR	1	29.41% 5.88%
206,300 SAR - 224,999 SAR	1	23.53% 5.88%
225,000 SAR - 243,699 SAR	1	17.65% 5.88%
243,800 SAR - 262,499 SAR	0	n/a
262,500 SAR - 281,199 SAR	0	n/a
281,300 SAR - 299,999 SAR	0	n/a
300,000 SAR - 318,699 SAR	0	n/a
318,800 SAR - 337,499 SAR	0	n/a
337,500 SAR - 356,199 SAR	1	11.76% 5.88%
356,300 SAR - 374,999 SAR	1	5.88% 5.88%
375,000 SAR - 393,699 SAR	0	n/a
393,800 SAR - 412,499 SAR	0	n/a
412,500 SAR - 431,199 SAR	0	n/a
431,300 SAR - 449,999 SAR	0	n/a
450,000 SAR - 468,699 SAR	0	n/a
468,800 SAR - 487,499 SAR	0	n/a
487,500 SAR - 506,199 SAR	0	n/a
506,300 SAR - 524,999 SAR	0	n/a
525,000 SAR - 543,699 SAR	0	n/a
543,800 SAR - 562,499 SAR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
562,500 SAR - 599,999 SAR	0	n/a
600,000 SAR - 637,499 SAR	0	n/a
637,500 SAR - 674,999 SAR	0	n/a
675,000 SAR - 712,499 SAR	0	n/a
712,500 SAR - 749,999 SAR	0	n/a
750,000 SAR - 787,499 SAR	0	n/a
787,500 SAR - 824,999 SAR	0	n/a
825,000 SAR - 862,499 SAR	0	n/a
862,500 SAR - 899,999 SAR	0	n/a
900,000 SAR - 937,499 SAR	0	n/a
937,500 SAR - 1,312,499 SAR	0	n/a

Gender / Software Developer / Saudi Arabia (Gross SAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	14	186,000 SAR
2	Women	2	184,500 SAR

Education / Software Developer / Saudi Arabia (Gross SAR)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	2	265,125 SAR
2	Bachelors Degree	14	171,000 SAR
3	High School	1	136,875 SAR

Experience / Software Developer / Saudi Arabia (Gross SAR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	1	360,001 SAR
2	8-12 Years	2	196,500 SAR
3	4-8 Years	5	193,500 SAR
4	2-4 Years	5	169,875 SAR
5	12-16 Years	2	148,875 SAR
6	1-2 Years	1	96,000 SAR
7	0-1 Year	1	96,000 SAR

Age / Software Developer / Saudi Arabia (Gross SAR)

#		Surveys
1	36-40	3	239,250 SAR
2	31-35	4	205,125 SAR
3	26-30	7	170,250 SAR
4	21-25	2	123,000 SAR
5	n/a	1	84,000 SAR

Work Type / Software Developer / Saudi Arabia (Gross SAR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	1	360,001 SAR
2	Contract	7	169,125 SAR
3	Permanent	9	168,375 SAR

Cities / Software Developer / Saudi Arabia (Gross SAR)

#		Surveys
1	Riyadh	12	199,125 SAR
2	Dammam	1	156,000 SAR
3	Jeddah	3	143,250 SAR
4	Abha	1	84,000 SAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Salesforce Admin

Posted 11 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Salesforce Administrator - Developer - App builder."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Riyadh	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	136,800 SAR

Senior Software Developer

Posted 23 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Riyadh	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	239,900 SAR

Senior Software Developer

Posted 23 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Team leader and PMP."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Riyadh	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	177,900 SAR

Senior Consultant

Posted 29 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cognos, SQL, Tableau, SAS and Python."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jeddah	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	213,200 SAR

Abap Developer

Posted 07 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming 
Customer care 
Incidents sloving
Change requests."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Riyadh	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	190,000 SAR

Sap Abap Consultant

Posted 12 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop reports 
Develop output types 
Enhancements
Workflow."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Riyadh	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	178,800 SAR

Performance Engineer

Posted 07 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Performance of application."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Riyadh	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	180,000 SAR

Sharepoint Developer

Posted 24 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"SharePoint development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jeddah	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	120,000 SAR

Application Developer

Posted 14 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Application Developing in all aspects of product management including requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jeddah	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	96,000 SAR

Sap Consultant

Posted 31 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"SAP CONSULTANT build custom applications based on user requirements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Riyadh	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	350,000 SAR

Sap B1 Consultant

Posted 08 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"SAP B1 Consultant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Dammam	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	156,000 SAR

Software Engineer

Posted 31 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Web Dev, IT Manager/ Coordinator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Riyadh	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	96,000 SAR

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