Developer salaries continue to decline across all specializations, with the biggest drop seen for developers with 4–5 years of experience (minus $200–300 compared to summer 2024).
Developer salaries continue to decline across all specializations, with the biggest drop seen for developers with 4–5 years of experience (minus $200–300 compared to summer 2024).
The data is based on a salary survey conducted at DOU in November-December 2024. 5,172 developers participated in it (4,961 in Ukraine, another 211 abroad, but planning to return).
Only Team Lead salaries did not change ($5000). Intern/Trainee even had an increase of +$63 ($400). In others, median salaries decreased:
In the Back-end, the biggest drop in salaries was for middle managers (-$200, to $2,500) and specialists at the Lead/Staff/Principal level and above (-$250, to $5,550).
In Mobile, salaries for juniors (-$200, to $800), seniors (-$200, to $4,700), and specialists at the Lead/Staff/Principal level and above (-$250, to $5,000) fell.
Among Full stack professionals, the largest drop was in the median salary of seniors (-$200, to $4,300).
In Front-end, the decline in salaries has stopped, except for specialists at the Lead/Staff/Principal level and above (-$150, up to $5200).
Scala remains the leader in terms of median developer salaries. The median salary for those who use this as their primary programming language is $6,000, the same as six months ago.
The median salary for Go developers has dropped significantly (-$350 per half year), but the salaries of those who write in it remain among the highest. Overall, after a summer increase, Go developer salaries have returned to last year's level.
Salaries of specialists working with Kotlin and Swift are also higher than the market average, but there is a downward trend.
There has been a positive trend in Java senior and junior salaries over the past six months. Senior salaries have increased by $100, although they remain lower than a year ago. Junior salaries have returned to $1,000. Mid-level salaries continue to fall (-$50 over six months).
Salaries of juniors and seniors who chose TypeScript are above the market average, and mid-level salaries are at the average level. Junior and mid-level salaries recovered after falling this summer and returned to the level of December 2023, while senior salaries continue to decline (-$50 per half year).
Salaries of juniors and middles who prefer Python are at the average level, while seniors' salaries are above the market average. After the summer drop, salaries of senior specialists recovered (+$100). Middles' salaries, on the contrary, fell by $400 after the summer increase. Juniors' salaries remained unchanged after the summer drop.
The salaries of specialists who write in C++ are close to the average. Senior salaries have returned to their previous level after a summer increase. Middle salaries have dropped significantly (-$233 for half a year). Junior salaries have remained unchanged.
Below-average salaries for C# / .NET, JavaScript and PHP specialists. Salaries for C# / .NET seniors and juniors continue to decline (-$200 and -$45 per half year). The decline in salaries for mid-level professionals has stopped. JavaScript seniors' salaries decline stopped. Mid-level salaries increased by $100 after the summer drop, but did not reach the level of last year. Jun salaries also began to decline: -$100 per half year. Salaries of experienced PHP developers continue to decline: -$125 per half year for mid-levels and -$100 for seniors. Jun salaries have not changed over the past year.
