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Salaries in the IT industry. Relocation

Research: IT and HR analytics

We have been helping professionals find work in new countries for about 4 years. Relocation involves salaries according to the standards of the country to which you will be relocating. We present the median salaries of IT specialists in different regions. The data is based on our personal experience and independent research.

The amounts are listed in gross and are relevant for Senior or Middle+ level professionals. You can use salary calculators to get an idea of the amount of money you can get:


You can use the navigation bar below to go directly to the section of interest. If you're looking for a new job, you can find all the current jobs for relocation here.

Web Development


JavaScript + 1 Framework

Experience in Vanilla JS development, using NodeJS or one of the popular frameworks (React/Angular/Vue)
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3500€
POLAND: 3700-3900€
LATVIA: 3600€
FINLAND: 3200€
CYPRUS: 4300-4600€
GERMANY: 5300€
MALTA: 3200€
UNITED STATES: 7800€

PHP

3 or more years of PHP development experience, strong knowledge of the stack
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3600€
POLAND: 4300€
LATVIA: 3800€
FINLAND: 3300€
CYPRUS: 3700-4100€
GERMANY: 5500€
MALTA: 3600€
UNITED STATES: 7200€

Java

3 or more years of Java development experience, strong knowledge of the stack
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3600€
POLAND: 4000-4400€
LATVIA: 4000€
FINLAND: 3900-4200€
CYPRUS: 5000€
GERMANY: 5500-5800€
MALTA: 3600€
UNITED STATES: 7500€

Full Stack Development


Full Stack in JS/PHP

Full Stack development experience using common technologies
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3800€
POLAND: 3800€
LATVIA: 4300€
FINLAND: 4300€
CYPRUS: 5300€
GERMANY: 5500-6000€
MALTA: 3800€
UNITED STATES: 8000€

Mobile Development


iOS

3 or more years of iOS development experience, with a strong command of the Swift stack
CZECH REPUBLIC: 4200€
POLAND: 3900€
LATVIA: 4400€
FINLAND: 4100€
CYPRUS: 4700€
GERMANY: 5000€
MALTA: 4200€
UNITED STATES: 7900€

Android

3 or more years of Android development experience, strong knowledge of the Kotlin stack
CZECH REPUBLIC: 4100€
POLAND: 3900€
LATVIA: 4200€
FINLAND: 4000€
CYPRUS: 4600€
GERMANY: 4800€
MALTA: 4200€
UNITED STATES: 7800€

Mobile

Programming experience for mobile operating systems, at least two platforms
CZECH REPUBLIC: 4400€
POLAND: 4000-4200€
LATVIA: 4500-4700€
FINLAND: 4300-4500€
CYPRUS: 4800-5000€
GERMANY: 5200€
MALTA: 4500€
UNITED STATES: 8100-8400€

Game Development


Game Developer

3 or more years of development experience, most likely programming on Unity
CZECH REPUBLIC: 2900-3100€
POLAND: 3000€
LATVIA: 3500€
FINLAND: 3700€
CYPRUS: 4300€
GERMANY: 5600€
MALTA: 4500€
UNITED STATES: 7800€

Game Designer

3 years or more of game design experience, including the development of levels, understanding of monetization
CZECH REPUBLIC: 2500€
POLAND: 2500-2800€
LATVIA: 2900€
FINLAND: 3200-3400€
CYPRUS: 3800€
GERMANY: 5000€
MALTA: 3800€
UNITED STATES: 5800€

Testing


Manual

2 years or more of manual testing experience
CZECH REPUBLIC: 1800-2000€
POLAND: 2600€
LATVIA: 1700-2000€
FINLAND: 3600€
CYPRUS: 3900€
GERMANY: 3300-3700€
MALTA: 1800-2100€
UNITED STATES: 6300€

Automation

3 or more years of experience in test automation, writing autotests in one of the programming languages
CZECH REPUBLIC: 2300-2600€
POLAND: 3000-3400€
LATVIA: 2000-2400€
FINLAND: 4200-4500€
CYPRUS: 4500€
GERMANY: 4300-4700€
MALTA: 2800€
UNITED STATES: 7300€

Other programming areas


Golang

3 or more years of Go development experience, strong knowledge of the stack
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3600€
POLAND: 4600€
LATVIA: 4400€
FINLAND: 4900€
CYPRUS: 5500€
GERMANY: 6100€
MALTA: 3200€
UNITED STATES: 8300€

Python

3 or more years of Python development experience, strong knowledge of the stack
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3500€
POLAND: 4600€
LATVIA: 4300€
FINLAND: 4700€
CYPRUS: 5400€
GERMANY: 6800€
MALTA: 4100€
UNITED STATES: 8600€

Data Engineering

Developing Data Science channels and processes
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3400-3700€
POLAND: 4300-4800€
LATVIA: 4200€
FINLAND: 4200€
CYPRUS: 5300€
GERMANY: 6300€
MALTA: 3700€
UNITED STATES: 8000€

C#/.NET

3 or more years of C#/.NET development experience, strong knowledge of the stack
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3500€
POLAND: 3800€
LATVIA: 4000€
FINLAND: 4600€
CYPRUS: 4800€
GERMANY: 5300€
MALTA: 4000€
UNITED STATES: 7000€

C++

3 or more years of C++ development experience, strong knowledge of the stack
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3600€
POLAND: 4000€
LATVIA: 4100€
FINLAND: 4900€
CYPRUS: 4900€
GERMANY: 6000€
MALTA: 3600€
UNITED STATES: 7700€

Other IT roles


DevOps Engineer

Experience in a similar position at least 3 years, popular requirements: Docker, K8S, Cloud (AWS/Azure)
CZECH REPUBLIC: 3800€
POLAND: 4700-5000€
LATVIA: 5000€
FINLAND: 5000-5500€
CYPRUS: 5600€
GERMANY: 6500€
MALTA: 3500€
UNITED STATES: 7500-8200€

Tech Lead

3 or more years of experience in team leadership and a mentoring, strong background in hands-on programming
CZECH REPUBLIC: 4500€
POLAND: 5000-5500€
LATVIA: 5300-6000€
FINLAND: 5700-6000€
CYPRUS: 6000-7500€
GERMANY: 7000-8500€
MALTA: 4300-4700€
UNITED STATES: 7000€

CTO, CEO

5 years or more of management experience, strong business and strategic skills, ability to find ways to achieve business goals
CZECH REPUBLIC: 5000-7000€
POLAND: 6000-7000€
LATVIA: 7000€
FINLAND: 6300-7000€
CYPRUS: 7000-10000€
GERMANY: 8000-10000€
MALTA: 6200€
UNITED STATES: 10000-12000€