Developer Salary Report 2023

2023
Developer
Salary
Report
Honeypot’s insights into
the European tech market
trends and salaries
2023
INTRODUCTION
The tech scene in Europe has been changing This report contains data that will help
rapidly over the past two years. Global crises companies and team leads get valuable
have had a huge impact on the tech sector in insights into market trends and set salary
Europe, while 2022 and 2023 also saw mass benchmarks that are competitive but also
layoffs and a feeling of uncertainty within the appealing to tech talents.
tech industry.
The report can also be a valuable resource

Now, tech companies are trying to find a for software developers. Knowing your
balance between the current crisis and the worth is vital, and this report can be useful
growing demand to find and retain great tech in salary negotiations and in defining the
talent. After the workforce, salaries were the next career steps.
next thing affected.
Introduction 2
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‘As the platform that connects developers and recruiters,

we have a clear goal: to help developers find jobs they
love, and in turn, enable companies to hire exceptional
talent. With this salary report we equip recruiters and team
leads with the necessary tools to make effective hiring
decisions. At the same time, we enable developers to
engage in informed salary negotiations and make educated
choices for their future careers. At Honeypot we celebrate
each hire we facilitate. We hope this report will help you
celebrate hiring new talent or finding a job you love!’
Jost Schatzmann
Managing Director at Honeypot
Introduction 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 06
2023 Salaries in Switzerland 44
Salary breakdown in Switzerland 45
01 04 Salary by years of experience and role
Most interview invites by role
46
47
Methodology 5 2023 Salaries in Austria 20
The gender pay gap in Switzerland 48
Salary breakdown in Austria 22
Salary by language & location 49
Most interview invites by role 24
Most in-demand tech stacks 50
The gender pay gap in Austria 25
02 Salary by language & location 26
Salary Trends in Europe 6 Cost of city living reflected in salaries 27
Salary by company size
Most in-demand tech stacks
28
29
07
2023 Salaries in Spain 51
Salary Breakdown in Spain 51
03 05 Most interview invites by role 53
2023 Salaries in Germany 8 2023 Salaries in the Netherlands 30 The gender pay gap in Spain 54
Salary breakdown in Germany 8 Salary breakdown in The Netherlands 32 Most in-demand tech stacks 56
Most interview invites by role 11 Salary by years of experience and role 34
The gender pay gap in Germany 12 Most interview invites by role 36
Salary by language & location
Salary by city
16
18
The gender pay gap in the Netherlands
Salary by language & location
37
40
08
Salary by company size 42
Conclusion 57
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METHODOLOGY
To create this report, we used over 88,000 Expected salary data is determined from
data points gathered from the Honeypot developer profiles on the Honeypot
platform since 2016.
platform, while offered salary data is
based on a company’s initial offer during
The 2023 data is averaged from 2022

the interview process.
and 2023 (28.5k data points in total) to
ensure more accurate results. More In this report, we studied salary trends in
specifically, the figures in the report reflect Germany, Austria, the Netherlands,
the average annual gross salaries. Switzerland, and Spain.
Methodology 5
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SALARY TRENDS
IN EUROPE Research by
Average salary offered
by country
Salaries for software developers had a small
increase in 2023. However, the rising global
inflation rates have affected real growth. 104.2
€100k
Key takeaways 70.9
61.4 61.5
53.5
Companies in Switzerland offer the highest salaries to €50k
software developers. They offer 38% more than
companies in Germany.
The higher living costs might explain this huge Austria Germany Switzerland Netherlands Spain
salary gap between Switzerland and the rest of the
countries. However, another explanation could be
that Switzerland has many large-scale tech

Europe Developer Salary Report 2023
companies that need to compete with each other in
order to gain the best tech talent.
Salary Trends in Europe 6

2023
Key takeaways
Research by
The best-paying role in Europe is Average salary offered 
the role of DevOps engineer and by country and role
the highest paycheck comes from
Switzerland. Spain Austria Germany Switzerland Netherlands
Germany comes in second place 112.2

117.5
across all roles.

No Data
Austria and the Netherlands 89.9

86.2
87.5
€80k
82.4
compete for third place.
75.4
73.6
69.3
73 67.8
65.1 68
63.4
Spain offers the lowest salaries 63.9 60.7 63.5
62.2
57
59.3
across all roles, except for the role 54.8
54
52.8
of fullstack developer. €40k
39.5
Backend DevOps Frontend Fullstack Tech Lead
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Salary Trends in Europe 7

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2023 Salaries in Germany
2023 has been a more conservative Salary growth compared to inflation rate
year of growth, but growth persists. Our In 2022 and 2023 Europe’s inflation rates skyrocketed. 
picture of average salaries over seven What does that mean for ‘real’ salary growth?
years shows the shifts and changes
software developer salaries have According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany,
experienced through hiring booms, inflation in 2023 is at 8.3%. That means that a mere 1.5%
pandemics, and threatened recessions. growth in average software developer salaries doesn’t
The average offered salary has risen reflect a substantial growth.
only 1.5% from 2022, compared to the With inflation rates soaring and a tech crisis underway, the
4.3% rise from 2021 to 2022. 1.5% increase however does mean that developer jobs
continue to be in high demand.
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SALARY BREAKDOWN in Germany
Role, years of experience, gender, and language We specify 0 to 2 years of
ability all affected salary.
experience as a junior level, 3 to 6

years of experience as a mid-level,
In this report, we examine the roles of backend while with 7+ years of experience,
developer, DevOps engineer, frontend developer, you’re considered a senior developer
fullstack developer, and tech lead. for most companies.
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In this chart, green indicates that offered salary
surpassed the expected salary, while red indicates
that the expectations were higher than the company’s
offer.
Research by
Average salary offered and expected
Key takeaways by role and years of experience
Offered Expected
DevOps roles showed the highest 89.1
average offered salary for junior

83.5
developers: a 9.3% growth. 82.2
83.4
80.4 81.9 82.3
€80k 79.1
77.6 79.4
Backend roles saw the highest salary 76.7

76.3
75.6
75 76.7
73.9
75.5
growth alongside increasing years of
73.5
72.4 72.4
72.2 73.8 74.4
71.3
72.6
experience: that’s 13.2% growth from 1-2

69.6 71.6 69.6 71.6
67.8 70.2
69.1
years to 3-4 years. 67.9 67.4 67.5

64.7
62.2
61.8
61.1
61 62.8
Frontend roles saw an 11.2% growth €60k 60.9
61.5
59.1
from junior to mid-level and an 8.3% 55.6 58.8
growth from mid-level to senior roles. 54

51.4
53.9
€50k
0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+
Years of experience Years of experience Years of experience Years of experience Years of experience
Germany Developer Salary Report 2023

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Most interview invites
DevOps
in Germany by role engineer

Based on the number of interview invites extended for
each role, backend developers were most in demand on
the Honeypot platform, followed by fullstack developers,
frontend developers, and DevOps engineers.
7.4%
Backend Fullstack Frontend
developer developer developer
35% 31% 24.7%
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The gender pay gap  
in Germany
For the second year in a row, the gender pay From 2021 to 2022, the average
gap between male and female developers offered salary was €69,600 for men
has widened. In 2023, this was particularly and €66,500 for women: a difference
notable in junior roles, where men were paid of 4.6%. Let’s see how these numbers
up to 8.6% more than women. changed in 2023.

2023
Average salary offered by gender

Research by
Average salary expected by  Research by
and years of experience gender and years of experience

Female Male Female Male
75
76.1
74.7 72.5
75.6
71.9 74.1 €70k 68.7
€70k 6% 68
66.3 67.8 65.6
3%
61.1
64.3
60.7 €60k
59.4
€60k
8.60% 54.3
55.7
50.7
0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+

Years of experience
Years of experience
Germany Developer Salary Report 2023 Germany Developer Salary Report 2023

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From 2022 to 2023 the average offered Women’s expectations are consistently
salary was €71,100 for men and lower than their male counterparts across all
€67,800 for women: bringing the pay experience levels.
gap to 4.75%. This indicates the

continuation of a worrying trend for The negative trend continues even when we
female developers, who continue to look at the average offered salaries based
expect much less pay and be paid much on role and gender. In fact, men receive
less than their male counterparts. This higher paychecks across all developer roles
is especially true for women in junior in Germany. For DevOps engineers
roles, where women are offered up to especially, an increasingly popular role, the
8.6% less money. gender pay gap reaches 8%.

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Research by
Average salary expected  Research by
by gender and role by gender and role

Female Male Female Male
85.4
81.1 82.1 81.1
1.2%
€80k €80k
74.8
71.3 73 73.3
71.1
2.3% 69 8%
68.6 69.6
68.4 67.5
65.1 66 5.3% 66.3
5.2% 64.7
63.5
62.1
€60k €60k
€40k €40k
Backend DevOps Frontend Fullstack Tech Lead Backend DevOps Frontend Fullstack Tech Lead
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Salary
by language
Research by
& location by role and talent location
Inside EU 75
Local & not German speaking 73.6
Backend Local & German speaking 71.5
We intensified our research into language Outside EU 74.4
ability and its impact on developer salary, Inside EU 70.6

considering an increased number of

DevOps Local & German speaking 74.2
Outside EU 69.1
categories for language profiles as well Inside EU 68.5

as the number of interview invites Frontend Local & German speaking

Outside EU
65.4
71.9
received by talents based on their

Inside EU 70.4
location and language ability. Fullstack Local & German speaking 69
Outside EU 69.1
Inside EU 76.3
Most salaries showed little or no difference between Local & not German speaking 79.9
Tech Lead Local & German speaking 83.5
German and non-German speaking developers, Outside EU 84.3
particularly backend developers, suggesting that when

€60k €70k €80k
developer demand is high enough, language is less
important. Germany Developer Salary Report 2023

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Key takeaways
In terms of years of experience, the
more junior the developer, the more Research by

Average offered by years of
likely that German language skills experience and talent location
will lead to a higher salary— Inside EU 55.7
Local & not German speaking 58
sometimes as much as 8.9% higher 0-2 Local & German speaking 60.4
Outside EU 62.8
than those who do not speak

Inside EU 66.5
German.
3-4 Local & German speaking 64.7
Outside EU 68.2
Years of experience
Inside EU 71.7
72.1
When it comes to demand based on
Local & not German speaking
Outside EU 71.1
interview invites, our data showed

Inside EU 73.6
that German speakers receive 8 Local & not German speaking 74
Outside EU 74
times more interview invites.

Inside EU 76

Local & German speaking
9+ 75.9
Outside EU 76.6
€50k €60k €70k €80k

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Salary by city
Once again, Berlin came first amongst German cities
Average salary offered  Research by
in terms of average offered salary. While in 2022 it and expected by city

offered a slightly lower salary than Munich (though
this still equated to more income, given relative costs Offered Expected
of living), in 2023 it also has significantly higher

salaries than other German cities. Developers in Berlin
€60k
Berlin Frankfurt Hamburg Munich Stuttgart
are offered 9% more than developers in the rest of

Germany.
€66.600
€66.300
€67.500
€68.600 €68.700
€67.400
€68.400
However, developers in Berlin are not demanding
€68.800 €68.800
€70k
much more than their counterparts in the rest of

Germany. On average, Berlin companies offer 8.6% €74.800
more than what developers ask, indicating issues in

the supply and demand balance of developer roles in
Berlin. It could mean that Berlin has a high demand Germany Developer Salary Report 2023
with fewer developers than the rest of Germany.

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Most in-demand
tech stacks
Most in-demand tech  Research by
in Germany stacks in Germany
Companies in Germany are mostly looking for 12%

java
software developers proficient in Javascript,
13% 13%
React, Docker, Typescript, and Python. python typescript
15%
22%
reactjs
javascript
12%
14%
nodejs
docker

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2023 Salaries in Austria
Over the past seven years, Austrian developers Nevertheless, we can reveal promising growth
have weathered an intense dip in salaries, with for Austrian software developers and a growing
an 18.7% drop between 2018 and 2019. However, alignment between offered and expected
recent years have seen average salaries salaries, suggesting a more informed workforce.
increase, although they are still playing catch-up
with the salaries offered in 2018 and earlier when
the startup tech boom was at its highest.
2023 Salaries in Austria 20

2023
In this report, we examine the roles of
backend developer, DevOps engineer,
frontend developer, fullstack developer,
and tech lead.
Average salary offered  Research by
and expected in Austria
We specify 0 to 2 years of experience as Offered Expected
a junior level, 3 to 6 years of experience

as a mid-level, while with 7+ years of €65k
64.3
experience, you’re considered a senior €64k
developer for most companies. €63k
€62k
61.4
€61k
€60k 59.45
59.6
2021-2022 2022-2023
Austria Developer Salary Report 2023

2023
SALARY BREAKDOWN
in Austria Research by
by role and years of experience
The average offered salary for software developers
Offered Expected
in Austria in 2023 was €61,400, while the average
expected salary was €64,300.
76.1
77.3
76.7
74.8
73.3
72.6 72.7
74.8 74.8
70.3 70
69.4
67.9
A range of factors contribute to salary offers in 65.3
69 68.4 67
67 65
63.4
67.4
Austria. Some of these, such as years of

62.8 65
64.5
63.3 63.4
59.9 62
59.4
€60k 61.4
experience, are logical; others, like specific roles,

60
Not enough data (expected salary)

56.6
55.6 55.2
56.6
54.4 56.1
53.1
55
may be more subject to the demands of the market. 55.1
53.5
51.9 49.8
49.2
48.3
Not enough data

46.5
€40k
0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+

2023
Aligning with much of the DACH region,  This is particularly likely given that the greater
DevOps engineers receive higher salary offers disparities between expected and offered salaries
than other roles, with the exception of leadership show up within the senior developer category.
roles. Interestingly, unlike developers in other

DACH locations, Austrian developers tend to For example, a backend developer with 7-8 years
have higher salary expectations than the  of experience expects a salary 14.5% higher than
average offer.
the average offer, while a backend developer with

only 0-2 years of experience actually expects 2.3%
This could be seen in both positive and negative less than the average offer. This indicates that the
lights. On the one hand, inflated expectations inflated expectation could be a strategic move.
may lead to disappointing offers. On the other
hand, insisting on higher salaries over the past
seven years may have gone some way to helping
Austrian developers raise average salaries
through negotiation and demand.
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in austria by role
DevOps, a growing and significant role that Fullstack engineers received the lion’s
is currently very in-demand, is nevertheless share of interviews. In second place,
new enough that it was easily beaten by backend developers, followed by frontend
the more classic tech roles. developers and DevOps engineers.
Fullstack Backend Frontend DevOps
developer developer developer engineer
41% 30% 18% 8.7%

2023
The gender pay
gap in Austria Average salary offered
Research by
and expected by gender

The gender pay gap persists in Austria, where
male developers are paid on average 3.3%
Expected
more than their female counterparts. This is
particularly disappointing given the fact that
female developers in Austria on average 64.3 64.1
expect a higher salary than men, indicating €60k

61.5
59.5
that the disparity is not due to women being
less likely to ask for more money.
Female Male

2023
Salary
by language
& location
Average salary offered and   Research by
expected by talent location
Expected
There is a clear disparity between salary offers
for developers who speak German and those 66.1
64.1
who do not. Those who live locally and speak 62.1
63.8 59.9
German may expect a salary up to 7.6% higher €60k
59.1
than those who do not speak German. 57.1
€40k
Inside Local & not Local & German
Outside EU
EU German
speaking
speaking

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Cost of
city living  Average salary offered  Research by
reflected and expected by city
in salaries Offered Expected
With its high cost of living and status as 65.7

63.3
one of the more expensive cities in Europe, €60k

64.5
it’s unsurprising that Viennese salaries are

considerably higher than in smaller cities
50.3
like Graz. The average offered salary in
Vienna is 20% higher than Graz.
Vienna Graz

2023
Smaller
companies  Average salary offered
offer more
Research by
by company size
Both 2022 and 2023’s data indicate that

smaller Austrian companies typically offer a
higher average wage than a company of over 65.7
61.4 61.7
€60k 58.9
250 employees. We also found that the highest
average salary is offered by the smallest
companies: €65,700 for a company of under 9
employees. This indicates that many
developers in Austria may want to consider 0
1-9 10-49 50-249 250+
networking and other opportunities to get in on Number of employees
a company from the ground up.
This could also mean that smaller companies, who are likely Austria Developer Salary Report 2023
unable to afford a bigger workforce, are targeting more

experienced developers and are offering higher salaries in
an effort to attract them.

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Most in-demand
tech stacks
Most in-demand tech  Research by
in Austria stacks in Austria
Alongside understanding disparities in salary 11%

nodejs
due to role, Honeypot can now reveal the most 15% 13%
in-demand tech stacks in Austria.
Java Typescript
13%
React
According to our data, companies in Austria 22%

Javascript
expect their software developers to be proficient 14%
12%
Python
Docker
in JavaScript, Java, Docker, and Typescript.

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2023 Salaries
in The Netherlands
2023 has been yet another year of growth when  In 2023, like 2022, we can see that developer
it comes to software developer salaries in the expectations don’t match what companies are
Netherlands, where the average salary grew by offering. However, the difference is less than 1%,
2.4%. In 2023, software developers were offered meaning that software developers in the Netherlands
almost €63,000 per year. That’s a conservative are good at knowing their worth.
but steady increase when we look at the
numbers from the past five years.
Since 2018, the average wages for developers

based in the Netherlands have seen a 12%
increase.
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Here’s how average software
developer salaries in the
Netherlands look over time. Research by
Developer salaries offered 
and expected over time
Offered Expected
€62k
€61.5k
€61.2k
€60.4k €61.3k
€60k
€59.1k
€58.7k
€58k
€57.8k
€56k
€55.7k
€54k €54.2k
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Netherlands Developer Salary Report 2023
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SALARY BREAKDOWN
in The Netherlands Average salary offered by role Research by
We examine the roles of backend developer,

DevOps engineer, frontend developer,
fullstack developer, and tech lead.
87.5
€80k
63.7 63.5
60.7
€60k
53.7
€40k

2023
Key takeaways
Backend and frontend developers seem to

earn the heaviest paychecks in the Average salary expected by role Research by
Netherlands, followed by DevOps engineers

and fullstack developers.
Tech leads earn around 87,500 per year, which
is 4.3% more than what they are asking for.
83.8
DevOps engineers in the Netherlands make 8% €80k
less than what they are asking for. That could

mean that this role is not very popular in the 63.5
66
62.6
Dutch market yet. €60k
57.4
€40k

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Salary by years of
experience and role

We looked at salaries offered compared to salaries For software developers based in the Netherlands,
expected based on the most in-demand developer experience matters. That’s why we see an over 40%
roles and years of experience. In the Netherlands, increase in expectations between junior and senior
experience plays a significant role in salary backend developers.
benchmarking.
We specify 0 to 2 years of experience as a junior

level, 3 to 6 years of experience as a mid-level,
while with 7+ years of experience, you’re
considered a senior developer for most companies.
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2023 Salaries in the Netherlands 34
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Key takeaways
The best-paying role and the role with the highest

salary growth is that of backend developer. Even for Average salary offered by
Research by
junior roles, there is a gap ranging from 12% to 15% years of experience and role
between backend and frontend/fullstack
developers.
0-2 years 3-4 years 5-6 years 7-8 years 9+ years
There is an up to 30% increase between junior and
senior roles. More specifically, the salaries see a
significant increase when moving from junior to 70.5
mid-level developer. 66 65.7
68.968.4
62.8
Expectations are low during the first professional 59.4 59.9 59.459.8
years, but for mid-level to senior roles developers €60k
54.8
expect more, even more than what they’re offered. 52.1 51.8
The highest-paying roles in the 44.9

46
Netherlands are on par with the

most in-demand roles. €40k
Backend Frontend Fullstack

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in the Netherlands by role

The demand for tech roles in the Netherlands Backend is at the first position with 41% of all interview
looks a bit different than the demand in Austria.
invites. Frontend follows with 36%, while fullstack

developers gather 23% of all contact requests.
In 2023, the most in-demand specialty in the

Netherlands is the role of backend developer.  It looks like Dutch companies are showing a
To come up with this data, we specified  preference for developers that are specialised in
demand by the number of interview invites specific tech ends. While the ‘jack-of-all-trades’
extended for each role. fullstack developers are less popular.
Fullstack
Backend Frontend
developer developer developer
23% 41% 36%
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The Gender Pay Gap
in the Netherlands
In 2022, the gender pay based on average
salaries offered in the Netherlands was at 6%. In
2023 the gender pay gap is closer to 8.3%.
This disparity in offered salaries follows a
discrepancy in salary expectations by gender.
Female developers in the Netherlands have lower
salary expectations than their male counterparts.

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Key Takeaways
There is an 8.6% difference in salary

expectations. Average salary offered and   Research by
expected by gender
Salary growth is also affected by gender
double standards. In 2023, the average
offered salary is 62,400 for men and 57,400 63
-0.6
for women. In 2022, the offered salary for 62.4
men was 60,600, indicating a 3% increase, 8.60%
Pay Gap
while for women it was 56,300, indicating an €60k
increase of only 2%.

57.8
-0.4
57.4
€50k
Female Male

2023
Salary by gender and role
The negative trend continues when we break
down salary offers based on gender and role.
Average salary offered and  Research by
Men receive and expect higher salaries across expected by gender and role
all roles. For frontend developers specifically,
the gender pay gap goes as high as 13%. Female Male
In this chart, green indicates the offered salary is higher than 63.6
64.3
+0.3
64.5
+0.3
the expected, while red indicates that the salary offered was +1.2 Offered 64 64.2
lower than developer expectations. 62.4
€60k
58.9
57.1
-0.6
Expected -4
56.5
54.4
54.9
-1.6
52.8

2023
Salary 
by language
& location
Average salary offered and  Research by
expected by talent location
Language and location don’t play 64.8

a huge role in salaries offered. +2.2
63.8
-1.8
62.6 62 61
60.4
Key takeaways €60k -0.7
59.7
+1
60
Software developers coming from inside the EU have a

bigger chance to receive higher salaries.
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y tch don t have
k Du ’
an advantage when it comes to salar o ers. The also

y ff y
€50k
Inside EU Local &  Local &  Outside EU
not Dutch speaking Dutch speaking
have among the lowest salar e pectations. This co ld
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mean that developers who also happen to spea tch k Du
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y
have been living there for man ears and the don t
y y , y ’ Netherlands Developer Salary Report 2023
know what salar benchmar s loo li e in other co ntries.

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2023
Dutch companies offer the biggest Developer demand affected by
paychecks to people from inside the EU location
but outside the Netherlands. The higher Developers based in the Netherlands receive
offer could be explained by the fact that 45% of all interview invites by Dutch companies,
developers outside the country would while developers outside the EU receive 34%.
need an extra financial incentive to That means that the demand for developers is
move, or perhaps those developers are quite high and Dutch companies have broadened
coming from countries where developer their scope to candidates living outside the EU.
salaries are even higher.
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Salary by
company size Average salary offered and
Research by
expected by company size

Medium-sized companies (50-249 employees)
offer the best salaries to software developers in 65.5
the Netherlands.
62.4
60.9 -6.1
60.3 +2,2
€60k +1,3
At the same time, companies with more than 250 -2.9

59.6 60.2 59.4
57.4
people offer lower average salaries. That could
be interpreted by the fact that larger and well-
known companies are relying on brand authority
and popularity. They know that developers will
want to work with them even if they receive
1-9 10-49 50-249 250+
higher offers from smaller companies. Number of employees

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Most in-demand
technologies Research by
Most in-demand tech stacks
in the Netherlands
We’re also pleased to share the most in-demand
tech stacks in the Netherlands. By examining
contact requests to developers specialised in 9%

html
different tech stacks, we were able to discover 15% 12%

reactjs
docker
12%
which technologies are most-in-demand in the
nodejs
Netherlands.
20%
javascript
10%
9%
css
13% python
typescript
According to our findings, Dutch companies are
looking for software developers proficient in
Javascript, React, Typescript, Docker, and Nodejs.

2023
2023 Salaries
in Switzerland Average salary offered and
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expected over time

Over the past year, software developer salaries
Offered Expected
in Switzerland experienced a small growth.
Despite the uncertainty in the tech world, €105k
103.3
salaries grew by 2%, a small increase, but one 101.2
€100k
that confirms the upward trend that the
country has been seeing in the past few years.
€95k
93.6
In 2023, software developers in Switzerland €90k
were offered €103,300 per year. According to

85
€85k
our data, this is the highest salary offered in all

82.9 82.7
markets investigated by our yearly report.
2021 2022 2023
In 2023, like 2022, we can see that developer

Switzerland Developer Salary Report 2023
expectations in Switzerland are again too low.
Far too low. In fact, developers expect 22%
less than what they’re being offered.

2023
Salary breakdown
in Switzerland Average salary offered  Research by
In this report, we examine the roles of backend, and expected by role

frontend, and fullstack developer. When we look
Offered Expected
at the wages for specific roles we notice some
interesting trends. 117.5
Key takeaways €100k

+38
89.9
+5.1
86.1
+0.9
Backend developers seem to earn the heaviest paychecks 84.8 85.2
in 2023, followed by frontend and fullstack developers. This €75k 79.5
makes sense in Switzerland where the role of backend

developer has the highest demand.
F ullstack developers receive the lowest salary but have the Backend Frontend Fullstack
highest salary e pectations. This could be attributed to the

x
fact that fullstack developers need to have e tensive

x
knowledge of both the front and back end development. t I Switzerland Developer Salary Report 2023
takes more years to become a fully edged fullstack

-fl
developer, so developers are more e perienced with usually

x
more years of e perience.

x

2023
Salary by years of
experience and role Research by

Average offered and expected
by years of experience and role
We looked at salaries offered compared to
Offered Expected
salaries expected based on the most in-demand 
developer roles and years of experience.
143.3
123.3
117
111.7
We specify 0 to 2 years of experience as a junior
102.9
€100k 96.9
95.3
91.4 90.5
level, 3 to 6 years of experience as a mid-level, 86.7
92.7
88.5 86
89.3
88.6 80.5 80.3

86.3 88
85.2 84.8 84.1
88.3
79.1 78.6
while with 7+ years of experience, you’re 71.1
76.3
65.8
61.9 62.8
considered a senior developer for most companies. €50k
In this chart, green indicates that the salary offer is higher
than the expectation, while red indicates that it’s lower. €0k
0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+
Years of experience Years of experience Years of experience
The best-paying role and the role with the highest Backend Frontend Fullstack
salary growth is that of backend developer.
Expectations are low during the first professional Switzerland Developer Salary Report 2023
years, but mid-level to senior roles developers expect

more. However, expectations are almost always much
lower than the offered salary.

2023
Most interview
invites BY ROLE Most in-demand roles
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in Switzerland
The demand for tech roles in Switzerland
looks a bit different than the demand in
Austria but is similar to Germany. Frontend: 14%
In 2023, the most in-demand specialty in Switzerland is

the role of a backend developer. To come up with this
data, we specified demand by the number of interview
invites extended for each role.
Backend: 55%
Backend is at the first position with 55% of all interview Fullstack : 31%
invites. Fullstack follows with 31%, while frontend
developers are in ‘last place’ with 14%.
Big tech companies like Apple, Facebook, Microsoft,

Google, and Amazon all have offices in Switzerland. These
companies require extensive backend support in order to
run their platforms. This could explain the huge difference Switzerland Developer Salary Report 2023
in demand and salaries for backend developers.

2023
The Gender Pay Gap
in Switzerland Average salary offered and  Research by
expected by role and gender

Swiss companies might be offering high paychecks,
but gender still plays a role in salary offers.
Female Male
Gap
6.20%
119.5
In 2023, the gender pay gap ranges from 6.2 to 112.3

Offered
7.2%. Offered
€100k +40
+32.4
Gap
90.5
6.60%
+3.5 Gap
86.3
84.7 7.20%
87 80.3 86.2

Offered
Offered
79.9 79.5 +8.3
+20
72
64.7
€50k

2023
SALARY
By language Research by
Average salary by talent location
& location Offered Expected
108.5
Language and location play a small role in

100.6
determining salary offers in Switzerland. €100k
92.8
+26.6
Software developers coming from inside the EU
+19.2
have a bigger chance to receive higher salaries.

+12.8
81.4
Local language-speaking developers have a 80
81.9
71.9
€50k
bigger chance to receive the highest salary offer.
+11.9
60
Inside EU Local &  Local &

Outside EU
not local local
language
language
speaking speaking

2023
Most in-demand
technologies
According to Honeypot’s data, Swiss companies
are looking for software developers that specialise
in JavaScript, Java, Docker, and Typescript. 9%
sql
Based on contact requests to developers
specialized in different tech stacks, we
were able to discover which  17% 18%
technologies are most in demand  java javaScript
in Switzerland for 2023. 11% 13%
python typescript
9% 13% 10%
angular docker reactjs

2023
2023 Salaries in Spain
Salary Breakdown in Spain
The average offered salary for software According to our insights, average salaries
developers in Spain for 2023 was €53,500, while offered and expected for each role differed. For
the expected salary was closer to €56,400. This instance, the average offered salary for backend
means that developers in Spain are making about developers was €53,000, but their average
5% less than what they initially expected.
expected salary was €53,300.
In this report, we examine the roles of backend
developer, DevOps engineer, frontend developer,
fullstack developer, and tech lead.

2023
Key takeaways
In this chart, red indicates that salary expectations
didn’t meet the offers made by Spanish companies,
while green indicates the offered salary was higher Average salary offered and  Research by
than expected. expected by role in Spain
Some roles demonstrate higher Offered Expected
discrepancies between the offered and 71.7
expected salaries. For example, DevOps

63.3
engineers expect to earn almost 62.2 67.8
€60k
56.5
€24,000 more than what companies
61.3
53.3
54.8
offer them, while fullstack developers 53
expect to earn slightly less. This could €40k
indicate that DevOps engineers, a role 39.5
increasing in demand in the rest of Backend DevOps Frontend Fullstack Tech Lead
Europe, isn’t a role in high demand in

Spain yet.
Spain Developer Salary Report 2023

2023
in Spain by role
In Spain, companies have a greater demand for We suspect that backend developers are highly
backend developers. According to our data, sought-after in Spain because many companies
backend developers received the biggest share are developing or migrating their web services to
of all interview invites on the Honeypot platform. cloud platforms or microservices architectures,
After that came frontend developers, followed by which require scalable and reliable backend
fullstack developers and DevOps engineers. solutions.
Backend Frontend
Fullstack DevOps
developer developer developer engineer
54% 22% 10.7% 9.7%

2023
The gender pay gap in Spain
Spain had one of the most significant gender Looking at years of experience, we observed that
pay gaps in Europe. The difference in offered male developers with 0-2 years of experience
salaries between male and female developers were offered an average salary of €49,200.
ranged from 5% to 18.6%.
That’s 10% more than what their female
counterparts are being offered. However, the gap
The largest gap was found in fullstack roles, narrows as the years of experience increase.
where male developers earned 18.6% more than
their female counterparts. The only exception
was frontend developers, where women earned
3% more than men, but this might be due to the 
fact that 85% of the offers were extended to
male developers.

2023
Research by Research by

Average salary offered by gender
by gender and role and years of experience
Female Male
Offered Expected
€70k
71.7
69.3
65.4
64.8 63.5 63.5

67.8
60.5
€60k 58.3 62.1

57.5
€60k
56.4
52.4
54
50.1 50
52.1
51.3
55.3
49.8
Not enought data

50.2
€40k €50k 49.2

40
35
44.5
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
41.5
€40k
0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8
Spain Developer Salary Report 2023 Spain Developer Salary Report 2023

2023
Most in-demand 
tech stacks in Spain
Our data suggest that the top five tech

9%
stacks in Spain were JavaScript, css
Typescript, ReactJS, Nodejs, and Docker.
13%
17%
typescript
javascript
8%
The fact that Spanish companies are
php
looking for developers proficient in
10%
Typescript, a subset of JavaScript, could
docker 12%
mean that companies are building large- 9%

13% 7% nodejs
html
python
scale applications and AI-backed projects, reactjs
such as machine learning models.

Conclusion
2023 was a conservative year of growth for We also found that language affects demand.
developer salaries. Waves from the tech crisis Developers who speak the local language have
were felt all over the DACH region as salaries higher possibilities to be invited for an interview,
grew at a lower rate than inflation.
but their skills don’t necessarily affect the salary
offered. This means that companies count
Specifically, in 2023, companies displayed a language skills as an added value to their
great need for backend developers, while company culture.
DevOps engineers increased in demand.
According to our data, the gender pay gap has
continued to grow across Europe. Women are
paid up to 8.6% less in Germany, 8.3% in the
Netherlands, and 7.2% in Switzerland.
Conclusion
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The report can also be a valuable resource

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platform since 2016.

platform, while offered salary data is

based on a company’s initial offer during

The 2023 data is averaged from 2022

and 2023 (28.5k data points in total) to

the average annual gross salaries. Switzerland, and Spain.

increase in 2023. However, the rising global

inflation rates have affected real growth. 104.2​

Key takeaways 70.9​

Companies in Switzerland offer the highest salaries to €50k

software developers. They offer 38% more than

salary gap between Switzerland and the rest of the

countries. However, another explanation could be

that Switzerland has many large-scale tech

companies that need to compete with each other in

order to gain the best tech talent.

Salary Trends in Europe 6

the role of DevOps engineer and by country and role

the highest paycheck comes from

Switzerland. Spain Austria Germany Switzerland Netherlands

Germany comes in second place 112.2​

across all roles.

Austria and the Netherlands 89.9​

Backend DevOps Frontend Fullstack Tech Lead

Europe Developer Salary Report 2023

Salary Trends in Europe 7

2023 Salaries in Germany 8

experience as a junior level, 3 to 6

In this chart, green indicates that offered salary

surpassed the expected salary, while red indicates

that the expectations were higher than the company’s

Key takeaways by role and years of experience

DevOps roles showed the highest 89.1​

average offered salary for junior

Backend roles saw the highest salary 76.7​

experience: that’s 13.2% growth from 1-2

years to 3-4 years. 67.9​ 67.4​ 67.5​

from junior to mid-level and an 8.3% 55.6​ 58.8​

growth from mid-level to senior roles. 54​

Backend DevOps Frontend Fullstack Tech Lead

Germany Developer Salary Report 2023

2023 Salaries in Germany 10

in Germany by role engineer

2023 Salaries in Germany 12

Average salary offered by gender

and years of experience gender and years of experience

0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+

2023 Salaries in Germany 13

gap to 4.75%. This indicates the

2023 Salaries in Germany 14

Average salary offered

by gender and role by gender and role

2023 Salaries in Germany 15

& location by role and talent location

ability and its impact on developer salary, Inside EU 70.6​

considering an increased number of

categories for language profiles as well Inside EU 68.5​

as the number of interview invites Frontend Local & German speaking

received by talents based on their

inflation rates have affected real growth. 104.2

Key takeaways 70.9

Germany comes in second place 112.2

Austria and the Netherlands 89.9

DevOps roles showed the highest 89.1

Backend roles saw the highest salary 76.7

years to 3-4 years. 67.9 67.4 67.5

from junior to mid-level and an 8.3% 55.6 58.8

growth from mid-level to senior roles. 54

ability and its impact on developer salary, Inside EU 70.6

categories for language profiles as well Inside EU 68.5

will lead to a higher salary— Inside EU 55.7

Local & not German speaking 58

Local & not German speaking 66.2

3-4 Local & German speaking 64.7

5-6 Local & German speaking 71.1

7-8 Local & German speaking 74.7

Local & not German speaking 76.3

Average salary offered  Research by