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Average software developer remuneration globally 2025, by role
Senior Executive was the highest-earning software development job worldwide in 2025, with the average annual salary amounting to around ** U.S. dollars. Developer advocate and engineering manager were the other developer jobs with high salaries.
Software developer
A software developer, or more commonly known as a programmer or a coder, is a person who creates software by using computer languages. There are two main types of software developers: application developer 鈥 those who design computer or mobile applications 鈥 and system developer 鈥 those who focus on operating systems-level software and network distribution software. In 2021, there were around **** million software developers worldwide.
Programming languages
A programming language is a formal language that instruct a computer or computing device to perform certain tasks. Languages that software developers use to write code are called 鈥渉igh-level languages鈥; these can be compiled into a 鈥渓ow-level language鈥 which can be understood by the computer hardware. Programming languages that are mostly used by developers include JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, and Python. Clojure, F# and Elixir, on the other hand, are the languages associated with the highest salaries.
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