IT & Software salaries in Saudi Arabia
| Seniority | City | 25th | Median | 75th | Basis | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| entry | National | 8,000 | 11,000 | 14,000 | Researched | — |
| mid | National | 15,000 | 19,000 | 25,000 | Researched | — |
| senior | National | 25,000 | 32,000 | 42,000 | Researched | — |
| senior | Riyadh | 27,000 | 34,000 | 45,000 | Researched | — |
A market that states its numbers
Technology is the Saudi sector most likely to advertise a salary, which makes the observed ranges on this page better evidence than most on this site. It is also the sector where the market has moved fastest: the demand from banking, the giga-project technology functions and the government digital programmes has pulled salaries up sharply over the last few years.
Riyadh, overwhelmingly
Most of the hiring is in the capital, and much of the rest is in Jeddah or the Eastern Province around industrial operators. Cybersecurity, data engineering and cloud infrastructure are the specialisms pulling hardest; general full-stack development is competitive and better paid than the regional average but no longer scarce.
Remote
Saudi employers hiring for Saudi-based roles generally expect you in the office, and remote-first contracts remain the exception. If remote work is what you are looking for, the Arabic section of this site covers it directly — including what it means to be paid from abroad while living in the region.
Worth asking
Whether the role sits in a bank, a giga-project entity, a government programme or a product company. The four have distinct pay structures and very different working cultures.
How to read these figures
- Observed ranges are computed from salaries stated in live listings on this site. They skew toward roles whose employers publish pay, which is a minority.
- Researched ranges come from desk research and are estimates, not measurements.
- Figures are gross monthly base pay. They exclude housing and transport allowances, which in Saudi Arabia commonly add 25–35% to base.
- There is no personal income tax on salary in Saudi Arabia, so gross is much closer to net than in most European markets.
How to read a Saudi salary offer — what a package is built from, and what to establish before comparing two of them.