Software Engineering salaries in Germany
The median executive Software Engineering salary in Germany is €89,500 per year, with the market band from €80,200 to €103,800 (stepstone.de, 2026-08-30).
By seniority
executive (Medium quality data)
- P25
- €80,200
- Median
- €89,500
- P75
- €103,800
- per month
- €7,458
About €7,458 per month at the median.
Stepstone Gehalt page for Head of Engineering. Publishes Min 80,200, Median 89,500, Max 103,800 EUR gross per year, mapped to P25/P50/P75.
lead (Medium quality data)
- P25
- €58,200
- Median
- €66,400
- P75
- €78,600
- per month
- €5,533
About €5,533 per month at the median.
Stepstone Gehalt page for Teamleiter/in IT, Bruttogehalt per year table. Min to P25, Median to P50, Max to P75.
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- €44,100
- Median
- €51,200
- P75
- €62,000
- per month
- €4,267
About €4,267 per month at the median.
Stepstone Gehalt page for Softwareentwickler/in (Stepstone salary dataset, full-time, Germany). Publishes Min 44,100, Median 51,200, Max 62,000 EUR gross per year, mapped to P25/P50/P75. The title page covers all experience levels within the title; treated as the senior benchmark for this family.
Sources for these numbers
- https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Head-of-Engineering.html
- https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Teamleiter-in-IT.html
- https://www.stepstone.de/gehalt/Software-Entwickler-in.html
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