Software Engineering salaries in Iceland
The median senior Software Engineering salary in Iceland is ISK 14,874,000 per year, with the market band from ISK 13,656,000 to ISK 16,092,000 (px.hagstofa.is, 2026-09-04).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- P25
- ISK 15,024,000
- Median
- ISK 19,800,000
- P75
- ISK 23,808,000
- per month
- ISK 1,650,000
About ISK 1,650,000 per month at the median.
Published title: 1236 Computing services department managers (table VIN02001, Statistics Iceland, data year 2025, released 13 May 2026). Basis authority: Statistics Iceland survey metadata defines basic earnings as monthly remuneration for regular daytime working hours without supplements, gross, full-time equivalent. Sample: n=70 observations. full ordered band: published lower quartile, median and upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time). Same-cell alternatives: 1237 Research and development department managers (basic p50 1364k, n=40).
lead (High quality data)
- Median
- ISK 16,092,000
- per month
- ISK 1,341,000
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Only a floor figure is published for this cell; the stored value is that floor, and the true market center is likely higher. Published title: 213 Computing professionals (table VIN02001, Statistics Iceland, data year 2025, released 13 May 2026). Basis authority: Statistics Iceland survey metadata defines basic earnings as monthly remuneration for regular daytime working hours without supplements, gross, full-time equivalent. Sample: n=1100 observations. floor-only: the published upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time, all experience levels pooled) serves as the disclosed lead floor.
senior (High quality data)
- P25
- ISK 13,656,000
- Median
- ISK 14,874,000
- P75
- ISK 16,092,000
- per month
- ISK 1,239,500
About ISK 1,239,500 per month at the median.
p50 is the midpoint of the source's published span; the span endpoints are stored as p25 and p75 and are wider than quartiles. Published title: 213 Computing professionals (table VIN02001, Statistics Iceland, data year 2025, released 13 May 2026). Basis authority: Statistics Iceland survey metadata defines basic earnings as monthly remuneration for regular daytime working hours without supplements, gross, full-time equivalent. Sample: n=1100 observations. Statistics Iceland publishes no seniority split, so the pooled all-experience distribution stands in: SPAN uses the published median and upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time) as the senior band endpoints. Same-cell alternatives: 3120 Computer associate professionals (basic p50 855k, n=460) for mid-level, not senior.
Sources for these numbers
- https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__launogtekjur__1_laun__1_laun/VIN02001.px
- https://hagstofas3bucket.hagstofa.is/hagstofan/media/public/2019/909fa621-0a4a-4629-a9a8-7094ee4db801.pdf
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_48?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=IS&indic_se=ERN&unit=NAC&sex=T&sizeclas=TOTAL&nace_r2=B-S_X_O&isco08=OC1
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_48?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=IS&indic_se=ERN&unit=NAC&sex=T&sizeclas=TOTAL&nace_r2=J&isco08=OC2
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