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

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