Software Engineering salaries in Nigeria
The median senior Software Engineering salary in Nigeria is NGN 22,200,000 per year, with the market band from NGN 14,400,000 to NGN 30,000,000 (techcabal.com, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NGN 14,400,000
- Median
- NGN 22,200,000
- P75
- NGN 30,000,000
- per month
- NGN 1,850,000
About NGN 1,850,000 per month at the median.
TechCabal (12 September 2025) interviewed three named industry experts (Emmanuel Faith, Deji Olowe, Toyin Olasehinde) and reported back end software developers at N1.2M to N2.5M per month for mid to senior levels; DevOps engineers at N1.3M to N2.4M corroborate the same band. p25 and p75 are the published range ends; p50 is the range midpoint used as a median proxy because no percentile breakdown was published. Range spans mid to senior, so the distribution for seniors alone sits toward the upper half. Current 2025 naira figures (article used N1,500 per USD), so no devaluation distortion.
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