Software Engineering salaries in United Arab Emirates
The median executive Software Engineering salary in United Arab Emirates is AED 546,000 per year, with the market band from AED 258,000 to AED 792,000 (gulftalent.com, 2026-08-30).
By seniority
executive (Low quality data)
- P25
- AED 258,000
- Median
- AED 546,000
- P75
- AED 792,000
- per month
- AED 45,500
About AED 45,500 per month at the median.
Closest published executive title is Head of Engineering. GulfTalent UAE page, updated Aug 2026, n=13 (small sample, hence Low). P25/P50/P75 mapped to published lowest/average/highest.
lead (Low quality data)
- P25
- AED 180,000
- Median
- AED 234,000
- P75
- AED 300,000
- per month
- AED 19,500
About AED 19,500 per month at the median.
GulfTalent UAE public salary page, Lead Software Engineer, updated Aug 2026, n=12 (small sample, hence Low). P25/P50/P75 mapped to published lowest/average/highest.
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- AED 54,000
- Median
- AED 156,000
- P75
- AED 330,000
- per month
- AED 13,000
About AED 13,000 per month at the median.
GulfTalent UAE public salary page, Senior Software Engineer, updated Aug 2026, n=82. P25/P50/P75 mapped to published lowest/average/highest monthly salary. Crowd-reported data skews below enterprise recruiter bands.
Sources for these numbers
- https://www.gulftalent.com/uae/salaries/head-of-engineering
- https://www.gulftalent.com/uae/salaries/lead-software-engineer
- https://www.gulftalent.com/uae/salaries/senior-software-engineer
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