IT & PROGRAMMING / SALARY
ABU DHABI

SALARY SURVEYS

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3.67 AED = 1 USD

334,254 AED

$91,008 USD

Dubai

319,379 AED

135,893 AED

$37,000 USD

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Average Salary / IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi

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Average salary for IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi is 334,254 AED per year. The most typical earning is 135,893 AED. All data are based on 36 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 360,301 AED. Women receive a salary of 172,254 AED.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 520,068 AED. The second most paid education level is Some College with salary of 480,035 AED.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 560,102 AED. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 520,068 AED.

Levels / IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

Salary Levels (AED) per Year	Surveys	[%]
36,700 AED - 55,099 AED	0	n/a
55,100 AED - 73,499 AED	1	100% 2.78%
73,500 AED - 91,799 AED	2	97.22% 5.56%
91,800 AED - 110,199 AED	0	n/a
110,200 AED - 128,499 AED	1	91.67% 2.78%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
128,500 AED - 146,899 AED	3	88.89% 8.33%
146,900 AED - 165,299 AED	1	80.56% 2.78%
165,300 AED - 183,599 AED	1	77.78% 2.78%
183,600 AED - 201,999 AED	2	75% 5.56%
202,000 AED - 220,399 AED	2	69.44% 5.56%
220,400 AED - 238,699 AED	0	n/a
238,700 AED - 257,099 AED	3	63.89% 8.33%
257,100 AED - 275,499 AED	1	55.56% 2.78%
275,500 AED - 293,799 AED	2	52.78% 5.56%
293,800 AED - 312,199 AED	2	47.22% 5.56%
312,200 AED - 330,499 AED	0	n/a
330,600 AED - 348,899 AED	0	n/a
348,900 AED - 367,299 AED	0	n/a
367,300 AED - 385,599 AED	0	n/a
385,600 AED - 403,999 AED	2	41.67% 5.56%
404,000 AED - 422,399 AED	1	36.11% 2.78%
422,400 AED - 440,699 AED	3	33.33% 8.33%
440,700 AED - 459,099 AED	0	n/a
459,100 AED - 477,499 AED	1	25% 2.78%
477,500 AED - 495,799 AED	1	22.22% 2.78%
495,800 AED - 514,199 AED	1	19.44% 2.78%
514,200 AED - 532,599 AED	0	n/a
532,600 AED - 550,899 AED	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
550,900 AED - 587,599 AED	1	16.67% 2.78%
587,600 AED - 624,399 AED	1	13.89% 2.78%
624,400 AED - 661,099 AED	2	11.11% 5.56%
661,100 AED - 697,799 AED	0	n/a
697,800 AED - 734,599 AED	1	5.56% 2.78%
734,600 AED - 771,299 AED	0	n/a
771,300 AED - 807,999 AED	0	n/a
808,000 AED - 844,699 AED	1	2.78% 2.78%
844,700 AED - 881,499 AED	0	n/a
881,500 AED - 918,199 AED	0	n/a
918,200 AED - 1,285,499 AED	0	n/a

Gender / IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	31	360,301 AED
2	Women	5	172,254 AED

Education / IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	2	520,068 AED
2	Some College	1	480,035 AED
3	Masters Degree	7	387,113 AED
4	Bachelors Degree	25	304,475 AED
5	High School	1	189,883 AED

Experience / IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	2	560,102 AED
2	16-20 Years	3	520,068 AED
3	12-16 Years	8	451,020 AED
4	1-2 Years	3	322,839 AED
5	8-12 Years	10	313,657 AED
6	4-8 Years	6	172,988 AED
7	2-4 Years	3	161,236 AED
8	0-1 Year	1	120,100 AED

Age / IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	1	700,036 AED
2	41-45	1	419,801 AED
3	36-40	10	419,433 AED
4	31-35	11	356,996 AED
5	21-25	4	272,154 AED
6	26-30	9	189,149 AED

Work Type / IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	31	352,221 AED
2	Contract	4	249,750 AED
3	Self Employed	1	120,100 AED

Careers / IT & Programming / Abu Dhabi (Gross AED)

#		Surveys
1	IT Manager	11	509,784 AED
2	IT Project Manager	2	474,893 AED
3	Web Developer	2	467,547 AED
4	Database Administrator	1	433,023 AED
5	IT Coordinator	3	256,361 AED
6	Software Developer	4	244,975 AED
7	PHP Developer	1	239,833 AED
8	Java Developer	3	216,695 AED
9	Lead Developer	5	199,065 AED
10	MS Office	1	167,847 AED
11	.NET Developer	2	113,856 AED
12	Python Developer	1	78,965 AED

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Program Associate

Posted 04 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data and system integration
PHP Backend Development (Laravel)
Cybersecurity."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	240,000 AED

Head Of Product

Posted 13 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	420,000 AED

Production Application Support

Posted 26 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"UNIX, java, oracle SQL, sybase, sql server."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	240,000 AED

Oracle Erp

Posted 25 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Oracle Certified Professional."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	144,000 AED

Senior Odm Developer

Posted 15 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, IBM ODM, Oracle, IBM BPM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	276,000 AED

Developer

Posted 13 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Kony, Java, Android, Mobile."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	200,000 AED

Software Developer

Posted 22 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Core developer, project manager, technology evangelist, lead developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	60,000 AED

Technical Writer

Posted 13 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technical Writer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	168,000 AED

Project Manager

Posted 13 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software developer manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	249,900 AED

Software Engineer

Posted 10 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designs, develops and maintains corporative application for business purpose using ASP. NET technologies – both frontend and backend (jQuery, AJAX, ASP/HTML, CSS, C#)
Used ADO. NET and data objects such as Data Adapter, Data Reader, Dataset, data table for consistent access to SQL data sources."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	84,000 AED

Senior Manager

Posted 13 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Digital transformation, smart solutions, fintech."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	819,900 AED

Data Scientist

Posted 24 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Build predictive models using AI."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	440,000 AED

Database Architect

Posted 06 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Database DBA/DEV/ARCHITECT have more then 10 years experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	432,900 AED

It Senior Consultant

Posted 19 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develops BI solutions for big companies."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	210,000 AED

Core Banking Analyst

Posted 14 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Core banking support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	574,900 AED

Front End Developer

Posted 19 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design & development of UI."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	285,000 AED

Head Of Murex Support

Posted 09 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Murex production support manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	659,900 AED

Architect

Posted 20 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Big Data, Data Sciences, Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	400,000 AED

Java Developer

Posted 02 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Developing java programs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	High School	2-4 Years	n/a	190,000 AED

Studio Director

Posted 02 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Head of VR Studio."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	300,000 AED

It Consultant

Posted 04 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage Service Delivery."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	145,000 AED

Senior Digital Tehcnical Analyst

Posted 31 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Provide technical analysis on digital solutions and systems harnessed in implementing digital solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	423,700 AED

Team Lead

Posted 24 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Leading development team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	216,000 AED

Devops Lead

Posted 07 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Docker, kubernetes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	300,000 AED

Director

Posted 24 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Budget management and resources management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	600,000 AED

Vmware Admin

Posted 21 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Vmware admin with 11 years of experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	150,000 AED

It Director

Posted 13 February 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Leadership, project management, strategy planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	400,000 AED

Python Developer

Posted 06 November 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Python development. Specifically working on Big Data Analysis. Career has been fine so far, healthy, progressing, fun. All has been fine but I need to get to know about one or two other options out there."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Abu Dhabi	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	78,900 AED

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