Your salary will depend on your knowledge, experience and location. As a Software Developer, you can typically expect a salary of around $100,000, and as a Senior Developer, you would typically receive $115,000 to $150,000 or more.
If you’re a Technical Lead, you can receive salaries upwards of $160,000 in regional hotspots like Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Of course, experience with specific languages and technologies is harder to come by, so employers are prepared to pay more.
If you’re a developer with knowledge of Scala – often used for big data and machine learning projects – you’re in a great position to secure a high salary. The same goes for Google-developed language Go and Objective-C, the primary language for writing software for OS X and iOS.
Get a more detailed look at the typical Software Developer salary in Australia.