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Average Lead Software Engineer Salary in Japan

Annual Base Salary - ￥6,836,694/year

The average annual salary of Lead Software Engineer is ￥6,836,694

￥4,200,000
Low
￥6,836,694
Average
￥10,500,000
High

The starting salary of Lead Software Engineer is between ￥3,570,000 and ￥4,200,000 whereas the maximum salary range is between ￥10,500,000 and ￥12,075,000.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
￥3,570,000￥12,075,000
Bonus Range: Tooltip
￥527 - ￥2,100,000
￥527
￥12,075,000
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  • Currency : JPY
  • Annual Salary : ￥6,836,694
  • Weekly Pay : ￥127,646
  • Fortnightly Salary : ￥255,291
  • Monthly Salary : ￥553,131

Lead Software Engineer Salary Comparison by Gender

Female
Male

This pie chart demonstrates the gender share for Lead Software Engineer. As indicated, the golden colour represents the percentage share for women and the green represents the percentage share for men.

As shown via chart, male employees are involved 100% in contrast with female who possibly are not a part of this profession.

Salary Distribution Based on Years of Experience

The line graph shows Lead Software Engineer salary in Japan on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Lead Software Engineer having experience between 1-4 years, their salary is around ￥5,059,592.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Lead Software Engineer salary would increase again to a total of ￥7,142,777, adding ￥2,083,185 from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of ￥8,308,000.

Prominent Skills Affecting Lead Software Engineer Salary

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Lead Software Engineer's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Lead Software Engineer when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Lead Software Engineer is Software Architecture which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 10% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Software Architecture.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be JavaScript with 8%. It can be said that JavaScript skill will unlikely impact the salary.

Compensation Statistics Based on Experience Levels

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Lead Software Engineer. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is ￥4,990,787 whereas the highest earning is ￥8,067,299 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Late Career person will earn the maximum salary of ￥8,067,299 at 18%. So to summerize, Early Career earns 27% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 3% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 18% more than the average salary.

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