Average Software Engineer Salary in Japan

The line graph shows 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 Software Engineer working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around ￥4,231,849.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a significant increase of ￥537,452 which would give a total wage of JPY47,69,300.92.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Software Engineer salary would increase again to a total of ￥6,171,512, adding ￥1,402,211 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 ￥7,275,728.

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

The most vital skill expected of Software Engineer is Ruby which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 51% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Ruby.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Go (Golang) Programming Language with 6%. It can be said that Go (Golang) Programming Language skill will unlikely impact the salary.

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of 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 ￥4,205,883 whereas the highest earning is ￥7,412,869 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Late Career person will earn the maximum salary of ￥7,412,869 at 41%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 20% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 7% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 21% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 41% more than the average salary.