Average Software Engineer with C Programming Language Skills Salary in Switzerland

Annual Base Salary - CHF 103’115.00/year

The average annual salary of Software Engineer is CHF 103’115.00

CHF 39’960.00
Low
CHF 103’115.00
Average
CHF 145’230.00
High

The starting salary of Software Engineer is between CHF 33’966.00 and CHF 39’960.00 whereas the maximum salary range is between CHF 145’230.00 and CHF 167’015.00.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
CHF 33’966.00CHF 167’015.00
Bonus Range: Tooltip
CHF 5’200.00 - CHF 9’630.00
CHF 5’200.00
CHF 167’015.00
Profit Sharing: Tooltip
CHF 0.00 - CHF 2’080.00
CHF 0.00
CHF 167’015.00
  • Currency : CHF
  • Annual Salary : CHF 103’115.00
  • Weekly Pay : CHF 1’871.00
  • Fortnightly Salary : CHF 3’741.00
  • Monthly Salary : CHF 8’107.00

Software Engineer Salary Comparison by Gender

Female
Male

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

As shown in the chart, male employees are involved significantly more as Software Engineer compared to female. Their involvement is 83% while of female is only 17%.

Salary Distribution Based on Years of Experience

The line graph shows Software Engineer salary in Switzerland 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 CHF 79’836.33.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a significant increase of CHF 10’891.67 which would give a total wage of CHF90,728.00.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Software Engineer salary would increase again to a total of CHF 102’325.65, adding CHF 11’597.65 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 CHF 123’383.27.

Prominent Skills Affecting Software Engineer Salary

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 Software Architecture which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 23% 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 SQL with 1%. It can be said that SQL 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 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 CHF 82’492.00 whereas the highest earning is CHF 122’707.00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Late Career person will earn the maximum salary of CHF 122’707.00 at 19%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 20% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 10% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 0% less than the average salary, Late Career earns 19% more than the average salary.