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Japan IT & Software Engineering Salary Guide 2026
39 roles benchmarked against up to five published 2026 salary guides, with the typical agency fee beside every median.
Salary Consensus by Role
Median across published Japan salary guides, with the fee stacked on top
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1 USD = ¥157.25, European Central Bank rate for Oct 30, 2026
Role | Median | Range (Low to High) | Guides | Agency Fee (35%) | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Information Officer | ￥33,000,000≈ $209,900 | ￥20,000,000 to ￥50,000,000≈ $127,200 to $318,000 | 2 | ￥11,550,000≈ $73,450 | ￥44,550,000≈ $283,300 |
| IT Director | ￥20,000,000≈ $127,200 | ￥10,000,000 to ￥40,000,000≈ $63,590 to $254,400 | 4 | ￥7,000,000≈ $44,520 | ￥27,000,000≈ $171,700 |
| Chief Technology Officer | ￥18,750,000≈ $119,200 | ￥12,000,000 to ￥26,000,000≈ $76,310 to $165,300 | 2 | ￥6,562,500≈ $41,730 | ￥25,312,500≈ $161,000 |
| Head of Analytics | ￥16,500,000≈ $104,900 | ￥12,000,000 to ￥22,000,000≈ $76,310 to $139,900 | 2 | ￥5,775,000≈ $36,720 | ￥22,275,000≈ $141,700 |
| Program Manager | ￥16,000,000≈ $101,700 | ￥12,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $76,310 to $127,200 | 3 | ￥5,600,000≈ $35,610 | ￥21,600,000≈ $137,400 |
| Technical Architect | ￥14,250,000≈ $90,620 | ￥9,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $57,230 to $127,200 | 2 | ￥4,987,500≈ $31,720 | ￥19,237,500≈ $122,300 |
| Enterprise Architect | ￥13,750,000≈ $87,440 | ￥10,000,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $63,590 to $95,390 | 2 | ￥4,812,500≈ $30,600 | ￥18,562,500≈ $118,000 |
| Solution Architect | ￥13,500,000≈ $85,850 | ￥11,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $69,950 to $127,200 | 2 | ￥4,725,000≈ $30,050 | ￥18,225,000≈ $115,900 |
| Infrastructure Manager | ￥13,250,000≈ $84,260 | ￥8,500,000 to ￥23,000,000≈ $54,050 to $146,300 | 4 | ￥4,637,500≈ $29,490 | ￥17,887,500≈ $113,800 |
| Project Manager | ￥13,000,000≈ $82,670 | ￥7,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $44,520 to $127,200 | 3 | ￥4,550,000≈ $28,930 | ￥17,550,000≈ $111,600 |
| Security Engineer | ￥13,000,000≈ $82,670 | ￥8,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $50,870 to $127,200 | 2 | ￥4,550,000≈ $28,930 | ￥17,550,000≈ $111,600 |
| Business Analyst | ￥12,500,000≈ $79,490 | ￥8,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $50,870 to $114,500 | 2 | ￥4,375,000≈ $27,820 | ￥16,875,000≈ $107,300 |
| IT Manager | ￥12,500,000≈ $79,490 | ￥7,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $44,520 to $101,700 | 4 | ￥4,375,000≈ $27,820 | ￥16,875,000≈ $107,300 |
| Service Delivery Manager | ￥12,500,000≈ $79,490 | ￥10,000,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $63,590 to $95,390 | 2 | ￥4,375,000≈ $27,820 | ￥16,875,000≈ $107,300 |
| Software Development Manager | ￥12,500,000≈ $79,490 | ￥10,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $63,590 to $114,500 | 2 | ￥4,375,000≈ $27,820 | ￥16,875,000≈ $107,300 |
| Data Architect | ￥12,250,000≈ $77,900 | ￥7,500,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $47,690 to $114,500 | 2 | ￥4,287,500≈ $27,270 | ￥16,537,500≈ $105,200 |
| Product Manager | ￥12,125,000≈ $77,110 | ￥8,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $50,870 to $127,200 | 4 | ￥4,243,750≈ $26,990 | ￥16,368,750≈ $104,100 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | ￥12,000,000≈ $76,310 | ￥7,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $44,520 to $114,500 | 2 | ￥4,200,000≈ $26,710 | ￥16,200,000≈ $103,000 |
| Java Developer | ￥11,625,000≈ $73,930 | ￥6,500,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $41,340 to $127,200 | 2 | ￥4,068,750≈ $25,870 | ￥15,693,750≈ $99,800 |
| Cloud Architect | ￥11,500,000≈ $73,130 | ￥7,500,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $47,690 to $114,500 | 3 | ￥4,025,000≈ $25,600 | ￥15,525,000≈ $98,730 |
| Data Scientist | ￥11,500,000≈ $73,130 | ￥8,000,000 to ￥17,000,000≈ $50,870 to $108,100 | 4 | ￥4,025,000≈ $25,600 | ￥15,525,000≈ $98,730 |
| DevOps Engineer | ￥11,500,000≈ $73,130 | ￥6,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $38,160 to $101,700 | 5 | ￥4,025,000≈ $25,600 | ￥15,525,000≈ $98,730 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | ￥11,500,000≈ $73,130 | ￥7,500,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $47,690 to $95,390 | 4 | ￥4,025,000≈ $25,600 | ￥15,525,000≈ $98,730 |
| Cloud Engineer | ￥11,000,000≈ $69,950 | ￥6,300,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $40,060 to $101,700 | 5 | ￥3,850,000≈ $24,480 | ￥14,850,000≈ $94,440 |
| Data Centre Engineer | ￥11,000,000≈ $69,950 | ￥10,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $63,590 to $76,310 | 2 | ￥3,850,000≈ $24,480 | ￥14,850,000≈ $94,440 |
| ERP Consultant | ￥11,000,000≈ $69,950 | ￥7,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $44,520 to $82,670 | 2 | ￥3,850,000≈ $24,480 | ￥14,850,000≈ $94,440 |
| Full Stack Developer | ￥11,000,000≈ $69,950 | ￥8,000,000 to ￥17,000,000≈ $50,870 to $108,100 | 3 | ￥3,850,000≈ $24,480 | ￥14,850,000≈ $94,440 |
| Web Developer | ￥10,875,000≈ $69,160 | ￥7,500,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $47,690 to $89,030 | 2 | ￥3,806,250≈ $24,210 | ￥14,681,250≈ $93,360 |
| Test Manager | ￥10,750,000≈ $68,360 | ￥8,000,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $50,870 to $89,030 | 2 | ￥3,762,500≈ $23,930 | ￥14,512,500≈ $92,290 |
| Systems Analyst | ￥10,500,000≈ $66,770 | ￥8,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $50,870 to $76,310 | 2 | ￥3,675,000≈ $23,370 | ￥14,175,000≈ $90,140 |
| Data Analyst | ￥10,000,000≈ $63,590 | ￥6,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $38,160 to $101,700 | 5 | ￥3,500,000≈ $22,260 | ￥13,500,000≈ $85,850 |
| Infrastructure Engineer | ￥10,000,000≈ $63,590 | ￥6,500,000 to ￥13,500,000≈ $41,340 to $85,850 | 3 | ￥3,500,000≈ $22,260 | ￥13,500,000≈ $85,850 |
| Mobile Developer | ￥10,000,000≈ $63,590 | ￥6,000,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $38,160 to $89,030 | 2 | ￥3,500,000≈ $22,260 | ￥13,500,000≈ $85,850 |
| Technical Support Engineer | ￥9,875,000≈ $62,800 | ￥7,500,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $47,690 to $82,670 | 2 | ￥3,456,250≈ $21,980 | ￥13,331,250≈ $84,780 |
| Front End Developer | ￥9,750,000≈ $62,000 | ￥6,000,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $38,160 to $89,030 | 4 | ￥3,412,500≈ $21,700 | ￥13,162,500≈ $83,700 |
| Data Engineer | ￥9,250,000≈ $58,820 | ￥6,500,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $41,340 to $76,310 | 3 | ￥3,237,500≈ $20,590 | ￥12,487,500≈ $79,410 |
| Back End Developer | ￥9,000,000≈ $57,230 | ￥6,000,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $38,160 to $89,030 | 3 | ￥3,150,000≈ $20,030 | ￥12,150,000≈ $77,270 |
| QA Engineer | ￥8,250,000≈ $52,460 | ￥5,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $31,800 to $82,670 | 2 | ￥2,887,500≈ $18,360 | ￥11,137,500≈ $70,830 |
| Test Analyst | ￥8,250,000≈ $52,460 | ￥6,000,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $38,160 to $63,590 | 2 | ￥2,887,500≈ $18,360 | ￥11,137,500≈ $70,830 |
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