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Discover how well your profile matches a role as Software Engineer. Get insight into which skills you already have, which you can still develop and which courses or learning paths fit your next step.
Software Engineer in short
Software Engineer is a function within IT, part of the branch Architects and engineers. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.
- Domain
- IT
- Branch
- Architects and engineers
- Open job opportunities
- 1
- Measured skills
- 6 · Measured for this function
- Typical experience
- 1-3 years
- Salary source
- National benchmark, 528 observations
Salary & employment conditions
gross per month · National benchmark, 528 observations
Employment conditions
Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.
- Vakantiedagen
- 25 days
- Thuiswerken
- 91% of job opportunities
- Laptop van de zaak
- 88% of job opportunities
- Opleidingsbudget
- € 2.500 per year
- Reiskosten
- € 220 per month
- Pensioenregeling
- 89% of job opportunities
Day-to-day work
Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.
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in 1 of 1 job opportunity
in 1 of 1 job opportunity
Skills
Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.
Next functions
The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.
Frequently asked questions about Software Engineer
What does a Software Engineer earn?
A Software Engineer earns between € 4.600 and € 5.900 gross per month in our market data, with € 5.200 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.
Can you become a Software Engineer without experience?
Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 4.600 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring JavaScript, Python, Java at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.
Which skills do you need as a Software Engineer?
Employers hiring a Software Engineer ask most often for JavaScript, Python, Java. Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.
What does a Software Engineer do day to day?
In the current Software Engineer job opportunities the work comes down to code reviews en pair programming met het team, meedenken over architectuur en technische keuzes. Those tasks come straight from the descriptions employers published themselves, instead of from a generic job profile written by us.
Which education fits a Software Engineer?
Employers mention HBO Informatica, WO Computer Science most often in their Software Engineer job opportunities, and 58% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.
What is the next step after Software Engineer?
Professionals in our data move on from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer. That step usually takes 2-4 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 13%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.
Is there much demand for a Software Engineer?
There is 1 open job opportunity for this role right now, which we label as average. It sits in Amsterdam, and 100% of the openings allows hybrid or remote work. That number shifts per season, so set an alert to keep following it.
Software Engineer professionals speak
Stories from the teams behind the open job opportunities for this function.
“Ik werk nu al 3 jaar bij TechStart en het blijft elke dag inspirerend.”
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