IT Salary & Recruitment Market Report 2024-2025
Featuring data from 2,324 respondents, including IT professionals, freelancers, IT students, HR leaders and CxOs, this year's report offers dynamic insights into salaries, hiring trends, company strategies, job search journey and job expectation that shape Vietnam’s IT market. Gain essential knowledge to navigate the competitive IT recruitment market with this expanded 2024-2025 edition.
The survey ran online from September 10 to October 10, 2024, with respondents dedicating 15-20 minutes to complete. This year’s report uncovers the notable updates highlighted below.
Fresh insights into the IT market overview
From global and regional IT market value forecasts to Vietnam’s IT sector overview, discover specific rankings, its growth rate, key areas of focus, and how IT professionals compare regionally on the Innovation Index.
Discover IT hiring demand shifts and priorities from companies
From 2020 to 2025, this report reveals shifts in IT hiring demand, recruitment best practices, and investment priorities. How will these changes influence the future of Vietnam’s evolving IT recruitment landscape?
Salary expectation, productivity, and engagement of IT pros
Will salaries continue to rise for all IT professionals or will some settle for unchanged salaries? How do IT employees respond to company efforts to boost productivity? What keeps them engaged? All will be revealed.
Challenges and status of IT freelancers and students
This year's report highlights the challenges faced by IT freelancers, including income stability and career growth, alongside the hurdles IT students encounter in education and job readiness. Their current status can reveal more dynamic sides of Vietnam’s IT landscape.
The 2024-2025 report highlights 31 positions in Vietnam’s dynamic IT market, featuring impressive salaries for leadership and emerging technical roles.
CTO/CIO/VPoE roles leading at the top, earning a highest median salary of 96 million VND per month with 8 years of experience. Solution Architects follow, receiving 73.95 million VND per month with 5.5 years of experience. Tech Leads, with their vital role in technical team leadership, earn a median salary of 58 million VND per month with 6 years of experience.
Emerging roles show promising compensation trends: Cloud Engineers earn a median salary of 29.2 million VND per month with 3 years of experience. AI/Blockchain Engineers, leveraging next-generation technologies, receive 37.75 million VND per month with 4 years of experience. Security Engineers/Consultants, vital for addressing growing cybersecurity challenges, secure an impressive median salary of 60.6 million VND per month with 8 years of experience.
IT POSITION |
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE |
SALARY |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Software Development |
|||
| Back-end Developer |
6 years of experience
6
|
35,600,000 VND |
Back-end Developer
6 years of experience
35,600,000 VND |
| Front-end Developer |
6 years of experience
6
|
30,500,000 VND |
Front-end Developer
6 years of experience
30,500,000 VND |
| Full-stack Developer |
6 years of experience
6
|
36,350,000 VND |
Full-stack Developer
6 years of experience
36,350,000 VND |
| Mobile Developer |
7 years of experience
7
|
40,100,000 VND |
Mobile Developer
7 years of experience
40,100,000 VND |
| Game Developer |
6 years of experience
6
|
36,900,000 VND |
Game Developer
6 years of experience
36,900,000 VND |
| Embedded Engineer |
8 years of experience
8
|
45,600,000 VND |
Embedded Engineer
8 years of experience
45,600,000 VND |
Product Management |
|||
| Product Owner/Product Manager |
6 years of experience
6
|
50,950,000 VND |
Product Owner/Product Manager
6 years of experience
50,950,000 VND |
| Business Analyst |
6 years of experience
6
|
32,400,000 VND |
Business Analyst
6 years of experience
32,400,000 VND |
Management & Consulting |
|||
| Project Leader/Project Manager |
6 years of experience
6
|
47,350,000 VND |
Project Leader/Project Manager
6 years of experience
47,350,000 VND |
| Bridge Engineer |
7 years of experience
7
|
49,000,000 VND |
Bridge Engineer
7 years of experience
49,000,000 VND |
| Salesforce Engineer/Consultant |
6 years of experience
6
|
33,150,000 VND |
Salesforce Engineer/Consultant
6 years of experience
33,150,000 VND |
| IT Manager |
6 years of experience
6
|
45,050,000 VND |
IT Manager
6 years of experience
45,050,000 VND |
| Tech Lead |
6 years of experience
6
|
58,000,000 VND |
Tech Lead
6 years of experience
58,000,000 VND |
| IT Consultant |
6 years of experience
6
|
27,350,000 VND |
IT Consultant
6 years of experience
27,350,000 VND |
| CTO/CIO/VPoE |
8 years of experience
8
|
96,000,000 VND |
CTO/CIO/VPoE
8 years of experience
96,000,000 VND |
Designing |
|||
| Designer |
6.5 years of experience
6.5
|
34,600,000 VND |
Designer
6.5 years of experience
34,600,000 VND |
Testing |
|||
| Tester |
7 years of experience
7
|
25,300,000 VND |
Tester
7 years of experience
25,300,000 VND |
| QA-QC |
8.5 years of experience
8.5
|
38,100,000 VND |
QA-QC
8.5 years of experience
38,100,000 VND |
Cloud, Infrastructure & Security |
|||
| System Engineer/System Admin |
6 years of experience
6
|
28,100,000 VND |
System Engineer/System Admin
6 years of experience
28,100,000 VND |
| DevOps Engineer/DevSecOps Engineer |
5 years of experience
5
|
43,600,000 VND |
DevOps Engineer/DevSecOps Engineer
5 years of experience
43,600,000 VND |
| Cloud Engineer |
3 years of experience
3
|
29,200,000 VND |
Cloud Engineer
3 years of experience
29,200,000 VND |
| Network Engineer |
7 years of experience
7
|
30,000,000 VND |
Network Engineer
7 years of experience
30,000,000 VND |
| Security Engineer/Consultant |
8 years of experience
8
|
60,600,000 VND |
Security Engineer/Consultant
8 years of experience
60,600,000 VND |
Data Analytics |
|||
| Data Engineer |
6 years of experience
6
|
44,100,000 VND |
Data Engineer
6 years of experience
44,100,000 VND |
| Data Analyst/Data Scientist/Business Intelligence Analyst |
5.5 years of experience
5.5
|
31,300,000 VND |
Data Analyst/Data Scientist/Business Intelligence Analyst
5.5 years of experience
31,300,000 VND |
| Database Engineer |
6 years of experience
6
|
40,000,000 VND |
Database Engineer
6 years of experience
40,000,000 VND |
AI & Blockchain |
|||
| AI Engineer/Blockchain Engineer |
4 years of experience
4
|
37,750,000 VND |
AI Engineer/Blockchain Engineer
4 years of experience
37,750,000 VND |
Others |
|||
| ERP Engineer/ERP Consultant |
6.5 years of experience
6.5
|
41,000,000 VND |
ERP Engineer/ERP Consultant
6.5 years of experience
41,000,000 VND |
| Firmware Engineer |
6 years of experience
6
|
45,500,000 VND |
Firmware Engineer
6 years of experience
45,500,000 VND |
| Solution Architect |
5.5 years of experience
5.5
|
73,950,000 VND |
Solution Architect
5.5 years of experience
73,950,000 VND |
| IT Support/Helpdesk |
6 years of experience
6
|
17,300,000 VND |
IT Support/Helpdesk
6 years of experience
17,300,000 VND |
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Main sections of the 2024-2025 IT Salary & Recruitment Market Report:
- Overview of the IT market, hiring demands, changes, and priorities
- IT salaries by location, programming language, experience, levels, and company factors
- Productivity and engagement insights
- Career development and learning orientations for IT professionals by level in 2025
- Key traits of IT freelancers and students