Report
This year, we got 1,729 responses, a 33% jump from last time when we got around 1,300. About 1,650 were valid, and roughly 1,200 were verified, where participants shared their company names or personal info!
Here we're exploring the analysis of these answers. If you prefer to compare your salary with others first then access our Salary Dashboard.
Gender
Among the participants, 388 were from females, and 1,341 were from males 🎉
Title
The majority of participants had an engineering background, with over 50% specializing in Backend, Frontend, or Fullstack development.
CS Degree
Of these participants, 1,358 held a Computer Science related degree, while 371 did not.
Level
For the third year, we haven't had many participants in higher level. Only 10% of the participants were in levels higher than Senior Level.
Work Setting
In 2022, 14.4% of participants from Egypt worked remotely for overseas companies. This year, that figure has risen to 18.1%.
Company Size
The majority of the participants are working in Small and Medium Enterprises.
Company Market
The majority of the participants are working in Small and Medium Enterprises.
Location
As expected, 74% of participants working in companies located in Cairo!.
Trends
This year we collected insights about popular programming languages, frameworks, infrastructure and tools
Popular Technology
Programming Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript and Python were mentioned by the majority in most used programming languages </>
Cloud Providers
AWS is still by far the winner between cloud providers ☁️
Databases
SQL Databases are still the go-to database solutions 🛢.
Backend
Express has ascended in rankings since 2022, now claiming the second position, following ASP.Net, in comparison to Spring ⚙️.
Frontend
React is the most used Frontend framework 🖥️
Product Tools
Let's dive deeper and find out which tools are most popular between Product pros.
Jira, Figma and Miro were mentioned most by Product Managers, Designers and Owners 💡
Products Pricing
I've long been intrigued by the decision-making process behind pricing and packaging, so I asked product folks.
Products Analysis Tools
Product pros. typically dedicate a substantial amount of time to analyzing metrics and data, We were keen to discover the tools they rely on for this task. 🔍
Satisfaction
We specifically inquired about the participants' most recent salary increments, particularly in light of currency devaluation. 💷
Salary Increase
Almost 40% had a salary increase in the last 3 months
Same Company
We asked the participants if they have been working in the same company for the past year. Around 37% of the participants with more than one year of experience, changed companies this past year! 🤝🏼
Salaries Across The Years
We wanted to know how tech salaries are moving with currency devaluation, using Egyptian Geeks 2017 report and our reports from previous years. Although tech salaries have risen, they are barely keeping pace with the devaluation of the Egyptian pound. 💵
Salaries Currency
We wanted to know the percentage of the participants who receive their salaries in another currency. The number of participants receiving their salaries in currencies other than EGP is growing. 💵
Salary Satisfaction
We asked the participants about their salary satisfaction 😊. More than 50% thought they should earn more!
Salary Salary Satisfaction by Gender
We wanted to see the gender distribution between these answers 👩🏽 👨🏼
Level Satisfaction by Gender
More 61% of the participants think they are placed in the level they deserve 🎉
Value
The majority of participants find value in their work ❤️
Learning
The majority also think they have the opportunity to learn new stuff! 📚
Preferred Work Settings
This year, 71% of the participants expressed a preference for a hybrid work setting. That's a significant surge from 63% back in 2022! 🏢 🏠