Tenure Comp Intelligence · Technology · Saudi
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28 verified Technology bands in Saudi. Source-counted, refreshed quarterly.
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Technology · Saudi · live
Bands published
28
Verified sources
101
Markets
Saudi
Refreshed
3 weeks ago
Sample ladder · Technology in Saudi
One representative band per seniority level. Full Technology in Saudi coverage has 28 published bands.
| Role | Level | Location | P25 | Median | P75 | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Software Engineer | Analyst | Riyadh, Saudi | SAR 18,018 | SAR 21,198 | SAR 24,378 | n=6 |
| Software Engineer (Gov/Semi-Gov) | Manager | Riyadh, Saudi | SAR 31,493 | SAR 37,050 | SAR 42,608 | n=6 |
| Senior Software Engineer | Senior Manager | Riyadh, Saudi | SAR 26,642 | SAR 31,344 | SAR 36,046 | n=3 |
| Senior Software Engineer | Principal | Jeddah, Saudi | SAR 28,178 | SAR 33,150 | SAR 38,123 | n=3 |
| Chief Technology Officer | C-Level | Riyadh, Saudi | SAR 149,175 | SAR 175,500 | SAR 201,825 | n=3 |
Currency context
All figures are in SAR. The riyal is pegged to the US dollar at 3.75, so packages benchmark against international comp without currency drift inside the GCC. Total monthly cash combines base and allowances. Equity and RSU-style grants are a material part of senior Technology packages at the platforms and scaleups, sit outside the headline cash band, and are annotated separately where the data supports it.
Who hires for Technology in Saudi
Technology talent in Saudi clusters around the Riyadh technology corridor and the sovereign-AI mandates rather than the financial free zones. Regional technology platforms and high-growth scaleups anchor demand for Technology and weight packages toward equity and RSU-style grants on top of cash. Sovereign technology and AI mandates pull senior Technology talent in-house at rising rates and compete on scope and mission, and the engineering and product functions inside the large corporates and telcos hire steadily on a stronger cash balance with a deeper benefit package.
Nationalization and hiring quotas
Saudization in Technology is a fast-growing priority in Saudi rather than a legacy quota. Sovereign technology and AI mandates prioritize Saudi-national engineering, product, and data talent and pay a clear scarcity premium for it. The quota load sits more on the larger corporates and government-linked technology entities than on early-stage scaleups, which hire on global talent terms under Nitaqat bands.
FAQs
What is the median Technology salary in Riyadh?
The median varies by seniority. The Saudi Technology ladder above shows P25, median, and P75 in SAR for each level, pulled live from the Tenure Pay Index and refreshed quarterly. Riyadh concentrates most of the Saudi Technology bench, so the published Saudi bands track Riyadh closely. Open the Salary Explorer to filter to the exact role, level, and city and read the median with its source count.
Does the Saudi market pay more or less than UAE for Technology?
The gap between Saudi and UAE for Technology moves by seniority and sub-function rather than a flat discount, so a single headline number would mislead. The dashboard shows the Saudi cut and the UAE cut side by side, each sourced and dated on the same quarterly refresh, so you compare like-for-like instead of averaging two markets into one.
How often is Saudi Technology data refreshed in Tenure?
The Tenure Pay Index refreshes quarterly, and every Saudi Technology band carries its own last-updated timestamp in the dashboard. New evidence flows in continuously from job postings and weekly from the other source paths, so the Saudi bands move when the market moves rather than once a year.
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Methodology
The bands above are built from primary sources verified to operate in Technology in Saudi. The Sources column shows total verified observations at that seniority level, aggregated across all roles. See the full Tenure Pay Index methodology for the sourcing, normalization, and refresh policy that applies to every band.
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