Software developer salaries in Colombia

A senior software engineer in Colombia earns a median of about $66,502 a year (211,826,880 COP). Here's pay by level and stack, contractor rates, and how Colombia's hours line up with UK and US teams.

Senior salary: $66,502; median per year
Senior contractor: $32–$41; per hour
Overlap London: 3.5h; UTC-05:00
Overlap New York: Full working day; English: low

Salary by level

Level	COP	USD	GBP
Junior (0–2 yrs)	86,336,360	$27,105	£21,343
Mid (3–5 yrs)	126,870,000	$39,830	£31,362
Senior (6+ yrs)	211,826,880	$66,502	£52,364

Annual medians. USD at the 2026-10-14 rate.

Senior salary by stack

Specialism	USD / year	Contractor / hr
Frontend	$57,192	$28–$35
Backend	$73,152	$35–$45
Mobile	$63,842	$31–$39
DevOps & Cloud	$79,802	$38–$49
Data & AI	$81,797	$39–$50

Country median adjusted by global specialism premiums (Stack Overflow 2025).

The Colombia developer market

About 1,670,892 developers on GitHub (2026).
English proficiency: low (EF EPI rank 76).
Bogotá and Medellín are the hubs. Medellín's senior median on Levels.fyi is COP 236.1M vs COP 211.8M nationally.
GitHub Octoverse 2025 names Colombia a stand-out developer-growth market in Latin America.
Michael Page's Guía Salarial Tecnología 2026 says senior software developers can earn up to COP 23M a month. It names Python, Java and Node.js among the best-paid skills.

Hiring from Colombia?

Vetted engineers at about $30/hr all-in.

Contracts, payroll and compliance handled. A senior in-house hire costs about £48/hr loaded in the UK and $82/hr in the US.

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FAQ

How much does a senior software developer earn in Colombia?+

The median senior software engineer salary in Colombia is about 211,826,880 COP a year (about $66,502), against about $39,830 for mid-level and $27,105 for junior developers. Senior remote contractors typically charge $32–$41 an hour.

What is the time difference between Colombia and the UK or US?+

Colombia runs on UTC-05:00 in winter. A 09:00–17:30 working day there overlaps 3.5h with London and full working day with New York.

How much does it cost to hire a developer from Colombia through OctogleHire?+

OctogleHire publishes one client rate: about $19/hr for a mid-level engineer and $30/hr for a senior, including vetting, contracts and payroll, with no placement fee. A comparable senior in-house hire costs about £48/hr loaded in the UK and $82/hr in the US.

Sources · Q4 2026

Method notes: Junior is the Levels.fyi all-levels 25th percentile. Mid is the all-levels median, available only rounded (COP 126.87M). Senior is the senior-level median. All are total compensation. Later city-filtered snapshots (Apr–May 2026) show medians around COP 124M. The Levels.fyi senior median (about COP 17.7M/month) is broadly consistent with Michael Page's 'up to COP 23M/month'. Contractor ranges are Lemon.io's middle-50% band (606 contracts). Index.dev 2025: mid $38–58/hr, senior $68–88/hr. Salary basis: Levels.fyi Colombia, all levels updated 2026-02-08; senior level updated 2026-02-16.