Software developer salaries in Greece

A senior software engineer in Greece earns a median of about $56,482 a year (50,462 EUR). Here's pay by level and stack, contractor rates, and how Greece's hours line up with UK and US teams.

Senior salary: $56,482; median per year
Senior contractor: $41–$50; per hour
Overlap London: 6.5h; UTC+02:00
Overlap New York: 1.5h; English: high

Salary by level

Level	EUR	USD	GBP
Junior (0–2 yrs)	18,913	$21,169	£16,669
Mid (3–5 yrs)	28,213	$31,579	£24,865
Senior (6+ yrs)	50,462	$56,482	£44,474

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

Senior salary by stack

Specialism	USD / year	Contractor / hr
Frontend	$48,575	$35–$43
Backend	$62,130	$45–$55
Mobile	$54,223	$39–$48
DevOps & Cloud	$67,778	$49–$60
Data & AI	$69,473	$50–$62

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

The Greece developer market

About 394,067 developers on GitHub (2026).
English proficiency: high (EF EPI rank 20).
Athens is the main hub (Levels.fyi median €29,777); Thessaloniki is second.
Greece's contractor market has a small sample but a senior-heavy mix: 58 Lemon.io contracts, 24% of them strong seniors (8+ years, $49–55/hr).
Freelancer social-security contributions are set by EFKA insurance category. The 2026 contribution map rose 2.5% from 1 Jan 2026 (EFKA Circular 4/2026).

Hiring from Greece?

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.

FAQ

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

The median senior software engineer salary in Greece is about 50,462 EUR a year (about $56,482), against about $31,579 for mid-level and $21,169 for junior developers. Senior remote contractors typically charge $41–$50 an hour.

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

Greece runs on UTC+02:00 in winter. A 09:00–17:30 working day there overlaps 6.5h with London and 1.5h with New York.

How much does it cost to hire a developer from Greece 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. Senior is the senior-level median. All are total compensation. PayScale Greece reports in USD only ($21K median base, May 2026), so I did not use it for local currency. Contractor ranges are Lemon.io's middle-50% band from a small sample of 58 contracts. Salary basis: Levels.fyi Greece, all levels and senior level, both updated 2026-04-02.