Software developer salaries in Indonesia

A senior software engineer in Indonesia earns a median of about $24,780 a year (444,000,000 IDR). Here's pay by level and stack, contractor rates, and how Indonesia's hours line up with UK and US teams.

Senior salary: $24,780; median per year
Senior contractor: $34–$86; per hour
Overlap London: 1.5h; UTC+07:00
Overlap New York: No overlap; English: low

Salary by level

Level	IDR	USD	GBP
Junior (0–2 yrs)	102,000,000	$5,693	£4,483
Mid (3–5 yrs)	174,000,000	$9,711	£7,646
Senior (6+ yrs)	444,000,000	$24,780	£19,512

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

Senior salary by stack

Specialism	USD / year	Contractor / hr
Frontend	$21,311	$29–$74
Backend	$27,258	$37–$95
Mobile	$23,789	$33–$83
DevOps & Cloud	$29,736	$41–$103
Data & AI	$30,479	$42–$106

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

The Indonesia developer market

About 5,270,032 developers on GitHub (2026).
English proficiency: low (EF EPI rank 80).
Indonesia ranked 8th worldwide by GitHub developer count in Octoverse 2025, the biggest climb in the top 10 and the only Southeast Asian country in it.
Jakarta is the main hub. Arc puts Jakarta senior freelance rates at $25–50/hr.
Glints job-ad data shows the median advertised Backend Developer salary rose from IDR 6.0M/month (H1 2024) to IDR 7.5M/month (H1 2026).

Hiring from Indonesia?

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 Indonesia?+

The median senior software engineer salary in Indonesia is about 444,000,000 IDR a year (about $24,780), against about $9,711 for mid-level and $5,693 for junior developers. Senior remote contractors typically charge $34–$86 an hour.

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

Indonesia runs on UTC+07:00 in winter. A 09:00–17:30 working day there overlaps 1.5h with London and no overlap with New York.

How much does it cost to hire a developer from Indonesia 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: These are midpoints of the WhatIsTheSalary 2026 monthly bands × 12: entry Rp7–10M becomes 8.5M, mid Rp9–20M becomes 14.5M and senior Rp22–52M becomes 37M. Cross-checks: NodeFlair's overall median is Rp9M/month, Levels.fyi's entry-level median is about IDR 96.8M/yr, and Michael Page's 2023 guide gives Senior Software Engineer Rp35M/month (420M/yr). PayScale Indonesia (n=107, Rp64.8M average) was not used because it is inconsistent with all of these. Contractor rates are Second Talent's 'observed' bands. Arc's senior band is $25–55. Salary basis: WhatIsTheSalary.com Software Engineer Salary in Indonesia 2026 guide (cites NodeFlair, Glassdoor and ERI).