Software developer salaries in Vietnam

A senior software engineer in Vietnam earns a median of about $18,489 a year (478,800,000 VND). Here's pay by level and stack, contractor rates, and how Vietnam's hours line up with UK and US teams.

Senior salary: $18,489; median per year
Senior contractor: $40–$95; per hour
Overlap London: 1.5h; UTC+07:00
Overlap New York: No overlap; English: moderate

Salary by level

Level	VND	USD	GBP
Junior (0–2 yrs)	304,200,000	$11,746	£9,249
Mid (3–5 yrs)	361,200,000	$13,948	£10,983
Senior (6+ yrs)	478,800,000	$18,489	£14,558

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

Senior salary by stack

Specialism	USD / year	Contractor / hr
Frontend	$15,901	$34–$82
Backend	$20,338	$44–$105
Mobile	$17,749	$38–$91
DevOps & Cloud	$22,187	$48–$114
Data & AI	$22,741	$49–$117

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

The Vietnam developer market

About 2,972,715 developers on GitHub (2026).
English proficiency: moderate (EF EPI rank 64).
Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da Nang are the main hubs. Arc puts Ho Chi Minh City senior freelance rates at $28–55/hr.
ITviec medians climb steeply with experience. Back-end developers earn 12.4M VND/month in the first year and 54.9M VND/month after 8+ years.
Vietnam has a large offshore and outsourcing sector serving Japanese, Korean and Western clients.

Hiring from Vietnam?

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.

Hire in Vietnam

FAQ

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

The median senior software engineer salary in Vietnam is about 478,800,000 VND a year (about $18,489), against about $13,948 for mid-level and $11,746 for junior developers. Senior remote contractors typically charge $40–$95 an hour.

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

Vietnam 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 Vietnam 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 ITviec back-end developer median monthly salaries × 12: junior uses the 1–2 yr band (25.35M), mid the 3–4 yr band (30.1M) and senior the 5–8 yr band (39.9M). The usual 13th-month bonus is excluded. The full-stack medians are similar (20.35M, 34.5M, 41.8M). PayScale Vietnam was unusable (last updated 2019, n=25). Contractor rates are Second Talent's 'observed' bands. Arc's senior band is $28–60. Salary basis: ITviec IT Salary & Recruitment Market Report 2025-2026 (1,839 respondents, fieldwork May–Nov 2025).