IT salary data from self-identified surveys

The kununu and Stepstone “cases”

kununu published a report with average salaries for various roles, among them software developers, in Germany. These numbers are in my eyes not corresponding to more realistic numbers.

Scrolling through my feed Stefan Reiser’s post alerted me to this (thank you!). While the kununu numbers are applicable in some regions in Germany, studies from the industry and the numbers from the federal authorities are higher.

Most publishers actually work with median salaries. The averages are often even higher, as recently seen in my Destatis analysis.

Most importantly: I find it unrealistic to have such a slim margin between average salaries and average leadership salaries. Specifically considering the salary developments of the last years.

Find the kununu report here.

Stepstone actually does work with medians, but they also don’t fit the market situation in my view.

IT can mean a lot of things: IT consulting, IT sales, sysadmin, technical product management, and so on…. Stepstone differentiates into various…