This report reflects salaries currently being paid by multinational companies in Thailand for permanent staff who are Thai nationals with a reasonable (or better) command of English.
• “Experience” refers to total years of IT work experience, not just experience with that specific skill.
• “Salary” is basic monthly salary only. Many companies also pay an annual bonus of at least one month salary, or more for good performance.
• Additional benefits often include health insurance and, for larger companies, employer contributions to a provident fund.
• Senior management positions may include a car or significant transport allowance, company laptop, and mobile phone.
Fixed-term contracting, as an alternative to “permanent” employment, has become a popular alternative for many IT professionals as well as for employers. Contract rates are generally higher than salaries for permanent staff in the same position.
For more detail about which IT skills are in highest demand, see our report on 2024 Thai IT Hiring Trends.
Web application development using Java, Java EE, various frameworks (Spring, Struts, Hibernate, Eclipse, Grails, etc.)
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 30,000 - 60,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 75,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 75,000 - 100,000 |
Web application development using the .NET framework; .NET Core, C#, C++, ASP.NET, VB.NET
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 30,000 - 55,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 55,000 - 70,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 70,000 - 80,000 |
JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, Ajax, React, Angular, Vue, Bootstrap; CSS, HTML; may also include UI / UX design
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 30,000 - 60,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 100,000 |
Design / develop front-end and back-end code using multiple programming languages and databases, DB management tools, MVC architecture, microservices, APIs, Agile methodology (Similar salaries paid for Python, Ruby, other hard-to-find skills)
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 120,000 |
Design / develop mobile applications on iOS or Android; using Flutter, Xamarin, React Native, Ionic, Xcode, Swift, Kotlin, other tools; often includes UI / UX development
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 30,000 - 60,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 75,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 75,000 - 100,000 |
Design and develop business applications on AS/400 or Mainframe
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 30,000 - 60,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 75,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 75,000 - 90,000 |
Gather requirements, design system components; often includes coding or team leadership
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5 | 65,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 95,000 |
Automated testing, manual testing, creating test scripts, user acceptance testing
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 25,000 - 60,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 100,000 |
Team lead; liaise with users; coordinate with release management and version control
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 10 - 15+ | 110,000 - 200,000 |
Specialist in one or more platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), virtualization tools (VMWare, Hyper-V)
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 5 - 10+ | 80,000 - 150,000 |
Build / maintain systems automating software development, deployment; skills include GitHub, virtualization, scripting; coordinate with release management; troubleshoot production environments
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5+ | 60,000 - 120,000 |
Lead one or more development teams (Programmers, Analysts, Testers, Release Managers, etc.)
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 10 - 15+ | 120,000 - 200,000 |
Liaise between users and IT to translate business requirements into coherent applications
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 100,000 |
Lean Management, Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt, Black Belt, etc.)
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 8 - 10 | 90,000 - 120,000 |
| 10 - 15+ | 120,000 - 180,000 |
Design, create, maintain website front-end using HTML, CSS3, PHP, Word Press, etc.; create graphics using Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom, other tools
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5 | 40,000 - 60,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 60,000 - 80,000 |
Plan, research, implement SEO, SEM, PPC, AdWords, social media activities, etc.
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 2 - 5+ | 35,000 - 60,000 |
Develop social media strategy, implement campaigns, coordinate among agencies, graphic designers, search specialists, etc.
(Scope and salary vary significantly by industry and company size)
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 5 - 10+ | 80,000 - 150,000 |
ETL tools, custom dashboard development; Cognos, SAS, Business Objects, Hyperion, QlikView, Tableau, Crystal Reports, etc.
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 30,000 - 50,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 50,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 150,000 |
Create storage sources, extract and transfer data, and improve the performance of data structures.
Tools: Python, Spark, SQL, ETL Process, Data Lake, Data Warehousing
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 30,000 - 60,000 |
| 3 - 5+ | 60,000 - 100,000 |
‘Big Data’ tools (Hadoop, Spark, Storm, R, etc.); develop novel business insights from large data sets
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 8 - 12+ | 120,000 - 200,000 |
SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, SalesForce, SharePoint, Cognos, Business Objects, Teradata, etc.
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 200,000 |
Evaluate, select, design overall system environment, infrastructure, application components
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 5 - 10 | 80,000 - 150,000 |
| 10 - 15+ | 150,000 - 200,000 |
Install, configure, troubleshoot hardware and software
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5+ | 35,000 - 60,000 |
OS configuration and support; liaise with developers, DBAs, network engineers; relevant certifications include MCSE, MCSA, VCP, SCCM, CompTIA Server+
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 30,000 - 55,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 55,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 100,000 |
IT Infrastructure (LAN / WAN) support and troubleshooting, software / hardware installation and updates, often with security knowledge;
relevant certifications include CCNA, JNCIA, CompTIA Network+
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 | 35,000 - 50,000 |
| 3 - 5 | 50,000 - 70,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 70,000 - 100,000 |
Install, configure, monitor, tune, upgrade databases (Oracle, SQL-Server, MySQL, etc.)
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5 | 50,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 120,000 |
With vendor-specific and/or other relevant certifications, including CISSP, Checkpoint, CompTIA Security+
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 5 - 8 | 80,000 - 100,000 |
| 8 - 12+ | 100,000 - 150,000 |
With vendor-specific and/or other relevant certifications, including CISSP, CISA or CISM, CRISC, ISO 27001, NIST, FFIEC
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5 | 60,000 - 100,000 |
| 5 - 12+ | 100,000 - 150,000 |
With vendor-specific and/or other relevant certifications, including CCNP, MCSE, CompTIA Network+
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 7 - 10+ | 120,000 - 200,000 |
Manages one or more data centers; may include planning, design, build-out
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 10 - 15+ | 150,000 - 180,000 |
Develop / implement IT audit plans, procedures, reports; relevant certifications include CISA, COBIT, CISM
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 5 - 8+ | 80,000 - 120,000 |
Network / System Engineer, Cloud / Virtualization Consultant for an IT vendor. Note that some, but not all, vendors also pay commissions for this role
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 7 - 12+ | 80,000 - 150,000 |
Sales (direct and through partners) of Software, Hardware, and Consulting Services
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 3 - 5 | 40,000 - 80,000 |
| 5 - 10+ | 80,000 - 100,000 |
Sales and direct relationship management of a vendor’s large, enterprise customers. Coordinate with presales, solution architects, consulting services; help develop RFPs
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 5 - 7 | 60,000 - 100,000 |
| 7 - 10+ | 100,000 - 150,000 |
Responsible for all aspects of Sales, Presales, Partner Management
Responsible for country-level profit / loss; for some vendors acts as Country Manager
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 12 - 15+ | 180,000 - 300,000 |
Relevant certifications include PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 10 - 12+ | 150,000 - 200,000 |
Salary varies significantly by industry and by size of IT department and IT infrastructure
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 8 - 12+ | 80,000 - 150,000 |
Responsible for enterprise-wide version control, compatibility;
coordinate with developers, testers, users
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 10 - 15+ | 150,000 - 200,000 |
Responsible for large-scale, multi-faceted projects with strategic importance to an organization; includes resource allocation, budgeting, service level delivery; may sometimes be seconded to client by a vendor
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 15 - 20+ | 200,000 - 300,000 |
Overall responsibility for technology selection and integration within the organization
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 15 - 15+ | 200,000 - 300,000 |
Enterprise-wide role with strategic participation at Board level; often includes regional responsibility
| Experience (Years) | Salary (Baht) |
|---|---|
| 15 - 20+ | 350,000 - 500,000 |
