Python Developer Salary Trends in the Netherlands

16 October 2023, by Josh Nel

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Python is the most popular programming language in the Netherlands and the fourth most widely used after JavaScript, TypeScript, and Java. Here, we’ll look at average Python developer salaries by experience and how they compare to those for PHP and Java developers.

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Average junior Python developer salary trends

The average junior Python developer salary lies at €42 649 per year for developers with at least two years of experience. At this stage of their careers, junior Python developers earn 22.9% more than the average PHP developer but 1.8% less than their Java counterparts.

Mid-level Python developers in the Netherlands with at least four years of experience can expect an 11.8% pay increase giving them an average annual salary of €47 677. Despite this increase, the gap between themselves and PHP developers has practically disappeared, while their gap with their Java counterparts has widened to 9.8%.

Average Python Developer Salaries in the Netherlands

Average Salary by Years Experience, showing 25th and 75th percentiles

Years of Experience	25th Percentile	Average	75th Percentile
2-4	€37,200	€42,649	€46,656
4-6	€39,270	€47,677	€54,650
6-10	€41,000	€54,189	€65,500
10-15	€50,775	€65,593	€75,425

Average senior Python developer salary trends

Once they reach higher levels of seniority, Python developers can expect a slight increase in their salary growth: A senior Python developer’s salary increases by 13.7% after they’ve been coding for at least six years. This gives them an average annual salary of €54 189, 3.2% more than their PHP counterparts but 10.8% less than senior Java developers.

Senior Python developers with more than ten years of experience can expect a 21% increase, giving them an average annual salary of €65 593. This is the most significant increase of their careers, and they now earn 3.4% more than their PHP counterparts. However, the gap between them and Java developers with comparable experience has widened further to 11.4%.

Average Python developer salary per month

The average Python developer salary per month starts at €3 554 for developers with at least two years of experience. This increases to €3973 once they reach the mid-career level and €4 516 once they’ve been coding for at least six years.

Senior Python developers in the Netherlands with at least ten years of experience can expect an average monthly salary of €5 466.

Average Python Developer Salaries Per Month

Years of Experience	25th Percentile	Average	75th Percentile
2-4	€3,100	€3,554	€3,888
4-6	€3,273	€3,973	€4,554
6-10	€3,417	€4,516	€5,458
10-15	€4,231	€5,466	€6,285

Keep in mind

The data in this article is taken from StackOverflow’s 2022 Developer Survey’s open data. In this article, ‘salary’ refers to the gross annual salary (before tax) provided by 220 survey respondents from the Netherlands who identified as Python developers.

We only included salary insights for experience levels with enough data points to ensure that the amounts represent Python developers in the country. That’s why we excluded salaries for developers with fewer than two years and more than fifteen years of experience in this article.

We also ran an outlier analysis to identify data points skewing the distribution of salaries. These points were removed from the final dataset to ensure that the amounts are representative of Python developers in the Netherlands. We’ve also included the 25th and 75th percentiles to give you further information about the distribution of salary data.

Average salaries are single data points and only one part of a bigger story. Many respondents may earn significantly more or significantly less than these averages. However, we hope to show underlying trends by mapping the average salaries for different experience levels.

These averages should not be used to estimate what your actual salary will or should be. Salaries depend on the company size, industry, individual, perks and nature of the work. These factors all influence the salary a company will offer to a prospective hire. In addition, most developers are “fluent” in several languages and work across multiple roles, which will also affect the final figures.

It’s also important to remember that every individual’s context is different. Salary is a personal conversation that should take place between employee and employer.

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