Past Webinar

Tech Salary Playbook: How to have less awkward salary conversations in 2025

1 in 4 devs avoid salary talks.


For CTOs and tech leaders, motivating for dev costs while meeting the expectations of top performers is hard. And when they don’t match? A lot of 'uhms' and 'ahs' in salary conversations.


Join us as we explore how to set competitive salary benchmarks and practical tips for making salary conversations less awkward this year.


You’ll learn about:

  • blue checkmark How to set salary benchmarks for tech roles
  • blue checkmark Practical ways to close the gap between internal salary budgets and candidate expectations.
  • blue checkmark How to navigate salary conversations with both current and potential developers

Meet our speakers

Lethabo Masekela

HR Generalist

With an Honours degree in Psychology, she blends insights into human behavior with HR expertise to promote productive workplaces. She is passionate about connecting with others.

Trevor Gowing

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Having started as a software engineer, growing into a software leader and now a business leader, Trevor brings all perspectives to the hiring conversation.