Software engineering (general) salaries in Portugal (Senior)

The median yearly salary of software engineering (general) jobs in Portugal (Senior) is EUR 55,000, from 5 open positions with a salary. Half of them pay between EUR 52,500 and EUR 72,050.

Median yearly salary: EUR 55,000

Middle half: EUR 52,500 – EUR 72,050

Amounts are yearly, in EUR. Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay is converted to a yearly amount. Positions in other currencies do not count.

All levels

Salary by level

Level	Median yearly salary	Middle half	Positions
Senior	EUR 55,000	EUR 52,500 – EUR 72,050	5
Staff	EUR 86,500	EUR 79,275 – EUR 90,000	7

Trend

From EUR 76,863 on 2026-10-23 to EUR 78,854 on 2026-11-13

Newest positions with a salary

Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

ElasticDeveloper tools and infrastructurePortugal

EUR 55.8–88.3K
Senior
Software engineering (general)

Java

+31% vs median

3 days agooriginal ↗Save

Senior PowerBuilder Developer – Financial Markets

IRIUM PortugalAI and dataLisbon, Portugal

EUR 2,700–3,000 / month
Senior
Software engineering (general)

−38% vs median

8 days agooriginal ↗Save

API Engineer

BGBxAI and dataPortugal

EUR 50–60K
Senior
Software engineering (general)

Python
SQL
TypeScript

at the median

22 days agooriginal ↗Save

Senior Software Engineer - Control Plane (Hosted Foundations / Applications)

ElasticDeveloper tools and infrastructurePortugal

EUR 62.8–81.6K
Senior
Software engineering (general)

Golang
Java
Scala

+31% vs median

23 days agooriginal ↗Save

Senior Software Developer - Solutions & Delivery

AlongsideBusiness software (SaaS)Porto, Porto District, Portugal

EUR 50–55K
Hybrid
Senior
Software engineering (general)

JavaScript
TypeScript

−5% vs median

26 days agooriginal ↗Save

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