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Tenure Pay Index, Technology

Technology pay in the Gulf, every number with a paper trail.

Verified compensation across technology in the Gulf. Built from primary sources, refreshed every quarter.

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Technology pay by level · Data & Engineering

LevelUAE · AED/moSaudi · SAR/mo
Junior Engineer / Data AnalystAED 19,000 – 37,000SAR 25,000 – 52,000
Engineer / Data ScientistAED 24,000 – 49,000SAR 28,000 – 58,000
Senior Engineer / Senior Data ScientistAED 33,000 – 67,000SAR 29,000 – 58,000
Principal Engineer / Head of DataAED 58,000 – 117,000SAR 67,000 – 135,000
Director of Engineering / CISOAED 72,000 – 146,000Calibrating
VP Engineering / CTOAED 77,000 – 155,000SAR 83,000 – 168,000

Monthly total fixed pay, from the Standard-tier floor to the Exceptional-tier ceiling.

Median pay by seniority: Technology, UAE · Technology, Saudi Arabia

Calibrated pay

What Technology pays, from the market floor to the top.

The calibrated base range for every level, from floor to mid to top, split three ways by employer calibre: Standard, Strong, and Exceptional. It shows where pay sits, not a rating of any person. Base salary only.

Data & Engineering

Technology Data & Engineering calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
VP Engineering / CTO
Director of Engineering / CISO
Principal Engineer / Head of Data
Staff Engineer / Lead Engineer
Senior Engineer / Senior Data Scientist
Engineer / Data Scientist
Junior Engineer / Data Analyst

Product & Design

Technology Product & Design calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
VP Product / CPO
Product Manager / UX Designer

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Monthly base salary. Calibrated from Tenure’s verified pay data, refreshed quarterly. Bonus and allowances are not included.

Market movement · Technology

Where pay held steady into the latest edition

Comparable series means the same role in the same independent survey edition, year to year. Reprinted, unchanged tables count as series but never as movement. A market shows a figure only where its own measured series support one. The figures below compare the latest edition against the previous comparable one. The history chart covers the earlier years behind the bands.

  • UAE

    Pay held broadly flat across 11 comparable survey series into 2026.

    History: 2022 to 2025 across 36 observed points from independent survey editions.

  • Saudi Arabia

    Pay held broadly flat across 9 comparable survey series into 2026.

    History: 2022 to 2025 across 32 observed points from independent survey editions.

The year-by-year history chart is a Pro feature: UAE median pay 2022 to 2025 and Saudi Arabia median pay 2022 to 2025, one dot per year, from the same editions behind the Pay Index. Unlock with Tenure Pro

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