Amount - 300,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 9 year/s
Education - Masters
Company size - 20 to 50
Designation - Senior Software Engineer
Primary Technology - Java

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - This company usually gives a low salary (telling they give the best rates is very disappointing). HR and Management don't do any research on employee salaries.

Amount - 430,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 10 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - More than 500
Designation - Associate Architect
Primary Technology - Cloud

Amount - 702 USD, (Approximately - 210,600 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 2 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 20 to 50
Designation - Software Engineer
Primary Technology - Node.js
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - Have a good portfolio and you'll be able to negotiate in a firm manner.

Amount - 60,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 0 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 10 to 20

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - Team your team well. Take care of them and they will take care of you. Learn when to say no and when to move. Always negotiate when given more work. Limit your WIP. Keep boundaries. If you overwork even for a day, the company will expect them from you as a job responsibility. Ease in to work and don't keep giving your 100% all the time. Keep a sustainable pace and there will be times that you will required to give your 100%. Stay woke, PMs

Amount - 5,400 USD, (Approximately - 1,620,000 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 4 year/s
Company size - 100 to 500
Designation - Project Manager
Primary Technology - Wordpress
Company has a legal entity in Sri Lanka? - No

Amount - 340 USD, (Approximately - 102,000 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 0 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 100 to 500
Designation - Associate Software Engineer
Primary Technology - Angular
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - This is an average salary since I had only the internship experience. Self learning is important. Question everything. Ask help from your seniors. Be humble :)

Amount - 250,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 2 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - More than 500
Designation - Network Engineer

Amount - 4,500 USD, (Approximately - 1,350,000 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 8 year/s
Education - Masters
Company size - Below 10
Designation - Architect
Primary Technology - Java

Amount - 150,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 2 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 50 to 100
Designation - Associate Software Engineer
Primary Technology - C#
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - Always get the exposure to new technologies. Do not stay in the same place for too long.

Amount - 3,200 AED, (Approximately - 261,568 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 1 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 100 to 500
Designation - Software Engineer
Primary Technology - Java
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - Don’t be tech focused. Focus on solving problems and get knowledge on business domains

Amount - 350,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 2 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - More than 500
Designation - Senior UI/UX Engineer
Primary Technology - CSS

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - Be aggressive with your job search and negotiate.

Amount - 340,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 13 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 20 to 50
Designation - Development Manager
Primary Technology - .NET

Amount - 600,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 5 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - More than 500
Designation - Senior Software Engineer
Primary Technology - React
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Amount - 550,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 4 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - More than 500
Designation - Senior Software Engineer
Primary Technology - Java

Amount - 350,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 3 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 100 to 500
Designation - Senior System Engineer
Primary Technology - System Administration

Amount - 1,200,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 12 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - More than 500
Designation - Associate Architect

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - Pega Technology, BPM Tool used by 8 companies of Sri Lanka

Amount - 1,625 USD, (Approximately - 487,500 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 5 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 50 to 100
Designation - Associate Tech Lead
Primary Technology - Java
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Amount - 2,200 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 5 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - More than 500
Designation - Associate Tech Lead
Primary Technology - Python
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Amount - 565,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 3 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - More than 500
Designation - Senior Software Engineer
Primary Technology - C++

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - Never stay in one place for many years, try new opportunities. Sharp your skills. In my case I had a first class gpa but got selected to a company pays below average. So GPA didn’t do any good for me 😂

Amount - 2,500 USD, (Approximately - 750,000 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 20 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 100 to 500
Designation - Tech Lead
Primary Technology - Java
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Amount - 200,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 4 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 20 to 50
Designation - Senior QA Engineer
Primary Technology - .NET

Amount - 350 USD, (Approximately - 105,000 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 1 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 20 to 50
Designation - Associate QA Engineer
Primary Technology - IT Infrastructure
Company has a legal entity in Sri Lanka? - No

Advice for a junior to achieve your salary or even more - Make contacts and leverage those contacts to get better job offers. Do not be afraid to look for new opportunities and move onto those if you feel you're being underpaid and undervalued.

Amount - 750 AUD, (Approximately - 144,750 LKR)
Year - 2023
Work experience - 2 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 100 to 500
Designation - Software Engineer
Primary Technology - Angular
Pegged to foreign currency? - Yes

Amount - 553,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 6 year/s
Education - Masters
Company size - 100 to 500
Designation - Associate QA Lead

Amount - 431,000 LKR
Year - 2023
Work experience - 5 year/s
Education - Bachelors Degree
Company size - 100 to 500
Designation - Senior Software Engineer
Primary Technology - C++