22 Highest Paying Jobs in Software Development

Today I am going to talk about 22 highest-paying jobs for software engineers. This topic is interesting because salaries of 80% of software engineers have remained average or below average in the last ten years. Now the software industry is changing and if you focus on the right streams of software development then chances are that you can increase your salary by two times or even four times within a short time. So in this article, we are going to discuss. Why you should focus on high paying jobs in software. What are the streams of software development where you can get these High Paying Jobs? 

22 Highest Paying Jobs in Software Development

why do you need to focus on getting the Highest Paying Jobs in the Software Industry? I will tell you why I have a friend who is a software engineer. I know him since 2009 At that time he was a fresher and he got a below-average salary as a fresher in software development. Do you know the average salary of a fresher in the software industry? 

In India, it is Rupees three lacs twenty-five thousand per annum. whereas in the US it is dollars sixty-seven thousand five hundred the sad part is that this average salary has remained the same for the last ten to fifteen years. Ask any software engineer to come back to my friend. I met him after ten years in 2019 he was frustrated and the reason was his low paying job in a software company.

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He was with the company for more than ten years,. He told me, I am struggling with my finances my salary is poor. it is peanuts compared to my colleagues with the same experience. I am not able to find another job or improve my income and now the company is talking about layoffs. it is very disturbing I don’t know what to do And this article is inspired by that conversation.

 I am going to tell you exactly what I told him and this information changed his salary during our conversation. I understood that he was working on the same things that he had learned in 2009. Over that he was doing the same type of software projects. Now you are smart and you don't need to be Albert Einstein to say If you keep doing the same things then you keep getting the same results.

If you remain on the same technology for an extended period of time then your income will grow very slowly this is an attitude of a mediocre software engineer and I don’t want you to have this attitude. I want you to be that software engineer. who sees how the industry is shaping up with respect to technology and is at the forefront of that technology because such an engineer will never have to worry about salary or promotions or even layoffs. 

That is the single biggest reason you as a software engineer should focus on getting the highest paying jobs in the software industry. because when you do that you will get ideas and insights about streams of software development you need to focus on otherwise if you remain frustrated then like my friend you will be left behind earning peanuts.

If there is only one thing you can take from this article then take this focus all your attention on skills that will get you a high paying job. so that you will become invincible in the software industry and this is a mindset change more than learning a new skill.  let us look at streams of software development. where you can get high paying jobs Recently I was reading a newsletter from Infosys In that Infosys mentioned twenty-two different streams of software development where they are looking for power programmers.

(1) Full-Stack Developer

Full Stack Engineers can write client-side or frontend code or as well as server-side or backend code with ease they also know how to design, develop and use a database they have the ability to design and develop a complete software application from scratch.

(2) API Developer or Application Program Interface Developer

API Engineers create interfaces for software applications to connect two different software applications together. they can design and develop software components that can interact with any third party software without modifying the underlying code in both the applications.

(3) Cybersecurity Developers

Cyber Security Engineers protect systems and data from digital criminals They design systems to protect data and money from hackers Cyber Security is the fastest-growing field today because of the increased use of the Internet for transactions that deal with money.

(4) Business Process Management Developers or BPM Developers

Business Process Management engineers build custom software as per the requirement of the client They follow a tedious process of gathering requirements and then designing and developing a solution right from architecture to development and implementation phases they are able to follow the long, tedious and rigorous process of building a custom software tailored to their clients' needs.

(5) Drones Developer

A Drones Engineers develop drones based on their knowledge of different branches of engineering, such as aeronautical, electronics, electrical, mechanical, and robotics engineering Drones are useful for many things that require UAV or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

(6) Legacy Modernisation Developer

Legacy modernization engineer works on encapsulating, reposting, migrating, refactoring, rearchitecting, rebuilding, and replacing old systems with brand new systems They transform the entire IT services for any company from old to new Legacy modernization is a complex, labor-intensive, and risky process and often engineers try to avoid such projects.

(7) Blockchain Developers

A Blockchain Engineer develops applications for multiple platforms like Ethereum, Hyperledger, Openchain, Stratis, Lisk, IOTA and Hydrachain blockchain technology is helping to disrupt many industries like finance, healthcare, supply chain, transportation, manufacturing and retail And finally.

(8) Enterprise Cloud or Cloud Computing Developer

Enterprise Cloud or Cloud Computing Engineer has thorough the understanding of public, private, and hybrid cloud solutions such as Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure or GoogleCloud these engineers handle the core concepts of cloud computing as well as manage the cloud infrastructure and the cloud applications within a cloud ecosystem.

(9) Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Developers

 Augmented Reality Engineer or Virtual RealityEngineer designs and builds firmware required for Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality Experiences. They create technology that makes AR and VR pervasive and universal they require deep collaboration across engineering disciplines like electrical, mechanical, optical, firmware, and software.

(10) Big Data Developer

Big Data engineer creates and manages a company’s Big Data infrastructure and tools and creates visualization as well as reports from vast amounts of data they handle a huge amount of data while understanding the complete data flow as well as a business model using some advanced tools and technologies that have only become popular in the last decade.

(11) 3D Printing Developers

A 3D Printing Engineer use design software to model, validate, and communicate ideas for real-life 3D objects before committing it to production.

(12) DevOps Developer 

DevOps engineer manages IT Infrastructure to support software development in a multi-tenant or hybrid cloud environment. They ensure that software applications keep running during incremental changes to the code and the company is able to continuously build software without stopping the application.

(13) Content Personalisation Developers

A Content Personalisation Engineer defines and facilitates the content structure during the entire content strategy, production, and distribution cycle from beginning to end. they create technology that is a bridge between content strategists and producers and the developers and content managers who publish and distribute content.

(14) IT Automation

IT Automation engineer creates automated solutions for software processes like Automated Testing, Automated Support, or Automated Software Delivery they need a wide range of skills to understand systems, networks, hardware, and software along with skills in automation programming.

(15)  Omni Channel Marketing Developer

 Omni Channel Marketing Engineer designs solutions to give customers a seamless experience on different platforms or devices. They align the companies systems and messages in a way that there is a uniform experience for the customer.

(16) Enterprise Service Developer

Enterprise Service Engineers enable users within the company to use enterprise applications They manage changes, releases, desktops, user accounts, incidents, service catalog, and performance of an enterprise system within a company.

(17) Digital Product Developer

Digital Product Engineer creates digital products from their ideation phase to architecture, design, and deployment phase. They follow a rigorous process of product development, Agile Development, Quality Assurance Testing, IP Creation, and Analytical Reporting. they reduce time to market while improving the quality of a software product.

(18) IoT or Internet of Things Developer

IoT engineers write programs to make the machine do things without the requirement of human intervention over a wireless network they build robots and embedded systems by combining the world of electrical mechanical chemical or civil with computer software and the internet.

(19)  Digital Marketing Developer

Digital Marketing engineer combines web technology and digital marketing platforms like website, email, CRM, etc for the purpose of achieving marketing goals. They know of both Marketings as well as Digital Technology they can build marketing systems that can increase the sales exponentially making big profits for their clients.

(20) Enterprise Learning Platform Developer

 Enterprise learning platform engineer builds applications and systems that are useful in e-learning they create the infrastructure required for e-learning that is used by companies to empower their employees to build their skills and advance their careers.


(21)  Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningDevelopers

Artificial Intelligence Engineer writes machine learning algorithms to curate data and then use that data to solve real-world problems using Artificial Intelligence technology this technology is behind all the streams from Cloud Computing to Robotic Process Automation to Big Data to DevOps. So engineers knowing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are most in-demand today.


(22) Robotic Process Automation Developers

Robotic Process Automation Engineer writes code to automate workflows by studying user performing a task in an application. They build systems like the chatbots that are gaining wide acceptance in the customer support scenarios.

I hope you are not exhausted by this list. But remember you need to focus on only one stream of your interest. So these twenty-two streams Full Stack Development Application Programming Interface or API Business Process Management Cybersecurity Legacy Modernisation Enterprise Cloud or Cloud Computing Big Data DevOps.

 IT Automation Enterprise Service Management Internet of Things Enterprise Learning Management Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Digital Marketing Digital Product Engineering Omni Channel Marketing Content Personalisation 3D Printing Augmented Reality Blockchain and Drones Focusing on any one of these twenty-two streams will give you an opportunity for a high paying job. 


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