Software & web developer in Bangladesh – Overview
Have you decided to be a web developer or are you a website developer hungry for a job or are you a website developer confused about your future? In this article we are going to deeply discuss about the current and future job condition and demand of website developers as well as the software developers.
According to Basis, it is said that there is still the scarcity of website and software professionals in Bangladesh. Software and web industry are having a great need of professionals as it is expected that the demand for professionals will grow by fifty percent from next year onwards.
In the international market, the salary of web developers is increasing at a good pace. According to Payscale, it is said that the average salary of a web developer is 11,070 dollar per year. As per the article “Prospect of IT in Bangladesh” written by ASM Nazrul Islam, published on “sustainable development networking program”, Bangladesh is having educated and talented young youths interested in IT, so the county can take the real advantage from it. This county is also creating an easy scope for the IT entrepreneurs. Lots of examples can be shown here like the government is creating the new High-tech park and there is no TAX on IT yet. The government has already declared IT as one of the robust subject matter and taken initiatives to set up IT training centers in all the districts of Bangladesh.
How much does a web or software developer earn in Bangladesh?
In a report of Glassdoor, it is shown that the average salary of a software developer in Bangladesh is 84,711 dollar per year. And the salary range of the software engineer is 67,000 – 103,723 dollar per year. Probably they have mixed the foreign salary structure with the local salary structure. Typically, local or Bangladeshi company offers BDT 20000 – BDT 35000 per month to a software engineer. However, a junior software engineer earns BDT 15000 – BDT 25000 per month from the local or Bangladeshi company. Jobs for Part-time software developers are booming up day by day. Part-time software developers or intern software developers earn BDT 5000 – BDT 15000 per month from local or Bangladeshi company. On the other hand, web developers get slightly less salary than software developers in Bangladesh. It is not only the picture of Bangladesh but also the picture of the whole world. These salaries highly vary from company to company like a multinational software company offers a very high salary where local or Bangladeshi company offers a little bit less salary. Usually, a local or Bangladeshi company provides BDT 12000 – BDT 25000 per month to a Web developer. While a junior web developer gets BDT 8000 – BDT 15000. Generally, part web developers or intern web developers get BDT3000 – BDT10000
According to US news, a software developer in USA gets 106,710 dollars per year. And a web developer in USA gets 67,990 dollars per year. This information reveals a deep insight to us that Bangladesh is providing IT services with a very less amount of money. So works from the outer world are coming into Bangladesh and the volume will surely be increased in the future years ahead.
Lets recap
Bangladesh is having a good number of web and software professionals but it’s not enough. As the remuneration of IT professionals in Bangladesh are still very less compare to the western world. Works related to software and website are coming towards Bangladesh at a good pace and future of this sector i.e the software and web developers are very bright. So if you want to enter into the world of IT, you can come in and something good is waiting for you.