Singapore tech salaries rise modestly as hiring rebounds in 2025

Roles like Solutions Engineer, Game Engineer, and Site Reliability Engineer saw the biggest gains.

After a rough year of tech layoffs and hiring freezes in 2024, the Singapore tech job market is showing early signs of recovery.

According to NodeFlair Tech Salary Report 2025, hiring activity is on the rebound and salaries in several key roles are beginning to climb again, though some areas—particularly data-focused jobs—are starting to cool.

Salaries for Singapore-based tech professionals rose modestly overall, with roles like Solutions Engineer (+11.3%), Game Engineer (+28.0%), and Site Reliability Engineer (+10.5%) seeing the biggest gains.

The report, based on more than 130,000 verified data points, reflects growing demand in gaming, platform reliability, and tech sales functions.

“2024 was yet another turbulent year for tech,” the report noted, referencing the wave of restructuring and hiring slowdowns across the region.

But the mood has shifted heading into 2025, with optimism driven by factors such as renewed interest in AI, increased adoption of return-to-office policies, and sustained efforts around salary transparency.

More traditional tech roles showed modest increases. Software Engineers saw a 3.3% rise in median pay, whilst Product Managers earned 3.5% more on average than the previous year. Entry-level compensation remained relatively stable, whilst senior-level salaries in these roles held strong or increased slightly.

However, not all segments fared as well. Salaries for Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists dipped or stagnated. The median monthly salary for Data Engineers fell 1.5% to $9,000, whilst Data Analysts experienced a 2.4% decline.

Data Scientists, though still commanding high wages (median $10,500), saw little to no YoY growth. Analysts suggest these changes may be due to oversupply or shifts in hiring priorities away from exploratory analytics toward applied AI and product-driven roles.

Cybersecurity, once a high-growth sector, also saw a drop in average pay. Cybersecurity Engineers reported a 4.6% YoY decline in salary, with median compensation now at $7,000.

Junior and mid-level professionals in DevOps, QA, and infrastructure also experienced pay pressure, some seeing double-digit percentage declines.

Despite some soft spots, Singapore continues to be the top-paying tech hub in Asia. The report highlighted that many companies are still willing to offer competitive salaries for hard-to-fill roles and technical specialists, especially in areas like platform scalability, game development, and customer-facing engineering roles.