Hiring for Technology in Japan
Technology hiring in Japan remains robust as companies race to stay ahead in the AI revolution, driving demand for candidates with AI and data knowledge. While Japanese language skills remain a requirement, employers are prioritising deep technical expertise in AI over language fluency.
There is a strong need for customer-facing support specialists, fueled by return-to-office mandates and international firms expanding their Japanese footprint.
In 2026, the demand for AI, data, and cloud infrastructure skills will persist alongside the ongoing need for support roles as global organisations solidify their physical presence in the region.
In-Demand Technology Roles in Japan
- Data Managers
- Data Engineers
- AI Developers (Python)
- Desktop Support
- IT Business Analysts
- Cybersecurity Specialists
Technology Skills in Japan
- Cloud (AWS, GCP and Azure)
- Large language modelling
- Python
- Native or near-native level Japanese reading / writing / speaking skills
- Cybersecurity-related skills and certification (e.g. CISSP)
Up, Down, or Flat? Technology Salary Trends in Japan
While overall salaries remain conservative, significant growth is occurring for professionals with cloud, AI, and data science expertise. This is especially true for those with the soft skills needed to interface with business users.
Moving into 2026, compensation for specialised technology roles is expected to continue its upward trajectory as firms face sustained pressure to raise salary levels to remain competitive and retain top talent amidst ongoing inflation.
Technology Salaries in Japan
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| Job Title | Sector | Sub Sector | Location | Low | Median | High |
Technical Architect, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 |
QA Engineer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥13,000,000 |
Python Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,500,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
PHP Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 |
JavaScript Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 |
Java Development Lead, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥12,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 | ¥21,000,000 |
Java Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 |
Java Architect, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥16,000,000 |
Information Security / Cyber Security Engineer (Applications), Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥11,500,000 | ¥14,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 |
Full Stack Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥17,000,000 |
Front End Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 |
DevOps Engineer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
Desk Quant, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥25,000,000 |
C++ Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥25,000,000 |
C# Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥25,000,000 |
Application Support Java, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥16,000,000 |
Application Support .NET, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥11,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
2nd Level Support, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥16,000,000 |
1st Level Support, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥13,000,000 |
.Net Developer, Financial Services Applications Applications Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Applications | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥21,000,000 |
IT Project Manager, Financial Services IT (Management) IT (Management) Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | IT (Management) | Tokyo | ¥12,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 | ¥24,000,000 |
IT Manager, Financial Services IT (Management) IT (Management) Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | IT (Management) | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥16,000,000 |
IT Director, Financial Services IT (Management) IT (Management) Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | IT (Management) | Tokyo | ¥16,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 | ¥40,000,000 |
Infrastructure Manager, Financial Services IT (Management) IT (Management) Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | IT (Management) | Tokyo | ¥12,000,000 | ¥16,000,000 | ¥23,000,000 |
Information Security / Cyber Security Manager, Financial Services IT (Management) IT (Management) Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | IT (Management) | Tokyo | ¥14,000,000 | ¥16,000,000 | ¥23,000,000 |
Unix / Linux Administrator, Financial Services Infrastructure Infrastructure Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Infrastructure | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 | ¥18,000,000 |
Network Security Engineer, Financial Services Infrastructure Infrastructure Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Infrastructure | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥18,000,000 |
Network Engineer, Financial Services Infrastructure Infrastructure Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Infrastructure | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥11,000,000 | ¥25,000,000 |
IT Business Analyst, Financial Services Infrastructure Infrastructure Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Infrastructure | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥18,000,000 |
Information Security / Cyber Security Engineer (Infrastructure), Financial Services Infrastructure Infrastructure Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Infrastructure | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥13,000,000 | ¥17,000,000 |
Desktop Engineer, Financial Services Infrastructure Infrastructure Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Infrastructure | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 |
Cloud Engineer, Financial Services Infrastructure Infrastructure Annual rate |
Banking & Financial Services | Infrastructure | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
Unix / Linux Administrator, Commercial Businesses Infrastructure / Network Infrastructure / Network Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Infrastructure / Network | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥18,000,000 |
Network Engineer, Commercial Businesses Infrastructure / Network Infrastructure / Network Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Infrastructure / Network | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥11,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 |
Network Administrator, Commercial Businesses Infrastructure / Network Infrastructure / Network Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Infrastructure / Network | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
Infrastructure Manager, Commercial Businesses Infrastructure / Network Infrastructure / Network Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Infrastructure / Network | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
Desktop Engineer, Commercial Businesses Infrastructure / Network Infrastructure / Network Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Infrastructure / Network | Tokyo | ¥5,000,000 | ¥7,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
Architect (Infrastructure), Commercial Businesses Infrastructure / Network Infrastructure / Network Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Infrastructure / Network | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥17,000,000 |
Web Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,500,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 |
UX Manager, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 |
UX Designer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,500,000 |
UI or GUI Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,500,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 |
UAT Tester, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
Test Analyst, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
Test Engineer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
Test Manager, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥11,000,000 |
Technical Architect, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥16,000,000 |
SQL Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
Solutions Architect, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥11,000,000 | ¥17,000,000 |
Software Tester, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥5,000,000 | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,500,000 |
Software Development Manager, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥18,000,000 |
Ruby on Rails Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
QA Manager (IT), Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
QA Engineer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥6,000,000 | ¥7,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
Python Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥9,500,000 | ¥14,000,000 |
PHP Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 |
Oracle Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 |
Machine Learning Engineer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥6,000,000 | ¥8,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 |
JavaScript Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 |
Java Architect, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥11,500,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
Java Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 |
Java Development Lead, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥11,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 |
IT Business Analyst, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥16,000,000 |
iOS Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,500,000 |
Full Stack Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥12,500,000 | ¥18,000,000 |
Front End Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,500,000 | ¥12,000,000 |
DevOps Engineer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
Data Scientist, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥12,500,000 | ¥17,000,000 |
Data Analyst, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥13,000,000 |
Information Security / Cyber Security Engineer, Commercial Services Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥9,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥16,500,000 |
Information Security / Cyber Security Manager, Commercial Services Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
C++ Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 |
C# Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥20,000,000 |
Application Support, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥6,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 |
Application Support .NET, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥7,750,000 | ¥9,500,000 |
Application Support Java, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,500,000 | ¥11,000,000 |
Application Support Team Lead, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥14,000,000 |
Android Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,500,000 |
AI Engineer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,500,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
2nd Level Support, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 |
1st Level Support, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥7,000,000 | ¥9,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 |
.Net Developer, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥8,000,000 | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,500,000 |
.Net Architect, Commercial Businesses Development Development Annual rate |
Commercial Businesses | Development | Tokyo | ¥10,000,000 | ¥12,000,000 | ¥15,000,000 |
