Working as a software developer in Bulgaria
What official sources say about working as a software developer in Bulgaria: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Bulgaria, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes software developers, earns ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022). Software developer is not a regulated profession in Bulgaria. Foreign qualifications go through: Employer assesses the foreign professional qualification for the generic non-regulated role. NACID academic-degree recognition may be requested separately where a foreign degree needs equivalence; it is not a professional licence. In Bulgaria, software developers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022)
- Regulation
- Not marked regulated
- Recognition route
- Employer assesses the foreign professional qualification for the generic non-regulated role. NACID academic-degree recognition may be requested separately where a foreign degree needs equivalence; it is not a professional licence.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Bulgaria: ≈ 1,187 EUR/month (gross, 2022), from Eurostat. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of software developers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Software developer is not a regulated profession in Bulgaria.
- Recognition route
- Employer assesses the foreign professional qualification for the generic non-regulated role. NACID academic-degree recognition may be requested separately where a foreign degree needs equivalence; it is not a professional licence.
- Recognition authority
- For a non-regulated profession, NACID says the employer is competent to recognise the foreign professional qualification; no profession-wide national recognition authority is identified.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for software developer in Bulgaria: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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