Working as a software developer in Cyprus
What official sources say about working as a software developer in Cyprus: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Cyprus, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes software developers, earns ≈ 3,665 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as a software developer in Cyprus on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 43,632 € a year (current). Software developer is not a regulated profession in Cyprus. In Cyprus, software developers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 3,665 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Not marked regulated
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 43,632 €/year
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Cyprus: ≈ 3,665 EUR/month (gross, 2024), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of software developers alone.
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Cyprus publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 43,632 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what software developers earn.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for software developer in Cyprus: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Software developer in Cyprus: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 33e8f6c97aac0c0cb1e6cfcbfe6ec53c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/software-developer/cyprus/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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