Working as a software developer in Finland
What official sources say about working as a software developer in Finland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Finland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes software developers, earns ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Software developer is not a regulated profession in Finland. Foreign qualifications go through: For a generic role the employer assesses skills; apply to EDUFI only if the post has a statutory degree-level eligibility condition. In Finland, software developers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Not marked regulated
- Recognition route
- For a generic role the employer assesses skills; apply to EDUFI only if the post has a statutory degree-level eligibility condition.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Finland: ≈ 6,035 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.
Regulation and recognition
Software developer is not a regulated profession in Finland.
- Recognition route
- For a generic role the employer assesses skills; apply to EDUFI only if the post has a statutory degree-level eligibility condition.
- Recognition authority
- For generic roles the employer assesses qualification; EDUFI decides only where a post has statutory degree-level eligibility.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for software developer in Finland: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Software developer in Finland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4e48eb240e8100a057f584949810bee1]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/software-developer/finland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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