IT Role Rank Poland
#29 by score · #31 editorially · Software Development

Backend Developer (senior)

Tier 2 · Strong and stableAI risk: mediumMixed235 offers on SOLID.Jobs

AI writes the boilerplate; system design stays; juniors are under pressure

Overall scoreDerived
6.38/ 10
#29 of 73 by score with the default weights. #31 in the editorial ranking.
  • Salary 30% × 4.81.43
  • AI resistance 35% × 7.02.45
  • Demand 20% × 7.01.40
  • Remote work 10% × 9.00.90
  • Low stress 5% × 4.00.20

Salary, k PLN per month

Mixed
0510152025303540Estimate≈18–32Market B2B14–25.2 · 209 offers · SOLID.JobsMarket employment13.5–19.2 · 21 offers · SOLID.JobsReport B2B18.5–28.6 · No Fluff Jobs

estimate MID → SENIORmarket (SOLID.Jobs): middle half of offersreport (No Fluff Jobs H1 2026): mid → senior, B2B range mediansmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)

Range MID → SENIOR
≈18–32
Range midpoint
≈25.0
Junior Derived
≈12.5
Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
≈17.0
Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
≈20.5

NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.

Easiest transitions

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Tech LeadStaff EngAI Eng

2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)

Key certifications

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brak standardusystem design portfolio

Scores 1–10

Estimate
  • AI resistance7/10
    10 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
  • Demand7/10
    10 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
  • Remote work9/10
    10 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
  • Stress6/10
    10 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
  • Entry barrier6/10
    10 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
  • Prestige7/10
    10 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula

The market in job ads

From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 13/11/2026
235offers · 32 employers
20.5kB2B median · 14–25.2k
17.9kemployment median · 21 offers
36%remote · 55% hybrid

Most common stack

  • PHP
  • Java
  • Docker
  • REST
  • silniki ecommerce
  • Kubernetes
  • MongoDB
  • Kafka
  • Symfony
  • Spring Boot
  • SQL
  • Microservices

requirednice to have% of this role's offers

Experience level

Junior 1%Regular 52%Senior 46%

74025 Q174225 Q262425 Q351925 Q458826 Q161126 Q253426 Q313926 Q4
Offers per quarter in Software Development · hollow dot = quarter in progress

Matching: 223 by title, 12 by category. Pay is the midpoint of each offer's range in PLN per month (B2B net, employment gross); the median and the band holding the middle half of offers are shown.

Salaries in job-board reports

From reports

No Fluff Jobs: „Kariera w IT 2026”data for H1 2026

Report category: Backend.

LevelB2B netEmployment, gross
Junior8–107–10
Mid18.5–22.714–18.3
Senior23.5–28.620–26.7

Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. A dash means the report gives no amount because there were too few ads. Source: page 9 of the report.

No Fluff Jobs: „Rynek pracy IT w Polsce 2025/2026”data for 2025

Report category: Backend.

LevelB2B netEmployment, gross
Overall20.2–25.215.1–22
Junior7–107–9
Mid17–2213–18
Senior22.7–2818.5–25

Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. Year-on-year change of the overall upper median: B2B -3.1%, employment +4.8%. Source: pages 27 and 30 of the report.

Reports are shown on their own, with a link and page number. They are not averaged with SOLID.Jobs data because they measure something else: the report gives the median lower and upper bounds, SOLID.Jobs the median of the range midpoints.