Software Engineer Salary in Denmark: Official Pay Data 2025

What software engineers earn in Denmark

Employees in software development (Softwareudvikling, occupation group 2512 of the Danish classification DISCO-08) in the private sector earned an average of DKK 70,177 a month in 2025, according to Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik). Over 12 months that is DKK 842,124 a year, or about €112,656 at the ECB reference rate of 6 November 2026 (our calculation).

The Danish figure is broader than a base salary. It is standardised monthly earnings: hourly earnings multiplied by 160.33 hours, which matches a 37-hour week. It includes pension contributions paid by both the employee and the employer, ATP included, as well as bonuses and other irregular payments. Overtime pay is left out, and apprentices and employees under 18 are not counted.

The average for all occupations in the private sector was DKK 56,053 a month, so software development pays about 1.25 times the private sector average (our calculation). Across all sectors, average monthly earnings were DKK 53,916 and the median was DKK 48,700.

Pay by region

Software developers in the Capital Region (Region Hovedstaden), which includes Copenhagen, had the highest average at DKK 73,144 a month. Zealand followed at DKK 70,689, Southern Denmark at DKK 69,077 and Central Jutland at DKK 65,391. North Jutland was lowest at DKK 61,816, which puts the Capital Region 18.3% higher.

How Denmark compares in Europe

In Eurostat's Structure of Earnings Survey for 2022, professionals in the information and communication sector in Denmark earned a mean of €88,248 a year, 1.53 times the EU average of €57,522 (ratio our calculation). That was more than in Norway (€84,544), Germany (€78,189), the Netherlands (€69,120) and Sweden (€58,225), which was close to the EU average.

What an employer pays on top of salary

Danish employers pay few statutory contributions, and most are flat amounts per full-time employee rather than a share of pay. For 2026 they are: ATP, DKK 297 a month for a monthly-paid employee working 117 hours or more, of which the employer pays DKK 198; the employers' education contribution (AUB), DKK 705.25 a quarter; Barsel.dk, the parental leave fund, DKK 550 a quarter unless the employer is covered by another parental leave scheme; the financing contribution (FIB), DKK 82 a quarter; and an administration fee for Lønmodtagernes Feriemidler of DKK 5 a quarter. They are paid together through Samlet Betaling.

For one full-time software engineer, that comes to DKK 2,376 for ATP, DKK 2,821 for AUB, DKK 2,200 for Barsel.dk, DKK 328 for FIB and DKK 20 for Lønmodtagernes Feriemidler: DKK 7,745 a year, or 0.9% on top of DKK 842,124, for a total of DKK 849,869, about €113,692 (our calculation, 2026 rates). Left out: the AES contribution for work injuries and occupational diseases, which depends on the company's industry code, insurance premiums, the FerieKonto fee and the trainee-place contribution.

Pension is not a statutory employer contribution in Denmark. It is usually set by collective agreement or in the employment contract, and it is common for the employer to pay 2/3 of the contribution and the employee 1/3. Because the Statistics Denmark figure already includes pension contributions, a typical company pension sits largely inside the DKK 70,177. Denmark has no statutory minimum wage; pay and terms are usually set by collective agreements.

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How we built these figures

The Danish figures come from Statistics Denmark's structure of earnings statistics (Lønstruktur) for 2025, published on 29 September 2026, with occupations from statbank table LONS20 and the regional split from a special run of the earnings register. They cover the public sector and enterprises with 10 or more full-time employees, excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing. The software figures are averages for the private sector only; we did not obtain a median or quartiles for software development, or a public sector figure. Statistics Denmark labels the group Softwareudvikling, the title of DISCO-08 group 2512; related groups such as systems analysts (2511) and web and multimedia developers (2513) are not included. No figures are published by job title such as frontend or backend engineer, by years of experience or by remote status. The Eurostat comparison is from 2022 and covers all professionals in the information and communication sector, not software engineers alone. Annual figures multiply the monthly average by 12, and euro amounts use the ECB reference rate of DKK 7.4752 per euro on 6 November 2026. Where we multiply or divide, we say so.

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