Information & Communication Technology
IT Software Engineer Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Mid level · how we calculate this
The median IT Software Engineer salary in Malaysia is RM 4,000 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 3,600 at the 10th percentile to RM 4,400 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of IT Software Engineer salaries fall between RM 3,750 and RM 4,250 per month.
P10
RM 3,600
P25
RM 3,750
Median
RM 4,000
P75
RM 4,250
P90
RM 4,400
Career ladder — entry to director
A composite role-family summary: titles matching this role family are grouped by seniority and their stored medians combined, weighted by how many observations each title carries. Steps built from few titles or mixed specialisms will be broad — the observation count next to each step shows how much data supports it. Internship, graduate, junior and experienced titles are kept as separate steps and never merged.
Mid
RM 4,004 – RM 6,393median RM 5,070
Senior
RM 5,762 – RM 8,561median RM 6,892
Manager
RM 13,000 – RM 18,800median RM 15,900
Aggregated Malaysian market observations from the CheckFairPay market database, normalised to monthly gross basic pay. Pay varies by company, location, skills and total compensation — use as a directional guide. Read the full methodology.
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