Information & Communication Technology
Lead Embedded Software Engineer Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Lead / Specialist level · how we calculate this
The median Lead Embedded Software Engineer salary in Malaysia is RM 14,500 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 13,300 at the 10th percentile to RM 15,700 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Lead Embedded Software Engineer salaries fall between RM 13,750 and RM 15,250 per month.
P10
RM 13,300
P25
RM 13,750
Median
RM 14,500
P75
RM 15,250
P90
RM 15,700
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 3,887 – RM 6,200median RM 4,907
Senior
RM 6,123 – RM 9,030median RM 7,313
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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