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7 Apr 2025 ... Software engineer salaries went up 3.3% in 2024, while those in AI-related roles saw their pay cheques shrink by up to 2.4%.

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Cybersecurity has biggest dip in salary among tech roles: NodeFlair

8 Apr 2025 ... [SINGAPORE] The salaries of some Singapore tech roles dipped in 2025, with cybersecurity having the biggest drop at 4.6 per cent, ...

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This year, game engineers saw the highest salary increase at 28% year-on-year (YoY), followed by solutions engineers (11.3%), SysOps (7.6%), systems engineers (4.2%), and blockchain engineers (3.9%).

Amid the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), salaries across AI-related roles in Singapore — especially data-focused roles — fell by 1.2% to 2.4%, a sharp contrast to the 11.3% YoY increase in 2023. Data scientist salaries dropped 1.2% YoY, and data engineer salaries fell 1.5% YoY, while data analysts saw the sharpest decline at 2.4% YoY.
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The report attributed this drop to projects and solutions now powered by OpenAI’s technology, which require more traditional software engineers than data-related talents.

Besides data roles, salaries of mobile engineers (0.2%), quality assurance (QA) professionals (2.4%), and systems analysts (3.9%) also declined. Cybersecurity professionals were hit the hardest, with salaries falling by 4.6% YoY.