Average salary for experienced software developer?

[rio]

What's the average a software developer with ~6 - 7 years of experience here in Finland?
I understand it might vary, but what would be a reasonable demand?
Thanks.

[Beep_Boop]

In Helsinki, about 5,000 is reasonable, so ask for 6,000. If you bring something true valuable to the table (something that isn't looking up jQuery questions on Stackoverflow for 7 years), then ask for 7,000.

[rio]

In Helsinki, about 5,000 is reasonable, so ask for 6,000. If you bring something true valuable to the table (something that isn't looking up jQuery questions on Stackoverflow for 7 years), then ask for 7,000.

Thanks for replying. It's a public organization and they say they have fixed salary scale, and for that position its between 4000-4500 (dont know exact). Any thoughts on that?

[agroot]

Eh, 5000-6000 is almost the top for senior developers from statistics. I don't know 7000 is possible for a non-leading dev

4500 seems reasonable to me for 6-7 years. Does it include the holiday pay? remote working an option? flexible hours? and how much is the actual work load?

My work load here is a like tiny fraction (both mentally and physically) of my previous job in asia. No point arguing for more.

[rio]

Does it include the holiday pay?

yes

remote working an option?

yes

flexible hours?

yes

and how much is the actual work load?

not sure

[Beep_Boop]

Thanks for replying. It's a public organization

That's a key piece of information you left out. It invalidates my previous comment, which was about modern private sector IT companies. I don't have much experience with public organisations, but 4500 seems very good.

[tavastia]

Public organizations have their salaries set based on job grades, min and max, there is no so much room for negotiations but from what I see on the ads they publish the salaries seems to be smaller than in private sector.

[irnbru]

5000+ for a Senior Developer. I assume 4500 for a none Senior.