IT salaries in Uzbekistan: autumn 2026

An IT specialist in Uzbekistan asks for UZS 10 million net on average, but the spread is huge: from UZS 6 million for a junior to $5,000 and more for a strong senior. We collected the expectations of 14,000 IT specialists, salary ranges in vacancies and offers from our executive search projects – and show what each role costs at each level.

The market: IT is the second-highest-paid industry

In computer programming the average accrued salary is 3 times the national average and 1.8 times the Tashkent average. National Statistics Committee data for January – September 2026, before tax:

• computer programming and consulting – UZS 22.3M;
• information and communication, the whole industry – UZS 17.0M;
• all industries, Tashkent – UZS 12.3M;
• all industries, Uzbekistan – UZS 7.3M.

Source: National Statistics Committee via spot.uz (in Russian). Candidates are growing faster than vacancies: in 2025 the number of programmers’ CVs rose by 20.8% and vacancies by 5.5%; in IT there are 11 CVs per vacancy on average (hh.uz, 2025 results).

Expectations by experience

Specialists with 3–5 years of experience ask 1.8 times more than those with 1–2 years: UZS 15.0M vs 8.3M. The spread grows too: for juniors the middle 50% fits within UZS 3M, for specialists with 6+ years – within UZS 24M. For experienced candidates, a “market salary” without the role and level says almost nothing.

Expectations by role

Development is the largest role (6,033 CVs), and its price depends on experience more than any other:

• No experience – median UZS 6.0M (≈ $500), middle 50%: 4.8–8.3M;
• 1–2 years – UZS 9.5M (≈ $800), middle 50%: 6.0–12.0M;
• 3–5 years – UZS 17.9M (≈ $1,500), middle 50%: 11.9–29.8M;
• 6+ years – UZS 29.8M (≈ $2,500), middle 50%: 16.5–41.7M.

What employers offer

At junior and middle level employers offer as much as candidates ask, and at 3–5 years of experience even more. Medians for vacancies with a stated salary:

• no experience – UZS 5.1M (candidates ask 6.0);
• 1–3 years – UZS 8.0M (ask 8.3);
• 3–6 years – UZS 16.7M (ask 15.0);
• all levels – UZS 8.5M (ask 10.0).

There are almost no vacancies with a stated salary for 6+ years of experience – that kind of money is discussed in person. Half of the vacancies state the amount before tax and half net, so the comparison is approximate.

Dollars or soums

44% of IT specialists state their salary in US dollars, and the closer a role is to the international market, the more often: DevOps – 61%, development – 58%, system administrators – 29%, tech support – 27%. The dollar is strongest among mid-level specialists: 69% of developers with 3–5 years of experience ask in USD. In vacancies the dollar is rare: 16% of IT vacancies with a salary, 38% in development.

The top segment

A strong senior costs $5,000–6,000 net, and the head of an IT function at a large company up to $10,000. The top 10% of candidates with 6+ years of experience ask:

• IT heads – from UZS 71.5M (≈ $6,000);
• DevOps – from UZS 69.3M (≈ $5,800);
• development, business and systems analysis, product management – from UZS 59.6M (≈ $5,000);
• data analytics – from UZS 51.6M (≈ $4,300).

Offers in Human and Capital projects. In September – October 2026, heads of IT functions and C-level executives with 6+ years of experience accepted offers of $4,000 to $10,000 a month net. The upper bound is higher than anything visible in CVs: such specialists do not look for jobs on job sites – they are found through executive search.

Why the National Statistics Committee average (UZS 22.3M) is higher than our median (UZS 10M):

• average vs median: a few salaries of $5,000–10,000 push the average up a lot and barely move the median;
• before tax: UZS 22.3M accrued is UZS 19.6M net at 12% and UZS 20.6M for IT Park residents (7.5%);
• who is in the sample: the statistics cover registered, mostly large companies; CVs cover the whole market, including juniors and the regions;
• actual pay vs expectation: an employed senior often earns more than the starting expectation they put in a CV.

What this means for employers

1. If you want to choose from the best, aim at the top quartile. A range at the median cuts off half the market; for a developer with 3–5 years of experience the top quartile starts at UZS 29.8M (≈ $2,500).
2. Budget for the jump to mid-level. From 1–2 to 3–5 years of experience expectations grow 1.8 times: keep an employee on the old salary and they will leave for those who pay the market rate.
3. Quote the range in dollars for developers and DevOps. More than half of them think of their income in USD.
4. Seniors and IT heads can’t be found with a job ad. There are almost no vacancies with a salary for 6+ years of experience, and offers to such candidates are $4,000 to $10,000: you need direct search.
5. Don’t overpay for volume roles. There are 11 CVs per IT vacancy; tech support and juniors ask UZS 6–8M, and there is plenty to choose from.

How we calculated

• Expectations – from CVs of IT specialists with a stated salary, updated within 90 days before 29 October 2026 (14,058 CVs), cross-checked against applications to Human and Capital vacancies.
• Offers – 213 open IT vacancies with a stated salary as of 29 October 2026.
• Currencies are converted to soums at the rate on the date of the snapshot (UZS 11,919 per $1).
• We show medians and percentiles, not averages; slices with fewer than 30 observations are not published; 2% of CVs with obvious errors were removed.
• Experience is the total work experience from the CV; a quarter of CVs do not state it, so they are included only in the totals without a breakdown by experience.