The average salary in the Spanish digital technology sector stands at 47,300 euros gross per year, 3.1% more than the previous year. This is reflected in the Study on Salaries and Labor Policy in the Digital Technology Sector 2026, prepared by AMETIC, the voice of the digital industry in Spain.
The report, presented during the ninth edition of the Alliance for the Development of Digital Talent Forum, is prepared with the participation of experts and salary data provided by companies in the sector, and offers an x-ray of the labor market in the digital industry based on the analysis of 57 professional profiles distributed in seven functional areas. It portrays a sector with stable employment and rising salaries, but continues to have difficulty finding qualified professionals.
There are no major differences if the analysis is broken down by type of activity. Technology services companies register an average salary of 47,300 euros (+2.8%) and product manufacturers or distributors, 46,900 euros (+3.5%). However, size does mark more distance, since companies with more than 100 employees reach 50,700 euros on average, compared to 48,100 euros for smaller companies, both with a growth of 2.8%.
The areas closest to the client, the best paid
The departments closest to the customer maintain the highest salaries. According to the AMETIC study, they respond to the demand for hybrid profiles, both technical and strategic, capable of converting technological complexity into business value.
The Sales and Marketing Department leads the ranking with an average of 64,000 euros and the highest year-on-year growth (+2.9%). It is followed by Consulting and Strategy, with 62,000 euros (+2.8%), and Business Support, with 54,400 euros (+2.6%).
In the purely technological core, Software Development stands at 47,700 euros (+2.8%), Systems Infrastructure at 44,200 euros (+2.3%) and Maintenance at 43,000 euros (+2.9%). The Plant Department, with more operational functions, recorded 34,400 euros (+2.7%).
Profiles with greatest demand in the sector
The increase in the complexity of digital organizations has triggered the demand for profiles that act as a bridge between management, technology and the market. These include the director of Consulting and Strategy (88,453 euros), the director of Systems Infrastructure (72,944 euros) and the Chief Data Officer (61,580 euros).
They are followed by the project manager (56,900 euros), the software architect (54,428 euros) and the head of internal cybersecurity (50,190 euros). In technical profiles, the senior systems technician receives 40,659 euros and the programmer analyst, 36,022 euros.
«The data confirms that the digital technology sector offers stable employment and rising salaries, but the shortage of qualified talent continues to be the great bottleneck for its growth. We need to reinforce training and attract more vocations, especially women, towards digital professions,” said Beatriz García-Quismondo, director of Digital Policies and Digital Talent at AMETIC.
Stable employment and consolidated teleworking
92.5% of contracts in the sector are indefinite. The figure is lower than the previous year (94.1%), although the historical series of the study shows sustained growth. Stability is greater in service companies (92.9%) and in those with more than 100 employees (92.7%).
Teleworking is fully established: 68.3% of companies offer it to their entire staff, with an average of 2 days a week. In service companies the percentage rises to 75.9% (2.4 days) and in those with more than 100 employees, to 76.2% (1.7 days). Only 4.9% do not have any remote work model.
Flexible remuneration linked to objectives is applied in 72.7% of companies, 0.7 points more than the previous year, and reaches 79.5% in larger companies. Social benefits include flexible hours (76.7%), medical check-ups (67.4%) and private medical insurance (51.2%), which represents the largest outlay: 460 euros per employee per year.
The shortage of qualified profiles continues to strain the market. 90.4% of companies had problems hiring talent in the last year: 54.3% regularly and 36.2% occasionally. Only 9.6% did not encounter obstacles, practically the same percentage as a year before (9.7%).
Still, employment prospects are positive. At the beginning of 2026, 48.9% of companies planned to expand their workforce, 44.6% to maintain it and only 6.5% to reduce it.
Regarding the workforce, 68.2% of professionals in the sector have higher education, a percentage that reaches 78.1% in companies with less than 100 employees. Computer Science (31.8%) and Telecommunications (21.6%) make up more than half of the degrees, followed by Industrial Engineering (10.5%) and Business Administration and Economics (9.4%). The average age of the workforce is 39.5 years and hardly varies with the size of the company, although it does vary with its activity: 38.7 years in service companies and 41.7 in product companies.
The increase in the complexity of digital organizations triggers the demand for profiles that act as a bridge between management, technology and the market
The female presence continues to advance progressively: women now represent 39.3% of the sector’s workforce, 0.1 points more than a year ago and 0.9 points more than five years ago. The study links this progress to the sector’s initiatives to promote STEM vocations among women, promote diversity and implement equality policies.
Regarding the labor framework, the Consulting Companies Agreement is the most widespread (26.7%), followed closely by the Offices and Offices Agreement (25.6%) and, further away, by the Metal Agreement (17.8%). The average annual working day is 1,772 hours and vacation days are 23.1.
