By Tatev Blbulyan, Co-founder & CEO, Meettal
Most public salary guides for Dubai understate the top end of the market by 15 to 30 percent. They pull from anonymous self reports, which skew toward mid market and early stage data. The closes we see at funded fintech, DIFC regulated firms, and major banks routinely sit well above what aggregators report.
So we built our own. Eight pages. Real ranges. Honest methodology.
What is in the report
- Current AED monthly salary ranges for 10 roles across software, data, security and leadership
- What total compensation actually looks like in Dubai, beyond the base number
- Why public guides understate the top end, and how to calibrate against it
- Methodology: how we triangulate Meettal placement data, public aggregators, and live hiring manager conversations
Who it is for
Founders, CTOs, heads of talent, and HR leaders considering or actively hiring in Dubai. Especially useful for international companies opening a UAE presence for the first time, or scaling a regional tech team.
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