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Digital Byte - Market Update

Over the last 3 years, Malaysia has seen a significant increase in investment and resulting growth within the Digital sector and as such, the demand for talent has increased proportionately. This can be attributed to a number of immediate factors:

  • MNCs & SMEs see Kuala Lumpur as ideal hub for digital innovation and in particular operations

  • Relative low-cost other Asia locations for talent and key infrastructure

  • Proximity / central location to the rest of the ASEAN region

  • Talent base – capable, growing and worth investing in and English speaking

  • Local policy and institutions catalysing growth - MDec, TalentCorp

All of this is a positive reflection of the government’s vision of Malaysia as a leading digital economy by 2020.

As the local talent pool strives to keep pace with the growth in demand, Malaysia is increasingly becoming the ‘go-to’ location for many organisations looking to establish their Digital Development hub. As KL becomes more of an international hub, it becomes more feasible as a location for very highly skilled ex-pats to be deployed here and help fill gaps in niche, emerging areas within Digital and help build a skill legacy locally. Given the growth in this sector, Malaysia has seen an increased number of returning Malaysians who are bringing international experience and a global mindset back to the home market – this bodes well in terms of fulfilling projected continued growth in demand for talent across all areas listed below. 

Software Development & Engineering

Key Functions

Salaries (5 to 10 yrs)

Salaries (10+ yrs)

Grade Difficulty
(10 hardest)

Java Developers

7 – 12K

12 – 18K

6

Front End Developers

8 – 15K

15 –22K

5

Mobile Developers

7 – 12K

N/A

7

Development Operations

11 - 16K

17 – 25K

9

Software Architects

12 – 20K

20 – 28K

4

Ruby on Rails Developers

6 - 11K

11 - 18K

5


Digital Marketing

Key Functions

Salaries (5 to 10 yrs)

Salaries (10+ yrs)

Grade Difficulty
(10 hardest)

Advertising Operations

6 – 10K

10 – 12K

6

Analyst

12 – 15K

15 – 22K

8

Social Media

8 – 12K

12 – 15K

5

Digital Marketing

10 – 15K

15 – 22K

5

Digital BD / Sales

10 – 15K

15 – 18K

7

Programmatic

20 – 25K

25 – 30K

9



Design & Usability

Key Functions

Salaries (5 to 10 yrs)

Salaries (10+ yrs)

Grade Difficulty
(10 hardest)

UI / UX

6 – 10K

10 – 12K

6

Usability Specialist

12 – 15K

15 – 22K

8

Information Architect

8 – 12K

12 – 15K

5


Strategic Senior

Key Functions

Salaries (7 to 12 yrs)

Salaries (12+ yrs)

Grade Difficulty
(10 hardest)

Project Management

8 – 12K

12 – 18K

7

Product Management

8 - 14K

14 - 20K

6

Head of Engineering / VP

N/A

25 – 40K

8

CIO / CTO

N/A

30 – 50K

7

Software Architects

25 – 30K

30 – 45K

9


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