Software jobs in Abu Dhabi?

robocode · 06-01-2014 12:29PM #1

Just wondering if anybody has any knowledge of the software market in Abu Dhabi at the moment? Any thriving sectors? Good pay? Comparable to here? Any info greatly appreciated

Smoggy · 06-01-2014 03:24PM

I hear the wages aren't very good unless you can find a very specialist role that is difficult to fill. I believe the UAE markets are filled up mainly with Indian graduates. However this is all second hand information from a friend who works there (in a specialist role).

example :

http://www.dzooom.com/jobs/view/net-developer/13523

7000 United Arab Emirates Dirham equals = 1400.80 Euro (tax free)

Tom Dunne · 06-01-2014 05:25PM

Smoggy wrote: »

I hear the wages aren't very good unless you can find a very specialist role that is difficult to fill. I believe the UAE markets are filled up mainly with Indian graduates. However this is all second hand information from a friend who works there (in a specialist role

Yeah, that's a reasonable assessment of the situation. While I'm not in the UAE, I am in the Middle East, directly connected to the ICT industry, and it's the same everywhere.

robocode · 06-01-2014 05:36PM

That's a pretty low monthly pay for 2-5 years experience! I had heard secondhand that most jobs were filled with underpaid graduates. This seems to be true. I heard that a friend-of-a-friend is working there as an electronic engineer close to €100k/year. This seemed incredibly well paid. In light of what you're saying he must be in a very specialised role.

Tom Dunne · 06-01-2014 06:30PM

robocode wrote: »

That's a pretty low monthly pay for 2-5 years experience! I had heard secondhand that most jobs were filled with underpaid graduates. This seems to be true. I heard that a friend-of-a-friend is working there as an electronic engineer close to €100k/year. This seemed incredibly well paid. In light of what you're saying he must be in a very specialised role.

Yeah, I'd imagine that the job is some way related to the oil/gas industry.

I recently heard about an Oracle DBA job here (which I used to do in a former life and which still pays pretty decently in Dublin), offering 1,000 Euro a month. Yes, that's Euro. Same for any kind of tradesman (sparks, plumber, carpenter, bricklayer).

robocode · 12-01-2014 10:10PM

Thanks for the input folks. Can you think of anywhere I could research this a bit more and get some answers re wages?

Software jobs in Abu Dhabi?

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