The median tech salary in Tartu is €53K in 2026, across 42 roles in software, data, cybersecurity, product, and design. See every role's salary, its year-on-year change, and how it stacks up against the Estonia national median below.
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42
Roles covered
2026 salary guide
€53K
Median salary
City benchmark midpoint
€40K – €68K
Salary range
Lowest to highest tracked
Software Engineer
Highest-paying role
€63K median
Cybersecurity
Most represented category
Most tracked roles
-7%
vs. national median
€4K lower
Moderate Confidence
Confidence
How much we trust this number
Market snapshot
City overview
Tartu tracks 42 distinct tech roles across 10 categories in Estonia's salary data, rated moderate confidence for how much we trust the numbers.
Local hiring market
Cybersecurity is Tartu's most represented category, accounting for roughly 19% of tracked roles, ahead of Software Engineering and AI & Machine Learning.
How it compares
Tartu's median tracked salary of €53K sits 7% below the Estonia national median (€4K lower). Software Engineer is the highest-paying role tracked here, at €63K.
42 roles, each linked to its full country-wide salary page. Sort by any column or search for a specific title.
Showing 42 of 42 tracked roles
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| Software Engineer Software Engineering | €63K | — | €698/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI Product Manager AI & Machine Learning | €57K | +11.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI Research Scientist AI & Machine Learning | €57K | +12.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI Strategy & Solutions Architect Emerging & Specialist Tech | €57K | +13.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Algorithmic Trading Systems Engineer FinTech & Quant | €57K | +10.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Cybersecurity | €57K | +9.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Architect Data & Analytics | €57K | +8.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Center Facilities Manager / Architect Emerging & Specialist Tech | €57K | +11.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Engineering Manager Software Engineering | €57K | +7.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Enterprise Architect Software Engineering | €57K | +7.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Principal Software Engineer Software Engineering | €57K | +8.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Quantitative Developer (C++ / Python) FinTech & Quant | €57K | +11.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| SAP S/4HANA Lead Enterprise Applications & ERP | €57K | +9.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Lead Cloud & Infrastructure | €57K | +10.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Web3 Security Engineer Web3 & Blockchain | €57K | +11.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| MLOps Engineer Data & Analytics | €56K | +12.0% | €370/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud Security Specialist Cybersecurity | €55K | +11.0% | €370/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Software Engineering | €55K | +9.0% | €365/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Platform / Internal Developer Tooling Engineer Software Engineering | €54K | +10.0% | €361/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| AI / ML Engineer AI & Machine Learning | €51K | +12.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cloud Architect (AWS / Azure / GCP) Cloud & Infrastructure | €51K | +10.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Cybersecurity Specialist / Architect Cybersecurity | €51K | +11.0% | €384/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| API & Integration Architect Architecture | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Application Security (AppSec) Engineer Cybersecurity | €50K | +10.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Core Banking Systems Specialist (Temenos / Mambu) FinTech & Quant | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Governance & Privacy Lead Data & Analytics | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Product Manager Data & Analytics | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Scientist (Risk & Compliance) Data & Analytics | €50K | +9.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| FinOps Specialist Cloud & Infrastructure | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| GRC Lead Cybersecurity | €50K | +9.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Penetration Tester / Red Team Specialist Cybersecurity | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Security Operations Center (SOC) Lead Cybersecurity | €50K | +8.0% | €329/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Smart Contract / Solidity Developer Web3 & Blockchain | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Solutions Architect Software Engineering | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Virtual Asset Payment / API Engineer Web3 & Blockchain | €50K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer Cybersecurity | €49K | +9.0% | €331/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Incident Response Specialist Cybersecurity | €49K | +9.0% | €326/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| IoT & Embedded Systems Engineer Emerging & Specialist Tech | €47K | +10.0% | €450/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Data Engineer Data & Analytics | €46K | +9.5% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| DevOps & CI/CD Engineer Cloud & Infrastructure | €45K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| NLP Specialist AI & Machine Learning | €45K | +9.3% | €301/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
| Payments Platform Engineer FinTech & Quant | €45K | +8.0% | €335/day | Moderate ConfidenceHigh Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only. |
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Mid
€52K
Range €40K – €62K
Lead
€63K
Range €56K – €68K
The median tech salary in Tartu is €53K, while the average is €50K. The median is less skewed by a small number of very high or very low outlier salaries, which is why it's usually the more reliable figure to benchmark your own offer against.
The benchmark median salary in Tartu is €53K in 2026, based on published market compensation data.
Tartu is currently below the national benchmark by €4K (-7%).
Software Engineer is the highest-paying tech role tracked in Tartu, with a median salary of €63K. See the full role table on this page for salary ranges across every tracked discipline.
Cybersecurity has more tracked roles in Tartu than any other category, ahead of the other disciplines tracked on this page.
This city benchmark is marked Moderate Confidence. High Confidence means the benchmark is corroborated across independent sources and is citation-ready. Moderate Confidence is directional context while coverage is still building. Limited Market Data means early signals only.
A city's tech salaries move with its own mix of employers, its cost of living, and which specific roles are actually being hired there, plus how much data we've been able to collect for that city. All of that can pull a city's numbers away from the national average, in either direction.
Yes. Contract and day-rate pay in Tartu is tracked separately from permanent salaries and doesn't convert to an annual figure on a simple pro-rata basis, it reflects contractor market rates directly. Check the contract/day rate column in the role table on this page for the roles where both figures are tracked.
Meaningfully. See the salary by seniority breakdown on this page for how median pay in Tartu moves from entry-level through to senior and lead roles.