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TokyoDev Developer Survey 2025

Demographics

Let's get to know the real you.

🇯🇵 Japanese Prefecture

78% of respondents lived in the Greater Tokyo Area (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa), down 2% from last year.

Respondents in Aichi and Kyoto had a median compensation of ¥4.5 million, which was approximately half of the median compensation of those living in the Greater Tokyo Area.

What prefecture is your primary residence in?
0%
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100%
1

Tokyo

518
2

Kanagawa

111
3

Chiba

32
4

Osaka

+1
27
5

Fukuoka

+2
24
6

Outside of Japan

22
7

Saitama

-3
22
8

Hokkaido

18
9

Aichi

17
10

Hyogo

-1
11
11

Kyoto

-5
10
12

Cutoff Answers

-2
62
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% of question respondents
874
87%
10

🛂 Residency Status

60% of respondents had a residency status tied to their employer (engineer or highly skilled foreign professional).

Which residency status do you currently have in Japan?
0%
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100%
1

Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services

473
2

Permanent resident

167
3

Spouse/Dependent of a Japanese National or Permanent Resident

111
4

Highly Skilled Foreign Professional

100
5

Japanese citizen

73
6

Student

18
7

Other Answers

33
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% of question respondents
955
95%
10

🌏 Country or Region

The respondents were quite diverse, holding citizenships from 81 countries or regions.

What is your country or region of citizenship?
0%
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1

USA

183
2

India

+3
73
3

France

-1
64
4

Japan

+2
57
5

United Kingdom

-1
56
6

Canada

+1
48
7

Australia

+4
39
8

Germany

28
9

Indonesia

+1
28
10

Russia

-7
25
11

Brazil

+1
22
12

Mexico

+3
20
13

China

17
14

Philippines

-5
17
15

Nepal

-2
14
16

New Zealand

13
17

Belgium

12
18

Myanmar

12
19

Thailand

-2
12
20

Italy

-6
11
21

Taiwan

-1
11
22

Spain

10
23

Vietnam

-5
10
24

Cutoff Answers

-3
164
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% of question respondents
946
94%
10

⏳ Age

80% of respondents were between 20 and 39 years old.

How old are you?
Sorry, this query did not return any data.

💕 Relationship Status

73% of respondents were in some sort of relationship.

What is your current relationship status?
0%
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1

Single

261
2

In a casual or early-stage relationship

55
3

In a committed partnership (not married)

156
4

Married

495
5

Divorced or separated

12
6

Cutoff Answers

1
7

Unmatched Answers

0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% of question respondents
979
97%
10

👶 Number of Kids

While 71% of respondents had no children, among those who were married that dropped to 47%.

How many children do you have?
0%
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100%
1

None

692
2

1

151
3

2

108
4

3

16
5

Cutoff Answers

10
0%
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80%
100%
% of question respondents
977
97%
0.5
10

⚧ Gender

Which of the following describe you?
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1

Man

854
2

Woman

117
3

Non-binary, genderqueer, or gender non-conforming

10
4

Cutoff Answers

4
0%
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100%
% of question respondents
While we know collecting and publishing diversity data can be a sensitive issue, we do think it's important to obtain this data to help measure and improve the survey's efforts in terms of inclusivity and representativeness.
985
98%
10

🧑‍💼 Professional Experience

The median respondent had 7 years of professional software development experience.

Compensation grew steadily with experience, with respondents with less than one year of experience making a median of ¥2.8 million while those with 20+ years of experience made a median of ¥14.6 million.

How many years of professional experience do you have in software development?
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1

<1 years

43
2

1-3 years

174
3

4-6 years

231
4

7-9 years

164
5

10-12 years

158
6

13-15 years

97
7

16-20 years

67
8

>20 years

77
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% of question respondents
984
98%
8.7
7
10

🇯🇵 Years in Japan

How many years have you lived in Japan?
0%
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100%
1

Under 1

114
2

1-3

297
3

4-6

150
4

7-9

158
5

10-12

108
6

13-15

60
7

16-20

46
8

Over 20

56
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% of question respondents
976
97%
7
5
10

🧑‍💼 Professional Qualifications

74% of respondents had a bachelor's degree or higher related to computer science.

What professional qualifications in computer science (or related fields) do you have?
Multiple
0%
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1

Bachelor’s degree

585
2

Master’s degree

261
3

Professional qualification

+1
109
4

Coding bootcamp

-1
103
5

Short-cycle tertiary education

59
6

Doctorate degree

32
7

🚫 None

89
8

Other Answers

21
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% of question respondents
967
96%
10

💬 English Ability

96% of respondents were comfortable using English in a professional setting.

What is your English proficiency?
0%
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40%
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80%
100%
1

Conversational

+1
29
2

Business

+1
116
3

Fluent

+1
318
4

Native / bilingual

+1
517
5

Cutoff Answers

+1
11
0%
20%
40%
60%
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100%
% of question respondents
991
98%
10

💬 Japanese Ability

42% of respondents were comfortable using Japanese in a professional setting.

What is your Japanese proficiency?
0%
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40%
60%
80%
100%
1

None

47
2

Basic

212
3

Conversational

332
4

Business

241
5

Fluent

105
6

Native / bilingual

55
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
% of question respondents
992
98%
10