How much are tech roles in Serbia worth today? Which benefits have become standard, and which still make a difference? How are AI, the job market, and changes in the way we work affecting employees and employers?

The eighth edition of Jaka Lounge’s annual research on Serbia’s tech market is now published.

The latest data for 2026/2027 is now available.

The report provides up-to-date data on salaries, benefits, and key trends shaping Serbia’s labour market, with a particular focus on AI, layoffs, candidate availability, employee expectations, and changes in the way we work.

The report is intended for business leaders, HR and People teams, Compensation & Benefits (C&B) professionals, investors, and anyone involved in making decisions about people and organizational strategy.

What Does the Report Cover?

The report is structured around three key areas:

Salaries

Compensation and Market Ranges

An average salary alone is not enough to understand the market.

For each role with a sufficiently large sample, we present salary distributions using several key metrics:

• Median
• Average
• Minimum and maximum
• 90th percentile
• 95% confidence interval

The data is segmented by role and seniority, allowing you to assess more accurately where your salaries stand in relation to the market.

These insights can help you establish market benchmarks for salary bands, plan compensation budgets, formulate candidate offers, assess the competitiveness of existing salaries, and determine how you want to position yourselves relative to the market.

Benefits

What Companies Offer and What Employees Truly Value

Which benefits have become standard, and which can still make a difference?

The report provides an overview of benefits across Serbia’s tech market, helping companies compare their own offerings with market practices and employee expectations.

Among other things, we analyse:

• Bonuses and other financial benefits
• Health and wellbeing benefits
• Flexibility and work arrangements
• Paid time off
• Learning and development budgets
• Other perks that contribute to the overall value of an employee benefits package

The report is useful for companies looking to reassess their Compensation & Benefits / Total Rewards approach, rather than focusing solely on base salaries.

Outlook

What Employees Think About the Market They Work In

Salaries and benefits are only part of an employee’s decision to stay, change jobs, or accept a new offer.

That is why we also explore the broader labour market context:

• Job satisfaction and intentions to change jobs
• Work arrangements and return-to-office policies
• The impact of market uncertainty and layoffs
• Shifting employee and employer expectations
• The use of AI tools in everyday work
• AI’s impact on productivity, roles, and work organisation
• Candidate behaviour in a changing labour market

The goal is to help companies understand not only how much the market pays, but also what is happening to the people behind those numbers.

What Questions Does the Report Answer?

Where do our salaries stand in relation to the market?

Do we want to position ourselves around the market median, or aim to be among the most competitive employers for specific roles?

Which benefits still make a difference?

And which have become expected standards?

How much has the tech labour market changed?

How are recruitment, candidate availability, salaries, and employee expectations evolving?

How is AI already changing the way we work?

Is it primarily increasing productivity, or is it already changing the structure of certain jobs and teams?

How are employees responding to changes in work arrangements?

And how much does flexibility influence our ability to attract and retain talent today?

Explore the Findings from Our Previous Research

Want to see how the market has evolved?

Download the free overview of our previous edition Salaries, Benefits & Perspectives 2025/2026. and compare key trends with the latest data.