The Blockchain related job market in the GCC MENA region is growing, and salaries differ between varying GCC countries depending on need, and availability.
According to Salary Explorer 2023 reports, the average blockchain developer salary in the UAE per month is $3348 ( 12,300 AED), in Oman $3922 (1,510 OMR), in KSA $3945 (14,800 SAR), in Qatar $3597 (13,100 QAR), in Bahrain $3630 ( 1,370 BHD), while in Egypt and Morocco the average salary is $266 ( 8,230 EGP), and $1810 ( 17,500 MAD).
Interestingly others have noted that the average crypto salary per month in Dubai is $6582. As per their report salary estimates are based on anonymous submissions by cryptos, website users collected in Dubai from past and present job posts.
Concurringly a number of entities in the UAE are requesting job positions. One example is Crypto.com that is hiring a Web3 senior regulatory reporting analyst, in Dubai.
Recently as wel the Commercial Bank of Dubai was searching for Head of CBDC digital technology with yearly salary of $350,000.
Emagine Solutions FZE in Abu Dhabi was also requesting a job as it has been retained on a CBDC project within the UAE. The candidate could have experience as Head of Digital Banking, Head of Technology, EVP or SVP level.
As per the job description, the candidate will work within a specialist business unit focused on developing the the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) which will be responsible for analysing the opportunities and challenges presented by CBDC and developing the design of a CBDC. The candidate will be expected to offer input to and be the principal source of technological advice on other forms of digital assets (e.g., stablecoin). The monthly salary range is set anywhere between $30,000- $50,0000.
These job postings for blockchain, CBDC, and other crypto related opportunities are increasing in the region. Prior to this, there were requests for blockchain developers in UAE, for example at FuCoin, Swisstronic, Deriv, Storm2, as well as digital assets custody professional for Binance UAE.
A CoinJournal crypto job research published in November 2022 stated that the UAE has 137 crypto career listings or 14.51 jobs per one million people, which is the ninth highest globally, the research showed. There are more crypto-related jobs in the UAE than in other markets like Australia, Canada, France or Germany
The growth of the blockchain and crypto ecosystem in the region is pushing the growth of jobs in the field. We should see more of these postings in the future especially in KSA, Oman, and Qatar, as well as the UAE.
