TOKYO · JAPAN · LIVE MARKET DATA
Tokyo job market statistics
What employers are hiring for, what they pay, and which language skills they expect—calculated from Ranked's current job listings and refreshed daily.
Data last verified . 361 non-Tokyo listings excluded.
Trend tracking started . 14-day comparisons will appear automatically once enough snapshots are available.
The market, in one minute
A live read of employer demand—not a survey or self-reported salary database.
182 current jobs · 4% of the market
487 current jobs · 11% of the market
¥10.8M median · 25 salary ranges
Tokyo salary statistics
Annual base salary in millions of yen. Each job is represented by the midpoint of its published range.
Median salary by job category
| Job category | Live jobs | Median salary | Salary sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business & Corporate Roles | 2,003 | ¥8.0M | 724 ranges |
| Software & IT | 1,491 | ¥9.5M | 514 ranges |
| Creative & Media | 327 | ¥7.0M | 145 ranges |
| Engineering & Infrastructure (Physical) | 248 | ¥6.0M | 7 ranges |
| Customer Support & Service | 134 | ¥6.5M | 45 ranges |
| Education & Teaching | 32 | ¥7.1M | 6 ranges |
Most in-demand tech skills
Current postings that strongly request each technology. One job can—and usually does—appear under several skills.
Which skills are associated with higher salaries?
Skills ranked by median salary, with at least 8 complete published salary ranges. Association does not prove the skill caused the difference.
| Skill | Live jobs | Median salary | Salary sample | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraform | 37 | ¥10.8M | 25 ranges | +¥2.5M vs market |
| Ruby | 33 | ¥10.8M | 11 ranges | +¥2.5M vs market |
| PostgreSQL | 11 | ¥10.7M | 9 ranges | +¥2.5M vs market |
| Azure | 18 | ¥10.7M | 14 ranges | +¥2.4M vs market |
| Generative AI / LLM | 182 | ¥10.6M | 71 ranges | +¥2.4M vs market |
| Google Cloud | 60 | ¥10.5M | 37 ranges | +¥2.3M vs market |
| Docker | 28 | ¥10.5M | 15 ranges | +¥2.3M vs market |
| Kubernetes | 35 | ¥10.5M | 20 ranges | +¥2.2M vs market |
| Python | 131 | ¥10.3M | 54 ranges | +¥2.0M vs market |
| Machine learning | 156 | ¥10.0M | 42 ranges | +¥1.8M vs market |
Roles employers need now
Broad disciplines across software, business, creative and support hiring.
Language skills employers look for
Japanese levels are exclusive; English and other-language signals may overlap.
Japanese requirement
Other language signals
Original posting language
Salary, language and visa signals
How advertised salary differs alongside posting language and estimated visa support. These are unadjusted associations—not evidence that language ability or sponsorship caused the salary difference.
Only groups with at least 20 complete salary ranges are published. Coverage can differ sharply because many employers do not advertise pay, and the mix of occupations, seniority and employers differs between groups.
Original posting language
| Signal | Live jobs | Median salary | Published ranges | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese posting | 3,530 | ¥8.0M | 1,401 | 40% |
| English posting | 625 | ¥12.0M | 35 | 6% |
Posting language is observable, but it is not the same as a spoken-language requirement. English postings currently publish salary much less often, so their median may not represent the wider English-friendly market.
Estimated visa-support signal
| Signal | Live jobs | Median salary | Published ranges | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visa likely | 695 | ¥10.0M | 89 | 13% |
| Visa maybe | 2,172 | ¥8.2M | 930 | 43% |
| No visa signal | 1,370 | ¥8.0M | 422 | 31% |
Visa likely means the listing has a strong AI-extracted or corroborated sponsorship signal; Visa maybe is weaker evidence. Neither is an employer guarantee, and “No visa signal” does not mean sponsorship is unavailable.
Explicit Japanese requirement
| Signal | Live jobs | Median salary | Published ranges | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLPT N2 | 222 | ¥8.0M | 92 | 41% |
| JLPT N1 | 95 | ¥10.0M | 27 | 28% |
Hiring demand by category
Each live job is counted once under its primary Ranked category.
Methodology and limitations
How to read these numbers responsibly.
What is included?
4,237 live employer job pages explicitly located in Tokyo or a named Tokyo ward/neighborhood. Duplicate IDs and expired listings are removed; 361 Japan-wide or non-Tokyo listings are excluded.
How is demand measured?
A skill counts when the posting's structured vector is at least 70% confident. This includes explicit requests and strong deterministic implications such as React implying JavaScript.
How are salaries calculated?
Only valid ranges with both a minimum and maximum are used. We take each range midpoint, then calculate the median or mean across jobs. The complete-range coverage is 34%.
What does “now” mean?
The current snapshot refreshes after the job crawl. Daily aggregate snapshots are retained, and trend comparisons appear after 14 comparable days. Skill, language and visa-support fields are AI-assisted estimates; verify details on the employer's original posting.