Salary by category
Business & corporate ¥8.3M 1,268 ranges
Software & IT ¥9.3M 1,111 ranges
Creative & Media ¥8.0M 245 ranges
Engineering & infrastructure ¥8.0M 200 ranges
Customer support ¥6.7M 67 ranges
Other ¥6.0M 9 ranges
Live jobs analyzed5,953across 223 employers
Median advertised salary¥8.5M2,903 complete salary ranges
Salary transparency52%3,090 jobs publish pay
Job market statistics
Most requested technologyAWS
704 current jobs · 12% of the market
Largest role familySales
913 current jobs · 15% of the market
Highest-paying measured skillKotlin
¥10.0M median · 60 salary ranges
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What is changing?
Live job volume−5.7%5,953 jobs now
Median salary+¥0.3M¥8.5M now
Salary transparency+16.2 pp52% now
English-friendly share−2.6 pp15% now
Skills gaining market share
Job market details
Skills in demand
Hiring by role
Language access
English-friendly15%886 jobs
State a Japanese level9%an explicit N1–N5 requirement
Posted in English14%807 postings
Method and caveats
A live read of employer demand—not a survey or self-reported salary database.
14-day movement compared with September 4, 2026. Historical comparisons use the same Tokyo scope and methodology.
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Methodology and limitations
How to read these numbers responsibly.
What is included?
5,953 live employer job pages explicitly located in Tokyo or a named Tokyo ward/neighborhood. Duplicate IDs and expired listings are removed; 2,017 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 49%.
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.