Home to a host of startup hubs, angel investors and seasoned tech companies, Germany’s tech scene has grown considerably over the last few years to become one of the most prominent in Europe.

The way we do business is changing and more and more of the modern workforce is being made up of engineering talent, much to the delight of job-seeking programmers.

But what does that mean for tech salaries in Germany? How much can a developer earn in Germany in 2018?

2017 was a landmark year for women in the fight for gender equality, with the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements inspiring more women than ever before to speak up, but there’s still tremendous work to be done when it comes to the economic empowerment of women. Particularly in tech.

While Berlin is the capital of Germany, Munich is its economic heartland. The Bavarian capital has the highest purchasing power of any German city and many of large German companies are headquartered here, including global corporations such as Allianz, BMW, MAN, Munich Re, and Siemens.

But what does Munich have to offer software developers?

When you think of startups in Germany, the first thing that comes to mind is Berlin. What is often forgotten is Hamburg, the leafy, fiercely proud port city in Germany’s north west. A city with a vibrant history of trade and media is slowly and silently developing as a tech hub in its own right. More understated than Munich, a lot friendlier than Berlin, and with a strong regional character of its own, Hamburg has a lot to offer entrepreneurs.

Berlin is home to 19 of Germany’s largest startups. Combined those startups secured $3,272 million in funding from January to September 2015. Following Berlin, the most successful startup cities, in terms of funding, are the northerly port city of Hamburg ($852 million) and the southerly Bavarian capital of Munich ($427 million).

Did you know there are over 1800 active startup companies operating in Berlin? To discover more about them, we took a 10% sample sorted them by industry and mapped them by U-bahn station. The following post details our findings.

We researched 58 CTOs from Berlin’s biggest startups to reveal what it takes to be a CTO in this city. Combined our sample companies have raised more than $3.06 billion in funding and span 26 industries. The research reveals the nationalities, educational and work background, years of experience and skills of Berlin’s CTOs.