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Original research on GCC and Egypt tech talent

Original research on GCC and Egypt tech talent, built from our own quotation, placement and vetting data. Each report shows 5 key findings free; the full PDF follows a short form.

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Remote Pro Ai publishes original research on tech talent in the GCC and Egypt, built from its own quotation, placement and vetting data. Each report shows 5 key findings free on its landing page, and the full PDF with data tables is available after a short form.

Our own data, our own method, published with its limits.

Featured report
GCC & Egypt Tech Talent Salary & Rate Guide 2026

Salaries, employer on-costs and monthly rates for 13 Mid, Senior and Lead roles in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt.

All reports

  • GCC & Egypt Tech Talent Salary & Rate Guide 2026

    Salaries and monthly rates for 13 roles in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. Available now. Key findings

  • Saudi Cybersecurity Workforce 2026

    Demand for security roles, and how NCA ECC-2:2024 and Saudization shape hiring. In preparation.

  • AI Engineering in the Gulf 2026

    LLM and MLOps roles, production maturity and ISO/IEC 42001 governance. In preparation.

Publication
Saudi Cybersecurity Workforce 2026 in January 2027 and AI Engineering in the Gulf 2026 in March 2027, both built from the same anonymised specialist and quotation records.

A report appears here only when its dataset is ready. We do not publish reports built on other people’s numbers.

3 findings from the 2026 guide

  • Senior LLM engineers earn 27% more than Senior backend engineers in Saudi Arabia.
  • Hiring a Senior engineer directly in Saudi Arabia takes an estimated median of 58 days, against 4 working days to deploy a Remote Pro Ai team.
  • A Senior engineer delivered from Cairo costs about half as much as the same role hired directly in Riyadh, fully loaded.
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Source: Remote Pro Ai, GCC & Egypt Tech Talent Salary & Rate Guide 2026.

How we build our reports

  • Our own data first

    Quotations, placements and vetting records, anonymised before analysis.

  • Ranges and medians, not averages

    We publish indicative ranges or medians, which resist the outliers that distort small markets.

  • Minimum sample

    Every published range rests on at least 10 underlying records; thinner cells show “—“.

  • Clear levels

    Mid (4–⁠6 years), Senior (6–⁠9) and Lead (9+), as in our Talent Blueprint.

  • Stated limits

    Every report lists what its data cannot tell you.

For journalists

Quote any key finding with the attribution “Source: Remote Pro Ai, [report title]”. Charts are available as PNG files on request, and our research team can brief you on the method. Coverage of our reports will be listed here. Visit the press room for the media kit.

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Updated: October 2026

Frequently asked questions

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Mainly from our own operations: quotations, placements and vetting records, anonymised before analysis. We add public salary data only where stated as such, and every report includes a methodology section with sources, period, sample sizes and the limits of the data.

Yes. Key findings sit on each open landing page so anyone can read and cite them. The full PDF with data tables is free after a short form with your work email. We use your details to send the report and, only if you opt in, future research.

The GCC & Egypt Tech Talent Salary & Rate Guide is published once a year with the same method, so years can be compared. The 2026 edition covers 13 roles at Mid, Senior and Lead level. If a market moves sharply mid-year, we publish a dated update note rather than silently changing figures.

Yes. Cite “Remote Pro Ai” and the report title, and link to the report page where possible. Figures may be quoted in articles, board papers and RFP justifications. If you plan to republish whole tables, ask the research team first through the press office.

We publish a report only when its own dataset meets our minimum sample size. Reports in preparation are announced so subscribers know what is coming, but they have no landing page until the data is ready and checked. Subscribe to hear when each one launches.

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