Earn more in Wellington.
The 2026 income operating system for Wellington professionals: live salary benchmarks across 20 roles, side hustles matched to your skills, a free ATS check on your CV, and a private Monday brief that wraps it all into one weekly editorial.
Wellington market: Wellington is New Zealand's government and creative-tech capital, with a strong cluster of public-sector consultancies, Weta-adjacent VFX engineering, and fintech scale-ups. Salaries match or slightly trail Auckland; the contract market is meaningfully thinner outside government work.
Wellington salaries · live medians
20 role salary benchmarks for Wellington
Each report combines a live Adzuna pull with our calibrated percentile band. Tap any role to see the 25/50/75 split, market context and side-income opportunity tailored to Wellington.
Software Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$151,000
Senior Software Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$199,500
Staff Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$294,000
Frontend Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$143,000
Backend Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$157,500
Full-stack Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$151,000
DevOps Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$178,500
ML Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$210,000
Data Analyst
Median benchmark: NZ$115,500
Senior Data Analyst
Median benchmark: NZ$157,500
Data Scientist
Median benchmark: NZ$164,000
Data Engineer
Median benchmark: NZ$178,500
Product Manager
Median benchmark: NZ$164,000
Senior Product Manager
Median benchmark: NZ$231,000
Product Designer
Median benchmark: NZ$143,000
Marketing Manager
Median benchmark: NZ$126,000
Sales Manager
Median benchmark: NZ$147,000
Customer Success Manager
Median benchmark: NZ$115,500
Financial Analyst
Median benchmark: NZ$126,000
Credit Risk Analyst
Median benchmark: NZ$136,500
Side hustles · Wellington
Earn extra income from Wellington this month
Most of these can be done remotely from Wellington alongside a full-time job. We rank skills by realistic hourly rate and the depth of the contract market in 2026.
React side hustles
£55-£110/hr · Adzuna · Toptal
Next.js side hustles
£60-£120/hr · Adzuna · Vercel community
TypeScript side hustles
£60-£110/hr · Adzuna · YunoJuno
Python side hustles
£50-£100/hr · Adzuna · Toptal
AI / LLM engineering side hustles
£80-£200/hr · Adzuna · Toptal
DevOps / SRE side hustles
£70-£140/hr · Adzuna · YunoJuno
Product design side hustles
£45-£95/hr · Adzuna · Dribbble Pro
UX research side hustles
£55-£120/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Technical writing side hustles
£35-£85/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Data analysis side hustles
£50-£95/hr · Adzuna · YunoJuno
Data engineering side hustles
£70-£130/hr · Adzuna · YunoJuno
Product management side hustles
£65-£130/hr · Adzuna · Contra
SEO side hustles
£40-£110/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Growth marketing side hustles
£60-£130/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Paid media side hustles
£55-£120/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Copywriting side hustles
£40-£120/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Video editing side hustles
£30-£100/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Translation / Localisation side hustles
£30-£90/hr · Adzuna · ProZ
Bookkeeping side hustles
£28-£65/hr · Adzuna · PeoplePerHour
Social media management side hustles
£25-£75/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Webflow side hustles
£45-£110/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Email marketing side hustles
£40-£95/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Virtual assistant side hustles
£18-£45/hr · Adzuna · Belay
Illustration side hustles
£35-£95/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Motion design side hustles
£40-£110/hr · Adzuna · Contra
Customer support (remote) side hustles
£20-£55/hr · Adzuna · Support Driven
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