Here's how much developers in South Africa earn in 2026
Developers in South Africa are, on average, earning more each month in 2026 than in 2024 and 2025, with monthly average salaries for some roles exceeding R125,000.
While more seasoned developers and managers are earning more, the job...
South Africa bleeding IT skills
Emigration consultant Nicholas Avramis has said that IT professionals make up a quarter of all people who contact his agency for assistance emigrating.
Avramis, a regulated Canadian immigration consultant (RCIC) at Beaver Immigration, told MyBroadband that pay...
https://www.offerzen.com/reports/software-developer-south-africa
Always a good read. A few random takeaways:
Remote work is becoming less common, but many developers still prefer it.
Over the past 12 months, 17% of developers lost their fully remote status. This is despite over half of...
Software developer salaries in South Africa
The demand for skills in South Africa's Information Technology sector has grown significantly since pre-Covid levels, but the average salary in the industry has dropped slightly during the same period.
MyBroadband spoke to CareerJunction managing...
Why junior software developer salaries are decreasing
Google released its Africa Developer Ecosystem Report for 2021, and it revealed that while the average salary for software developers increased, junior developers saw their pay drop.
According to the report, the average annual income for...
Using technology to fight the coronavirus
The South African Presidency has approached OfferZen to help organise South Africa's tech community to contribute in the fight against COVID-19.
This comes after University of Pretoria professor Willem Fourie contacted OfferZen co-founder Malan Joubert...
Investec and OfferZen launch programmable bank accounts
Investec and OfferZen are launching programmable bank accounts for software developers, which will form part of a beta programme.
The beta launch follows OfferZen previously touting the idea of a programmable bank account called in Root...
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Software developer salaries in Johannesburg and Cape Town
OfferZen's 2019 salary analysis for software developers in South Africa reveals that developers in Cape Town are generally better paid than those in Johannesburg.
The report is based off a larger data set than the 2018 analysis and uses...
Why a recruitment platform is launching a programmable credit card
OfferZen has partnered with Standard Bank to launch Root, a lightweight bank account which comes with a programmable credit card, online banking interface, mobile app, and APIs.