Software developer salaries in 2021

[rpm]

Software developer salaries in South Africa in 2021

Software development is the most in-demand skill in South Africa – here is how much local programmers get paid.

 

[zulucat]

Seems to be on the low side

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Seems to be on the low side

This is the same response every time MyBroadband does this article.

 

[Barbarian Conan]

This is the same response every time MyBroadband does this article.

as well as:
I should get a new job

 

[McGuywer]

I suppose this is before tax?

Sounds like a stupid question but I do not see any mention of it in the article.
Must be CTC then?

 

[cguy]

Not exactly compelling. Then again, not exactly accurate either.

 

[Dan C]

Guess if you are in the Eastern Cape you earn nothing

 

[Barbarian Conan]

I suppose this is before tax?

Sounds like a stupid question but I do not see any mention of it in the article.
Must be CTC then?

 

[Solitude]

Delving a bit deeper revealed that programming languages like Java, .Net, and C# are driving this demand.

This always gets me.

 

[Sabatius_the_Great]

Seems to be on the low side

If you don't mind me asking, how much do you normally see them get paid?

 

[DA-LION-619]

If you don't mind me asking, how much do you normally see them get paid?

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[WhiteRaven]

This is the general rule of thumb I use for Developer salaries - depending on the area and the companies budget, so the ranges can be quite wide.


0 – 2 Years experience R20 – 39 000 per month

3 – 5 years experience R30 000 – 59 000 per month

5 - 8 Years experience R59 000 – 80 000 per month

8 - 10+ years experience R80 - 110 000+ per month

At the end of the day it boils down to the companies budget and how much the Dev is willing to work for.

 

[nexxus]

Every time I see the CJI, I wonder if either it's completely nonsensical or I should thank my lucky stars I work where I do.

Seeing as this has spread over multiple jobs now, I'm veering towards the former. The only time the numbers actually made sense was when I worked for CJ.

 

[TedLasso]

Seems to be on the low side

They never asked half the guys in the 'what you earn thread' - would have changed the results significantly.

 

[zulucat]

If you don't mind me asking, how much do you normally see them get paid?

A lot of my developer friends take home upwards of 60 to 80k... That's take home per month working mainly at the big banks and insurance companies...

 

[cguy]

This is the general rule of thumb I use for Developer salaries - depending on the area and the companies budget, so the ranges can be quite wide.


0 – 2 Years experience R20 – 39 000 per month

3 – 5 years experience R30 000 – 59 000 per month

5 - 8 Years experience R59 000 – 80 000 per month

8 - 10+ years experience R80 - 110 000+ per month

At the end of the day it boils down to the companies budget and how much the Dev is willing to work for.

It’s a little disturbing that experience is the primary indicator and not the type of work being done. I expect that in SA developer jobs are becoming a lot more homogenized.

 

[nexxus]

It’s a little disturbing that experience is the primary indicator and not the type of work being done. I expect that in SA developer jobs are becoming a lot more homogenized.

Is that surprising though? The vast majority of junior to intermediate developer positions in SA are interchangeable. When I earned the CJI related salary, I was doing CJ job ad status work, which is bog standard web dev at a pretty unchallenging level at a fairly uninteresting company with no status or agency. The more challenge, risk or scale your job involves, the more you're likely to earn and the less likely it was that you applied to an ad on CJ.

 

[cguy]

Is that surprising though? The vast majority of junior to intermediate developer positions in SA are interchangeable. When I earned the CJI related salary, I was doing CJ job ad status work, which is bog standard web dev at a pretty unchallenging level at a fairly uninteresting company with no status or agency. The more challenge, risk or scale your job involves, the more you're likely to earn and the less likely it was that you applied to an ad on CJ.

I was referring to WhiteRaven‘s rule-of-thumb specifically. I believe she gets a wider range of both clients and applicants than the typical CJ job posting.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I suppose this is before tax?

Sounds like a stupid question but I do not see any mention of it in the article.
Must be CTC then?

No need to mention it.

Salaries are always gross and in CTC because otherwise it wouldn’t be a fair comparison.

 

[WhiteRaven]

It’s a little disturbing that experience is the primary indicator and not the type of work being done. I expect that in SA developer jobs are becoming a lot more homogenized.

I think this also plays into the wide range for the salaries, also the more intricate the work the higher up the "level scale" I have seen companies looking for intermediate candidates, paying senior developer salaries because they have to have certain industry skill sets.