PayScale has updated its salary data for South Africa for 2018, with details on what IT positions pay in the country.
PayScale hosts a database of job salaries based on data profiles of positions in the market.
Job descriptions, job satisfaction, job demographics, common job skills, and information on university degrees is also available on the site.
This is in addition to how pay varies over time and between geographic locations.
“PayScale’s salary data is based on reported information by over 270,000 South African employees with up to nine years working experience, updated as of January 2018,” stated the website.
IT jobs
The table below details the median salaries of popular positions in the ICT field, based on PayScale’s information.
The salary ranges of the positions has also been included to provide a picture of potential earnings.
| SA IT Jobs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Position | Median Salary | Salary Range |
| PC / Network Support Technician | R115,782 | R54,563 – R236,114 |
| Desktop Support Technician | R122,403 | R65,954 – R238,317 |
| Web Developer | R168,348 | R71,083 – R349,620 |
| IT Support Specialist | R176,865 | R84,354 – R406,799 |
| Database Administrator (DBA) | R176,920 | R72,397 – R440,038 |
| Network Administrator | R197,427 | R96,596 – R366,571 |
| Systems Administrator | R206,688 | R100,791 – R376,809 |
| IT Consultant | R234,008 | R101,401 – R616,719 |
| Network Engineer | R239,640 | R111,668 – R503,268 |
| PHP Developer | R240,291 | R118,719 – R442,645 |
| C# Developer | R244,881 | R119,358 – R506,168 |
| .NET Software Developer | R264,900 | R116,141 – R534,007 |
| Software Developer | R268,339 | R120,133 – R505,009 |
| Systems Engineer | R268,773 | R145,276 – R490,326 |
| Java Developer | R303,882 | R135,592 – R582,045 |
| Software Engineer | R327,395 | R175,706 – R594,224 |
| SAP Consultant | R342,443 | R147,114 – R768,867 |
| Business Analyst, IT | R349,973 | R193,903 – R597,330 |
| IT Manager | R415,491 | R176,806 – R764,454 |
| Project Manager, IT | R418,131 | R183,820 – R754,970 |
| Senior Systems Engineer | R423,680 | R232,916 – R889,718 |
| Senior Software Engineer | R512,787 | R311,321 – R784,916 |
| Senior Project Manager, IT | R720,061 | R460,630 – R1,000,704 |
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