IT salaries in South Africa in 2015
MyBroadband conducted an IT jobs survey in September 2015, which provided insight into the average salaries of South African IT professionals.
The IT jobs survey was completed by 2,219 IT and telecommunications professionals across the country.
The survey results revealed that business analysts, project managers, system analysts, and programmers earn the highest average salaries in the local IT space.
The table below provides an overview of the average basic monthly salary (before tax and other deductions) of IT professionals in SA.
It should be noted that these figures do not include annual bonuses or other benefits which do not form part of an employee’s basic monthly salary.
| Average IT salaries in South Africa | ||||||
| Job function | 20 to 25 | 26 to 30 | 31 to 35 | 36 to 40 | 41 to 50 | 51 to 60 |
| Technical sales | R10,756 | R18,359 | R37,679 | R39,444 | R50,292 | – |
| Helpdesk tech support | R10,932 | R14,799 | R17,779 | R18,452 | R18,842 | – |
| Education | R12,163 | R22,907 | R31,783 | R34,907 | R29,500 | R28,300 |
| Internet, ecommerce, website management | R12,992 | R20,137 | R31,405 | R38,783 | R37,929 | – |
| Designer | R13,332 | R22,791 | R27,900 | R32,039 | R27,868 | – |
| IT technician | R13,544 | R16,850 | R20,419 | R23,751 | R24,308 | R29,962 |
| Communications, writer, media | R14,643 | R20,403 | R20,822 | R30,000 | R31,000 | R33,375 |
| Systems administration | R15,332 | R22,162 | R33,906 | R31,492 | R44,243 | R46,927 |
| Network engineer or other networking | R15,950 | R21,565 | R32,213 | R28,070 | R45,649 | R38,902 |
| Database design and administration | R16,338 | R31,397 | R42,080 | R47,122 | R49,998 | R54,917 |
| Software tester | R17,693 | R27,461 | R35,721 | R39,158 | R45,270 | R58,188 |
| Mobile app developer | R20,144 | R33,465 | R41,092 | R41,167 | R62,500 | R40,694 |
| Security expert or specialist | R20,953 | R33,098 | R33,522 | R43,833 | R52,333 | R60,000 |
| Web developer | R20,978 | R31,038 | R39,901 | R41,544 | R46,355 | R41,271 |
| Systems analyst | R21,758 | R34,261 | R44,507 | R52,630 | R58,991 | R66,350 |
| Programming and software development | R22,208 | R37,543 | R45,519 | R53,488 | R53,498 | R50,256 |
| Business analyst | R23,058 | R38,085 | R47,554 | R53,864 | R58,547 | R51,550 |
| Middle management | R23,500 | R33,138 | R40,661 | R47,224 | R60,273 | R59,652 |
| Project management | R25,064 | R34,974 | R41,026 | R41,196 | R52,435 | R49,429 |
| Executive or Top Management | – | R52,699 | R65,928 | R74,571 | R78,384 | R93,750 |
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