{"id":245275,"date":"2018-01-19T10:55:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T08:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=245275"},"modified":"2018-01-19T10:57:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T08:57:19","slug":"java-vs-python-south-african-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/245275-java-vs-python-south-african-salaries.html","title":{"rendered":"Java vs Python – South African salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Java and Python are two of the most popular programming languages<\/strong><\/a> in the world.<\/p>\n

Java consistently takes top spot in the rankings in terms of popularity, while Python is regularly in the top five.<\/p>\n

Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is popular for client-server web applications.<\/p>\n

Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, and was released in 1991.<\/p>\n

South African salaries<\/h3>\n

To see whether Java or Python is the better language to have on your CV, we looked at PayScale’s latest salary data for South Africa.<\/p>\n

PayScale\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

The site lists average salaries for jobs within certain industries, and also provides an average salary ranking for employees with certain “skills”. The skills ranking<\/strong><\/a> includes Java and Python.<\/p>\n

The table below lists the median salaries, as well as the salary ranges, of jobs where the employees have Java or Python as a primary skill.<\/p>\n

The salary figures are based on multiple employee profiles with varying years of experience. Positions with few data profiles were omitted from the table.<\/p>\n

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Java vs Python<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Position<\/strong><\/td>\nSkill<\/strong><\/td>\nMedian Salary<\/strong><\/td>\nSalary Range<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software Engineer \/ Developer \/ Programmer<\/strong><\/td>\nJava<\/td>\nR243,052<\/td>\nR101,000 – R429,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software Developer<\/strong><\/td>\nJava<\/td>\nR259,463<\/td>\nR117,000 – R531,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software Engineer \/ Developer \/ Programmer<\/strong><\/td>\nPython<\/td>\nR282,000<\/td>\nR121,000 – R596,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software Developer<\/strong><\/td>\nPython<\/td>\nR283,594<\/td>\nR144,000 – R525,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Java Developer<\/strong><\/td>\nJava<\/td>\nR303,240<\/td>\nR128,000 – R590,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software Engineer<\/strong><\/td>\nJava<\/td>\nR308,088<\/td>\nR183,000 – R530,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software Engineer<\/strong><\/td>\nPython<\/td>\nR325,738<\/td>\nR124,000 – R663,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data Scientist<\/strong><\/td>\nPython<\/td>\nR471,234<\/td>\nR278,000 – R795,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Software Engineer \/ Developer \/ Programmer<\/strong><\/td>\nJava<\/td>\nR562,450<\/td>\nR299,000 – R782,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Java Developer<\/strong><\/td>\nJava<\/td>\nR609,457<\/td>\nR371,000 – R876,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senior Software Engineer \/ Developer \/ Programmer<\/strong><\/td>\nPython<\/td>\nR620,619<\/td>\nR322,000 – R791,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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