{"id":434712,"date":"2022-02-22T13:01:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=434712"},"modified":"2022-02-22T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:04:41","slug":"why-junior-software-developer-salaries-are-decreasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/434712-why-junior-software-developer-salaries-are-decreasing.html","title":{"rendered":"Why junior software developer salaries are decreasing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google released<\/a><\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the average annual income for junior developers dropped from $13,000 (R197,000) in 2020 to $11,800 (R179,000) in 2021 \u2014 a decrease of around 9%.<\/p>\n

Google attributed the decline to an “oversupply of junior developers and perceived lower competence levels”.<\/p>\n

Google’s Africa Developer Ecosystem Report analyses software developer populations, salaries, and demographics in 16 African countries.<\/p>\n

In addition to the changes in pay trends, the report also revealed that the developer population in South Africa had grown almost 2% in 2021 \u2014 from 119,000 in 2020 to 121,000 in 2021.<\/p>\n

Over the same period, the whole continent saw its developer population grow 3.8%, from 690,000 to 716,000.<\/p>\n

Google’s report also showed that local and international organisations’ demand for African developers had increased.<\/p>\n

It attributed this to the emergence of more African tech startups and the transition to remote working caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The continent’s tech startups raised $4.3 billion (R65 billion) in 2021 \u2014 2.5 times more than 2020.<\/p>\n

Google’s results corroborate OfferZen’s recently released State of the Software Developer Nation report<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It showed that the average salary for developers with four years of experience or less had decreased in South Africa.<\/p>\n

According to OfferZen, software developers with under two years of experience earned an average of R20,000 per month in 2022, down from around R21,000 in 2021.<\/p>\n

Those with two to four years of experience saw their salaries remain stagnant.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, senior developers saw a significant increase in average salaries. According to the report, senior developers earned an average of R83,000 a month in 2022, up 11% from R75,000 in 2021.<\/p>\n

OfferZen also noted that inexperienced backend developers earned 27% more\u00a0than their peers on the front end.<\/p>\n

The gap for developers with more than ten years of experience is wider. Senior backend developers earn 33% more than their frontend counterparts on average.<\/p>\n

Sectors that pay developers the most are the financial and cloud technology industries, followed by data and analytics, ecommerce, and consulting.<\/p>\n

Developers working in ecommerce or telecommunications have seen the most significant year-on-year salary growth, at an average of 9%.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Average take-home pay in South Africa before and after lockdown<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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