{"id":452992,"date":"2022-07-19T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=452992"},"modified":"2022-07-19T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:14:47","slug":"software-developer-salaries-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/452992-software-developer-salaries-in-south-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Software developer salaries in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The demand for skills in South Africa’s Information Technology (IT) sector has grown significantly since pre-Covid levels, but the average salary in the industry has dropped slightly during the same period.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband spoke to CareerJunction managing director Paul Byrne regarding the demand for skills in the industry.<\/p>\n

“The IT sector \u2014 as at the end of 1Q22 \u2014 has grown to 113% of pre-Covid demand,” he said.<\/p>\n

“As a point of reference, demand \u2014 as at the end of 1Q21 \u2014 had fallen to 79% of where it had been pre-Covid (1Q20).”<\/p>\n

However, the demand for such skills has declined slightly over the past three months.<\/p>\n

“Although Information Technology continues to be the top-performing employment sector in South Africa, hiring activity in this area has declined by 3% in the last three months,” CareerJunction’s Employment Insights report for June 2022 reads.<\/p>\n

“This decline may be partly attributed to increased emigration as travel restrictions are relaxed as well as the growing trend of “digital nomads” in the IT space.”<\/p>\n

Bryne explained that despite the nominal decrease in demand, IT skills remain the most sought-after in South Africa’s job market.<\/p>\n

The most in-demand software developer skills, and their salary ranges, are summarised in the table below.<\/p>\n

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Most in-demand software development skills<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Role<\/strong><\/td>\nSalary range (monthly)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Java developer<\/strong><\/td>\nR44,015 – R64,802<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. C# developer<\/strong><\/td>\nR39,202 – R57,222<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. .Net developer<\/strong><\/td>\nR38,128 – R56,619<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Full stack developer<\/strong><\/td>\nR36,791 – R59,073<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

According to CareerJunction’s data, the progression of software development salaries from late 2020 to the end of the first quarter of 2022 shows a general decline.<\/p>\n

However, OfferZen’s State of the Developer Nation report for 2022<\/a><\/strong> tells a slightly different story.<\/p>\n

Its data showed that the average salaries of senior software developers have increased by 19% since 2019<\/a><\/strong>, while less-experienced developers saw their wages increase by 7.4% over the same period.<\/p>\n

More specifically, it showed that backend developers earn the highest salaries among senior and junior developers.<\/p>\n

OfferZen found that JavaScript remains the most used programming language, followed by C# and TypeScript, and that Go is climbing the ranks of the most desired programming languages.<\/p>\n

However, Python remains the most desired programming language among South African developers.<\/p>\n

According to OfferZen, software developers working in Cape Town are still the highest-earning compared to other South African cities.<\/p>\n

However, it specified that while this has been the trend for the past three years, the gap is closing.<\/p>\n

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The progression of software developer salaries as of the end of Q1:2022. Source: CareerJunction.<\/p><\/div>\n

Since the lifting of Covid-19 regulations, many companies still allow their employees to continue with a hybrid working approach, meaning they need robust cloud computing software to secure company and client data.<\/p>\n

According to OfferZen, Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominates in South Africa.<\/p>\n

AWS is used for 43.2% of cloud platforms in the country, followed by Microsoft Azure with 29.6% and Google Cloud Platform with 14.4%.<\/p>\n

OfferZen’s data also revealed that around 92% of South African developers work remotely, whether it be in a hybrid format or a complete work-from-home setup.<\/p>\n

More specifically, 51% of developers work in a remote-only setup, followed by 41% who split their time between the office and home.<\/p>\n

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