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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nEarlier this month, Pnet released its Job Market Trends Report for January 2026, in which it highlighted average salary ranges for various jobs in South Africa, including 20 roles in the IT sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pnet said its salary guide is designed to keep employers and jobseekers informed about remuneration trends in a shifting labour market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Based on actual salary offerings from thousands of vacancies posted across our job sites, this guide delivers tangible, data-driven insights into current salary trends,” it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“While remuneration may vary by region, level of experience and specific skill sets, the insights provided offer a reliable indicator for understanding market-related salary expectations in 2026.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to its data, tech roles with the highest average salaries include systems analysts, solutions architects, C# developers, .NET developers, and IT managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Average salaries for systems analysts and solutions architects start at R41,667, and reach R50,000 and R52,500, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
C# developers and .NET developers earn similar average salaries in South Africa, ranging from R40,000 to R50,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the five highest-paying roles on average, the lower bound for IT managers is the lowest at R39,981. However, they have the highest earning potential, with an upper bound of R61,097.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Systems and network administrators and IT support technicians are at the lower end of the average salary scale in the tech sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People seeking employment in these roles should expect to be paid an average of R20,000 to R30,000 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below lists average salary ranges for 20 IT job roles in South Africa, based on Pnet’s 2026 Salary Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The salary ranges included represent national averages for each job role, derived from job advert data posted over the past 12 months,” Pnet said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CareerJunction has released its Employment Insights report for the fourth quarter of 2025, revealing promising signs for the tech sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":409842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,49317,16],"tags":[2366,1257,97613,3074,78806,35065],"class_list":["post-629805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-it-services","category-software","tag-careerjunction","tag-it-jobs","tag-pnet","tag-software-development","tag-solutions-architect","tag-tech-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629805"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629819,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629805\/revisions\/629819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Role<\/th> Average salary range<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Systems \/ Network Administrator<\/td> R20,000 to R30,000<\/td><\/tr> IT Support Technician<\/td> R20,000 to R30,000<\/td><\/tr> PHP Developer<\/td> R22,000 to R37,500<\/td><\/tr> Data Engineer<\/td> R27,500 to R40,000<\/td><\/tr> Test Analyst<\/td> R28,000 to R40,000<\/td><\/tr> Data Analyst<\/td> R30,000 to R35,000<\/td><\/tr> Business Intelligence Analyst<\/td> R30,000 to R38,958<\/td><\/tr> Full Stack Developer<\/td> R30,000 to R45,000<\/td><\/tr> IT Project Manager<\/td> R31,000 to R50,000<\/td><\/tr> Business Analyst<\/td> R34,000 to R46,250<\/td><\/tr> Java Developer<\/td> R36,250 to R50,000<\/td><\/tr> Data Scientist<\/td> R36,667 to R50,000<\/td><\/tr> Scrum Master<\/td> R36,667 to R44,167<\/td><\/tr> IT Manager<\/td> R39,981 to R61,097<\/td><\/tr> .Net Developer<\/td> R40,000 to R50,000<\/td><\/tr> C# Developer<\/td> R40,000 to R50,000<\/td><\/tr> Solutions Architect<\/td> R41,667 to R52,500<\/td><\/tr> Systems Analyst<\/td> R41,667 to R50,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"