LEAD DEVELOPER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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May 2024
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

1,286,061 ZAR

$70,295 USD

Johannesburg

1,512,409 ZAR

1,317,254 ZAR

$72,000 USD

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Average Salary / Lead Developer / South Africa

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Average salary for Lead Developer / South Africa is 1,286,061 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 1,317,254 ZAR. All data are based on 16 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 1,311,765 ZAR. Women receive a salary of n/a.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 1,836,838 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Some College with salary of 1,258,709 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 2,162,492 ZAR. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive 1,505,694 ZAR.

Levels / Lead Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Salary Levels (ZAR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
54,900 ZAR - 91,499 ZAR	0	n/a
91,500 ZAR - 182,899 ZAR	0	n/a
183,000 ZAR - 274,399 ZAR	0	n/a
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	0	n/a
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	0	n/a
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	0	n/a
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	0	n/a
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	0	n/a
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	2	100% 12.5%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	2	87.5% 12.5%
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	2	75% 12.5%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	1	62.5% 6.25%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	2	56.25% 12.5%
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	1	43.75% 6.25%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	3	37.5% 18.75%
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	1	18.75% 6.25%
1,463,600 ZAR - 1,555,099 ZAR	0	n/a
1,555,100 ZAR - 1,646,499 ZAR	0	n/a
1,646,600 ZAR - 1,737,999 ZAR	0	n/a
1,738,000 ZAR - 1,829,499 ZAR	0	n/a
1,829,500 ZAR - 1,920,999 ZAR	0	n/a
1,921,000 ZAR - 2,012,499 ZAR	0	n/a
2,012,500 ZAR - 2,103,899 ZAR	0	n/a
2,103,900 ZAR - 2,195,399 ZAR	1	12.5% 6.25%
2,195,400 ZAR - 2,286,899 ZAR	0	n/a
2,286,900 ZAR - 2,378,399 ZAR	0	n/a
2,378,400 ZAR - 2,469,799 ZAR	0	n/a
2,469,900 ZAR - 2,561,299 ZAR	0	n/a
2,561,300 ZAR - 2,652,799 ZAR	0	n/a
2,652,800 ZAR - 2,744,299 ZAR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
2,744,300 ZAR - 2,927,199 ZAR	0	n/a
2,927,200 ZAR - 3,110,199 ZAR	1	6.25% 6.25%
3,110,200 ZAR - 3,293,099 ZAR	0	n/a
3,293,100 ZAR - 3,476,099 ZAR	0	n/a
3,476,100 ZAR - 3,658,999 ZAR	0	n/a
3,659,000 ZAR - 3,841,999 ZAR	0	n/a
3,842,000 ZAR - 4,024,899 ZAR	0	n/a
4,024,900 ZAR - 4,207,899 ZAR	0	n/a
4,207,900 ZAR - 4,390,799 ZAR	0	n/a
4,390,800 ZAR - 4,573,799 ZAR	0	n/a
4,573,800 ZAR - 6,403,299 ZAR	0	n/a

Gender / Lead Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	15	1,311,765 ZAR

Education / Lead Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	3	1,836,838 ZAR
2	Some College	4	1,258,709 ZAR
3	Bachelors Degree	9	1,114,177 ZAR

Experience / Lead Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	1	2,162,492 ZAR
2	8-12 Years	5	1,505,694 ZAR
3	2-4 Years	1	1,180,040 ZAR
4	12-16 Years	5	1,132,472 ZAR
5	20+ Years	1	1,103,200 ZAR
6	4-8 Years	3	980,622 ZAR

Age / Lead Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	36-40	7	1,580,705 ZAR
2	31-35	4	1,117,836 ZAR
3	51-55	1	1,103,200 ZAR
4	26-30	3	1,011,724 ZAR
5	n/a	1	905,612 ZAR

Work Type / Lead Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	2	1,633,761 ZAR
2	Permanent	12	1,275,175 ZAR
3	Contract	2	1,002,576 ZAR

Cities / Lead Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Johannesburg	9	1,513,013 ZAR
2	Cape Town	4	1,083,075 ZAR
3	eThekwini	1	914,760 ZAR
4	Tshwane	2	858,044 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Developer

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	1,179,300 ZAR

Qa Tech Lead

Posted 04 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming, leadership, robotic automation, c#."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,355,900 ZAR

Lead Technical

Posted 27 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Team lead of development staff. System design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	1,351,800 ZAR

Lead Developer

Posted 25 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead, plan, develop."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	1,351,800 ZAR

Senior Back-end Developer And Team Lead

Posted 22 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Write computer software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	811,100 ZAR

Senior Integration Specialist

Posted 07 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Delivery of high quality solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	2,162,800 ZAR

Python Developer

Posted 25 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop Python Web Applications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	811,100 ZAR

Senior Developer

Posted 18 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cards domain, mainframe."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	920,000 ZAR

Self Employed

Posted 06 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create systems to improve process visibility."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	1,104,000 ZAR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 27 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Architecture and implementation of software solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	1,226,700 ZAR

Chief Technology Officer

Posted 27 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Overall Tech leadership from software architecture to hardware design and engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	3,066,700 ZAR

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