OTHER IT CAREER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

816,350 ZAR

$44,621 USD

Johannesburg

945,898 ZAR

585,446 ZAR

$32,000 USD

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Average Salary / Other IT Career / South Africa

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Average salary for Other IT Career / South Africa is 816,350 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 585,446 ZAR. All data are based on 42 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 843,408 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 889,146 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 1,840,497 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 863,533 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 1,169,063 ZAR. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 1,125,154 ZAR.

Levels / Other IT Career / 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	4	100% 9.52%
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	3	90.48% 7.14%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	3	83.33% 7.14%
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	1	76.19% 2.38%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	9	73.81% 21.43%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	4	52.38% 9.52%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	2	42.86% 4.76%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	2	38.1% 4.76%
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	1	33.33% 2.38%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	3	30.95% 7.14%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	1	23.81% 2.38%
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	3	21.43% 7.14%
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	2	14.29% 4.76%
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	1	9.52% 2.38%
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	2	7.14% 4.76%
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	0	n/a
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	1	2.38% 2.38%
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	0	n/a
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 / Other IT Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	12	889,146 ZAR
2	Men	24	843,408 ZAR

Education / Other IT Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	1	1,840,497 ZAR
2	Bachelors Degree	19	863,533 ZAR
3	Some College	12	759,250 ZAR
4	High School	8	759,250 ZAR
5	Masters Degree	2	420,789 ZAR

Experience / Other IT Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	5	1,169,063 ZAR
2	20+ Years	5	1,125,154 ZAR
3	12-16 Years	9	1,079,416 ZAR
4	8-12 Years	4	856,215 ZAR
5	4-8 Years	10	638,502 ZAR
6	2-4 Years	5	411,642 ZAR
7	1-2 Years	2	334,802 ZAR
8	0-1 Year	2	281,746 ZAR

Age / Other IT Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	3	1,218,460 ZAR
2	36-40	6	1,161,745 ZAR
3	31-35	8	986,111 ZAR
4	41-45	7	982,452 ZAR
5	51-55	1	885,487 ZAR
6	n/a	6	559,833 ZAR
7	26-30	8	459,209 ZAR
8	21-25	3	331,143 ZAR

Work Type / Other IT Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Permanent	37	856,215 ZAR
2	Contract	5	523,242 ZAR

Cities / Other IT Career / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	eThekwini	1	1,324,572 ZAR
2	Ekurhuleni	1	1,046,485 ZAR
3	Johannesburg	19	945,861 ZAR
4	Cape Town	13	737,296 ZAR
5	Tshwane	7	594,594 ZAR
6	Emfuleni	1	204,906 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Service Desginer

Posted 12 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Service Design
Financial Modelling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	1,849,000 ZAR

Quality Assurance Engineer

Posted 01 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Test automation
selenium."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	266,300 ZAR

Bi Consultant

Posted 06 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reporting, data modelling, ETL."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	625,400 ZAR

Desktop Support Manager

Posted 25 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management of Desktop Engineers / Manage Service Desk / Manage Application Monitoring / Manage Procurement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	572,500 ZAR

It Support

Posted 27 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Support, CCTV support, Computer support, printer support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	323,800 ZAR

Data Scientist

Posted 30 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Junior data scientist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	608,300 ZAR

It Audit Manager

Posted 22 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT internal and external audit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	878,600 ZAR

Technical Test Analyst

Posted 24 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Performance and Automation Testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,161,400 ZAR

Solution Architect

Posted 15 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design end to end document for systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	324,400 ZAR

Senior Project Analyst

Posted 18 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data solutions, derived from functional requirements. Tailored into specification documents, data warehouse design, data consolidation and analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	352,000 ZAR

Retail Operational Design

Posted 15 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operational Design and Business Process Improvement of Retail."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	567,700 ZAR

Business Analyst

Posted 06 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data analysis, SQL."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	259,500 ZAR

Senior Legal Advisor

Posted 29 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage staff, report to executive, handle more senior matters."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,216,600 ZAR

Partner Enablement Manager

Posted 28 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Certification and training management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,303,400 ZAR

Indirect Sales Manger

Posted 05 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Development
On boarding of Resellers
Pipeline 
Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	1,073,300 ZAR

Sales Specialist

Posted 04 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hewlett Packard Enterprise Sales Specialist -."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	1,840,000 ZAR

Senior Business/system Analyst

Posted 23 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I work with the users to elicit there requirements as well as design the underlying system that is required."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	1,380,000 ZAR

Gaming Systems Analyst

Posted 30 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supporting of all gaming systems software across multiple properties."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	20+ Years	n/a	994,500 ZAR

Application Administrator

Posted 05 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Application Support and training."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	687,800 ZAR

Service Manager

Posted 21 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consulting, Advice, Planning, Administration, Maintenance, SUpport."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	687,800 ZAR

Qa Manager

Posted 05 August 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage QA team testing web and mobile applications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	884,800 ZAR

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