SOFTWARE ENGINEER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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April 2024
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

919,333 ZAR

$50,250 USD

Johannesburg

1,034,703 ZAR

402,494 ZAR

$22,000 USD

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Average Salary / Software Engineer / South Africa

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Average salary for Software Engineer / South Africa is 919,333 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 402,494 ZAR. All data are based on 21 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 918,419 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 307,359 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Some College with salary of 1,099,541 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 1,009,895 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 1,701,453 ZAR. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 1,159,915 ZAR.

Levels / Software Engineer / 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	1	100% 4.76%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	3	95.24% 14.29%
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	2	80.95% 9.52%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	2	71.43% 9.52%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	3	61.9% 14.29%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	1	47.62% 4.76%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	0	n/a
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	1	42.86% 4.76%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	2	38.1% 9.52%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	0	n/a
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	0	n/a
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	1	28.57% 4.76%
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	0	n/a
1,463,600 ZAR - 1,555,099 ZAR	1	23.81% 4.76%
1,555,100 ZAR - 1,646,499 ZAR	1	19.05% 4.76%
1,646,600 ZAR - 1,737,999 ZAR	2	14.29% 9.52%
1,738,000 ZAR - 1,829,499 ZAR	1	4.76% 4.76%
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	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	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	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 / Software Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	17	918,419 ZAR
2	Women	1	307,359 ZAR

Education / Software Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Some College	4	1,099,541 ZAR
2	Bachelors Degree	11	1,009,895 ZAR
3	Masters Degree	4	720,830 ZAR
4	High School	2	457,380 ZAR

Experience / Software Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	2	1,701,453 ZAR
2	12-16 Years	3	1,159,915 ZAR
3	4-8 Years	4	960,498 ZAR
4	2-4 Years	3	821,454 ZAR
5	8-12 Years	4	766,568 ZAR
6	0-1 Year	5	611,059 ZAR

Age / Software Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	51-55	1	1,714,260 ZAR
2	41-45	1	1,686,817 ZAR
3	n/a	3	1,125,154 ZAR
4	26-30	6	1,051,974 ZAR
5	36-40	5	660,456 ZAR
6	31-35	2	600,082 ZAR
7	21-25	3	570,810 ZAR

Work Type / Software Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Contract	2	1,017,213 ZAR
2	Permanent	19	909,271 ZAR

Cities / Software Engineer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Johannesburg	12	1,035,508 ZAR
2	Cape Town	8	806,818 ZAR
3	eThekwini	1	429,937 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Software Engineer

Posted 23 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Back end network automation engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	489,100 ZAR

Sr. Application Engineer

Posted 29 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"•	Application design of products. 
•	Research and develop ideas for new products
•	Improve performance, efficiency and aesthetics of present systems
•	Customer support with integration and design for manufacturing
•	Customer support with product release
•	Embedded microcontroller code development
•	Design of Evaluation kits, including hardware, firmware, software and documentation
•	Development of marketing and other collateral material."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	794,700 ZAR

Full Stack Engeneer

Posted 29 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"If you need any software I make it."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	645,900 ZAR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 19 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"I design, write and maintain software for mobile and desktop systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	1,765,500 ZAR

Manager

Posted 01 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manager product development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	441,500 ZAR

Test Analyst

Posted 06 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I test the functionality on the front-end of an application."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	4-8 Years	n/a	308,200 ZAR

Data Scientist

Posted 21 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Scientist doing data science."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	0-1 Year	n/a	608,300 ZAR

Software Engineer/programmer

Posted 12 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Making and repair softwares, programming and rectify and give solutions to systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	405,500 ZAR

Telecommunication Software Engineer

Posted 26 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java development of telecommunication solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	973,300 ZAR

Technical

Posted 09 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technical Software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	1,686,700 ZAR