IT MANAGER / SALARY
CAPE TOWN

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

1,015,529 ZAR

$55,508 USD

Johannesburg

1,338,440 ZAR

1,042,826 ZAR

$57,000 USD

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Average Salary / IT Manager / Cape Town

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Average salary for IT Manager / Cape Town is 1,015,529 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 1,042,826 ZAR. All data are based on 26 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 1,068,439 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 541,537 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Bachelors Degree with salary of 1,150,768 ZAR. The second most paid education level is High School with salary of 958,668 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 1,262,368 ZAR. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 1,159,915 ZAR.

Levels / IT Manager / Cape Town (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	2	100% 7.69%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	1	92.31% 3.85%
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	2	88.46% 7.69%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	3	80.77% 11.54%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	1	69.23% 3.85%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	2	65.38% 7.69%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	2	57.69% 7.69%
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	1	50% 3.85%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	4	46.15% 15.38%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	0	n/a
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	1	30.77% 3.85%
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	2	26.92% 7.69%
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	0	n/a
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	2	19.23% 7.69%
1,738,000 ZAR - 1,829,499 ZAR	1	11.54% 3.85%
1,829,500 ZAR - 1,920,999 ZAR	1	7.69% 3.85%
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	1	3.85% 3.85%
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 / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	22	1,068,439 ZAR
2	Women	2	541,537 ZAR

Education / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Bachelors Degree	11	1,150,768 ZAR
2	High School	4	958,668 ZAR
3	Some College	10	940,373 ZAR
4	Masters Degree	1	495,799 ZAR

Experience / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	4	1,262,368 ZAR
2	12-16 Years	9	1,159,915 ZAR
3	4-8 Years	1	1,011,724 ZAR
4	16-20 Years	5	987,940 ZAR
5	8-12 Years	5	768,398 ZAR
6	2-4 Years	2	563,492 ZAR

Age / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	5	1,388,605 ZAR
2	36-40	5	1,075,757 ZAR
3	41-45	6	993,429 ZAR
4	31-35	6	914,760 ZAR
5	n/a	2	912,930 ZAR
6	56-60	1	495,799 ZAR
7	26-30	1	307,359 ZAR

Work Type / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Contract	2	1,917,336 ZAR
2	Self Employed	1	1,073,928 ZAR
3	Permanent	23	934,884 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

It Manager

Posted 04 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Network Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	1,010,900 ZAR

Software Development Manager

Posted 02 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development life cycle, business analysis, quality assurance, testing, software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	1,267,300 ZAR

Tech Support Lead

Posted 06 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"I know how to train, and manage a user support team, provide tech support to other employees, manage IT inventory and setup tech assets for new employees. I specialize in training and discovering uses for tech systems to enable educators to bring their courses online."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	325,400 ZAR

National Manager

Posted 06 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Staff management, project planning, project scoping, budgeting, solution designing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	637,700 ZAR

It Manager

Posted 09 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT management for 15 years."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	1,042,400 ZAR

It Operations Manager

Posted 27 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Run IT department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	1,351,800 ZAR

Team Manager

Posted 12 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Responsible for Wintel/Citrix/VMware and Messaging service delivered to our customers by 20 resources."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	878,600 ZAR

Project Manager

Posted 21 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I coordinate internal IT projects, as well as new client & new supplier integration projects from contract signature to go-live delivery. The core elements are about organising people and time resources, and seeing the project through from inception to completion. 

Key responsibilities include: 
•	Guide and perform analysis of projects including defining project requirements and scope, as well as impact analysis relating to existing areas of business and ensuring technical feasibility. 

•	Develop detailed project plan documentation including goals, budgets, and identify resources needed. 

•	Assemble and coordinate project team members, including the assignment of individual responsibilities. 

•	Ability to manage and communicate with internal and external resources on a global level understanding impact of cultural, as well as time zone differences. 

•	Ensure all project stakeholders are kept updated at all times and that all projects are delivered on-time and within scope. 

•	Continuously monitor and track project progress and manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques and regularly report back on project progress to management. 

•	Successfully establish, manage and maintain the relationship with the client and all project stakeholders. See less."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	308,200 ZAR

It Manager

Posted 20 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sopport, installation an managing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	383,300 ZAR

Infrastructure Manager

Posted 20 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Budget management, risk management, people management, IT operations management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	775,900 ZAR

It Manager

Posted 30 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage all IT hardware & software requirements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	12-16 Years	n/a	552,000 ZAR

Software Development Manager

Posted 16 August 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"I am responsible for the management of a team consisting of ten development and two QA resources that estimate and carry out the development, testing, documentation and delivery of software applications. I ensure that development work is planned and monitored and results are delivered to time, budget and quality targets. I am also responsible for the selection and planning of projects and related activities to achieve a set of business objectives. About 75% of my time is still dedicated to programming and technical development work as well as report generation and data analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	1,294,700 ZAR

IT MANAGER / SALARY CAPE TOWN

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1,015,529 ZAR

1,338,440 ZAR

1,042,826 ZAR

Average Salary / IT Manager / Cape Town

Levels / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

Gender / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

Education / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

Experience / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

Age / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

Work Type / IT Manager / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

IT MANAGER / SALARY
CAPE TOWN