SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

68

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744,102 ZAR

$40,672 USD

Johannesburg

811,264 ZAR

493,970 ZAR

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Software Developer / South Africa

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Average salary for Software Developer / South Africa is 744,102 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 493,970 ZAR. All data are based on 68 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 673,263 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 955,009 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Bachelors Degree with salary of 797,670 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Some College with salary of 770,227 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 1,284,323 ZAR. Employees with 8-12 Years of experience receive 1,141,620 ZAR.

Levels / Software 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	1	100% 1.47%
183,000 ZAR - 274,399 ZAR	4	98.53% 5.88%
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	7	92.65% 10.29%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	8	82.35% 11.76%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	9	70.59% 13.24%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	7	57.35% 10.29%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	4	47.06% 5.88%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	7	41.18% 10.29%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	2	30.88% 2.94%
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	1	27.94% 1.47%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	6	26.47% 8.82%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	1	17.65% 1.47%
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	2	16.18% 2.94%
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	2	13.24% 2.94%
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	2	10.29% 2.94%
1,463,600 ZAR - 1,555,099 ZAR	3	7.35% 4.41%
1,555,100 ZAR - 1,646,499 ZAR	1	2.94% 1.47%
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	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	1	1.47% 1.47%
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 Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	8	955,009 ZAR
2	Men	42	673,263 ZAR

Education / Software Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Bachelors Degree	34	797,670 ZAR
2	Some College	24	770,227 ZAR
3	Doctorate Degree	2	653,138 ZAR
4	Masters Degree	2	653,138 ZAR
5	Bellow H. School	1	459,209 ZAR
6	High School	5	389,687 ZAR

Experience / Software Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	4	1,284,323 ZAR
2	8-12 Years	9	1,141,620 ZAR
3	12-16 Years	7	923,907 ZAR
4	20+ Years	4	912,930 ZAR
5	4-8 Years	8	889,146 ZAR
6	2-4 Years	18	545,196 ZAR
7	0-1 Year	7	504,947 ZAR
8	1-2 Years	11	418,960 ZAR

Age / Software Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	41-45	1	3,015,048 ZAR
2	51-55	1	1,353,844 ZAR
3	36-40	8	1,068,439 ZAR
4	31-35	8	885,487 ZAR
5	n/a	18	815,965 ZAR
6	26-30	17	572,639 ZAR
7	21-25	13	426,278 ZAR
8	46-50	2	305,529 ZAR

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

#		Surveys
1	Contract	9	987,940 ZAR
2	Self Employed	2	784,864 ZAR
3	Permanent	57	704,365 ZAR

Cities / Software Developer / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Tshwane	10	991,599 ZAR
2	Johannesburg	26	810,477 ZAR
3	Cape Town	23	676,922 ZAR
4	eThekwini	5	548,856 ZAR
5	Buffalo, South Africa	1	497,629 ZAR
6	Madibeng	1	397,005 ZAR
7	--Other--	1	214,053 ZAR
8	Ekurhuleni	1	170,145 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Consultant

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"One size fits all."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Intermediate	214,400 ZAR

Software Developer

Posted 15 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Developing software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
eThekwini	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	728,700 ZAR

Software Developer

Posted 16 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	517,700 ZAR

Analytics Architect

Posted 29 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Intelligence."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	1,349,000 ZAR

Software Developer

Posted 15 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coding certificate, data processing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	1-2 Years	n/a	613,200 ZAR

Software Development Engineer

Posted 12 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"DevOps, backend development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	1,091,500 ZAR

Java Developer

Posted 31 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Groovy, Grails."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tshwane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	632,800 ZAR

Senior Software Developer

Posted 24 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Spring, Hibernate, Core Java, J2EE, JBoss, SQL, Rest, SOAP, JIRA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	735,800 ZAR

Mobile Developer

Posted 16 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cross platform react-native developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	367,900 ZAR

Senior Consultant

Posted 05 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analysis and design of system requirements. Implementation of the solution. Testing of the solution. Support of the system."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	746,200 ZAR

Software Engineer

Posted 20 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Back end Java Developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	324,400 ZAR

Software Engineer

Posted 20 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Back end Java Developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	405,500 ZAR

Front End Developer

Posted 18 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I develop and maintain websites on. Net MVC, Angular Js and other frameworks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	1-2 Years	n/a	411,700 ZAR

Bi/application Developer

Posted 20 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Buidling and maintenace of Business intelligence reports. 
Application change control
Application support."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	496,100 ZAR

Senior Software Developer

Posted 21 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and develop back-end systems. Manage and mentor juniors."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	1,046,300 ZAR

Junior Test Analyst

Posted 27 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I test code changes and bug fixes on projects in production. I also implement bug fixes or code changes for projects in production."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	High School	2-4 Years	n/a	227,100 ZAR

Business Analyst

Posted 06 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software developer and business analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	973,300 ZAR

Software Engineer

Posted 20 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming mobile and back end systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	1,487,000 ZAR

Junior Software Developer

Posted 06 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Writting Plugins, workflows using C#. Net, SSRS Reports, Ms Dynamics 365,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ekurhuleni	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	169,500 ZAR

Software Developer

Posted 18 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Writing software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	811,100 ZAR

Support Engineer

Posted 31 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cloud Support Engineer II."

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

Systems Analyst

Posted 29 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop it and maintain info."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	1,380,000 ZAR

Medior Software Engineer

Posted 22 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Web based application development in mainly Java."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	644,000 ZAR

Developer

Posted 01 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java Kubernetes Scala."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bellow H. School	20+ Years	n/a	460,000 ZAR

Jnr Developer

Posted 25 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Development in c# sql php ntml 5."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	1-2 Years	n/a	184,000 ZAR

Programmer

Posted 26 February 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop programs to enhance the current system."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	High School	2-4 Years	n/a	383,300 ZAR

Software Developer

Posted 19 January 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I am software developer. I develop in c#, php, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	839,100 ZAR

C++ Developer

Posted 16 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"C++ Developer in the banking industry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	1,513,100 ZAR

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / SALARY SOUTH AFRICA

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744,102 ZAR

811,264 ZAR

493,970 ZAR

Average Salary / Software Developer / South Africa

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