SOFTWARE ENGINEER / SALARY
CAPE TOWN

SALARY SURVEYS

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April 2024
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Gross income

Net (after tax)

18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

807,422 ZAR

$44,133 USD

Johannesburg

1,034,703 ZAR

311,018 ZAR

$17,000 USD

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Average Salary / Software Engineer / Cape Town

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Average salary for Software Engineer / Cape Town is 807,422 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 311,018 ZAR. All data are based on 8 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 858,044 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 307,359 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Bachelors Degree with salary of 1,386,776 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 720,830 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 2-4 Years of experience receive salary of 1,006,236 ZAR. Employees with 4-8 Years of experience receive 960,498 ZAR.

Levels / Software Engineer / 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
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	1	100% 12.5%
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	1	87.5% 12.5%
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	1	75% 12.5%
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	0	n/a
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	1	62.5% 12.5%
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	1	50% 12.5%
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	0	n/a
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	1	37.5% 12.5%
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	1	25% 12.5%
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	0	n/a
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	0	n/a
1,738,000 ZAR - 1,829,499 ZAR	1	12.5% 12.5%
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 / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	6	858,044 ZAR
2	Women	1	307,359 ZAR

Education / Software Engineer / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	Bachelors Degree	2	1,386,776 ZAR
2	Masters Degree	4	720,830 ZAR
3	Some College	1	493,970 ZAR
4	High School	1	307,359 ZAR

Experience / Software Engineer / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	2-4 Years	1	1,006,236 ZAR
2	4-8 Years	4	960,498 ZAR
3	8-12 Years	2	558,003 ZAR
4	12-16 Years	1	493,970 ZAR

Age / Software Engineer / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	26-30	2	1,370,310 ZAR
2	n/a	1	1,006,236 ZAR
3	31-35	2	600,082 ZAR
4	36-40	3	504,947 ZAR

Work Type / Software Engineer / Cape Town (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Contract	1	1,006,236 ZAR
2	Permanent	7	779,375 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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

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

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

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

Software Engineer

Posted 02 May 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work on ecommerce and posillion systems."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	493,100 ZAR

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