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OfferZen has published his developer salary data for 2020, comparing the average salaries of software developers in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town.
The company said that many things have changed over the past year, with the arrival of COVID-19 having a significant effect on the software developer market.
“In April, recruitment activity at OfferZen was down by more than 25% compared to last year,” OfferZen said.
“This shows the extent to which companies stopped hiring in response to the South African blockade.”
“However, since then we have seen a recovery in this activity and we are now seeing some of the busiest weeks of recruiting on the platform,” the company said.
OfferZen said it is experiencing a strong recovery in demand for tech talent after recruiting activity declined by more than 25% in April this year compared to the same period in 2019.
Average developer salaries
Offerzen data showed that Cape Town and Pretoria junior developers can expect an average starting salary of R27,500 and R26,645, respectively.
Johannesburg ranked third with an average starting salary of R24,950 for developers with 0-2 years of experience.
Cape Town also leads the developer salary rankings in the 2-4 year experience category. Capeton developers with this level of experience earn on average R36,300, compared to R33,500 in Pretoria and R31,400 in Johannesburg.
At the 4-6 year mark of experience, Cape Town developers earn R74,700 compared to R70,000 for Johannesburg developers. Developers in Pretoria with the same level of experience earn an average of R73,700.
“When it comes to cost of living, Johannesburg-based developers enjoy greater purchasing power compared to Cape Town developers,” Offerzen said.
“By using Numbeo to adjust the cost of living, OfferZen found that compared to Johannesburg, it is 8% more expensive to live in Cape Town, but 5% cheaper to live in Pretoria.”
It is important to note that this data represents the developers who were placed on the OfferZen platform.
This salary information also does not reflect existing employee salary reductions or raise freezes that may have occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The following table shows a summary of developer salary data.
| Average developer salaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Experience | Johannesburg | Praetorship | Cape Town |
| 0-2 years | R24,950 | R26,645 | 27,500 R |
| 2-4 years | 31,400 R | 33,500 R | R36,300 |
| 4-6 years | 48,600 R | 43,400 R | R46,600 |
| 6-10 years | 61,000 rand | 51,000 rand | 58,300 R |
| 10+ years | 70,000 rand | R73,700 | 74,700 R |
Average Developer Salaries by Location
Average wages adjusted for cost of living
0-2 years of experience
6-10 years of experience
10+ years of experience
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