South Africa's tech industry is a thriving marketplace if you're looking to hire beyond your borders. We've gathered key insights from the developer community to give you all the software developer trends in South Africa.
South African developer salaries have increased — The highest paying roles are on the backend.
1 in 4 South African developers with a degree majored in STEM subjects – Self-taught coders use online tutorials.
South African developers are excited about Cryptocurrency and Python — AWS is winning the cloud wars.
1 in 4 South African developers are looking to move jobs in the next 12 months — A good work-life balance is the number one reason they’re staying.
At the recent Tech Leadership event, we shared hiring insights from the 2021 State of the Dev Nation Report, digging into reasons tech leaders could miss out on top devs.
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We looked at our platform data to find the average software developer salary in South Africa's three major cities at different experience levels.
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