South Africa is one of the regions with the most significant demand for professional programmers. According to payscale reports, the median income of programmers in South Africa is R245,451k. This amount varies between R61,000 k and R518,000k(10th and 90th percentile).
If we want to express the income of programmers in this world’s region on an hourly basis, it is an average of R235.00 per hour. This amount varies between R 50.30 and R 595.98 (10th and 90th percentile).
Vb-Net (a multi-paradigm, object-oriented programming language) is the most lucrative programming language in South Africa. The revenue of Vb-Net is about R378,000. In contrast, programmers who write in languages such as SQL, Java, C ++, and C# earn less than the programmers’ average.
The income of programmers who use these languages are as follows:
- C# Programmer income: R233,000
- SQL Programmer income: R210,000
- Java Programmer income: R204,878
- C ++ Programmer income: R196,527
To be a little more specific, VB.Net developers earn 54% more than the average. While programmers who write with JavaScript make 16% more than the average. But the income of the other programming languages mentioned above is all below average. For example, the income of programmers who specialize in C# is 5% lower than the average, and this shortcoming reaches 20% below the average for C ++ programming language.
However, according to payscale, the popularity of these programming languages is not in line with their revenue generation. The most popular programming languages in South Africa are:
- C# Programming Language
- C++ Programming Language
- VB.Net Programming Language
- Java Programming Language
- SQL Programming Language
What does the income of programmers in Africa have to do with their experience?
A programmer with less than a year of experience can earn about R210,000. But the income of programmerswith 1 to 4 years of experience may be around R210,000. Programming income in Africa after 5 to 9 years of professional work can be R256,000. An experienced programmer with 10 to 15 years of experience earns an average of R500,000. This amount reaches R700,000 with more than twenty years of experience.
As you can see, the income of programmers in Africa is directly related to their experience level. If you are an experienced programmer, you can earn a good income compared to your other colleagues in this country.
It is interesting to note that about 61.6% of South African programmers have one to four years of experience. This has made the average income of programmers in South Africa closer to that of novices.
Given that 12.3% of the programmers in this country have less than one year of experience, it can be said that almost three-quarters of South African programmers have less than four years of experience. Although a country’s workforce needs to be young, if you are an experienced programmer, it is still very likely that you will be able to earn much more than the average income of programmers.
According to the explanations given, it can be said that the income of programmers with more than 20 years of experience is almost 185% higher than the average, and the payment of people with 10 to 15 years of experience is 104% higher.
According to payscale, only 6.8% of African programmers have more than 20 years of experience, and 9.6% have between 10 and 15 years of professional experience.
The following figure summarizes what has been said about work experience and programming income.
The income of programmers in South Africa by gender
Although it is generally inhumane to discriminate between the sexes in the payment of wages, this issue still exists in most parts of the world, and this is the same in South Africa.
64.3% of South Africa’s programming population is male, and 35.7% is female. Statistics show that men typically earn 12 percent more than women.
In this article, we tried to look at different aspects of programmers’ incomes in South Africa. If you are planning to immigrate to this country or want to settle in it temporarily, read this information carefully again to see if it is worth it or not. Have good luck!
