Cape Town developers continue to out-earn their peers in other parts of South Africa. According to the latest OfferZen State of the Software Nation report, experienced developers with more than ten years of experience in Cape Town earn about R100,000 per month. That’s roughly R12,000 more than their coastal counterparts in Durban, who earn around R88,000. In Johannesburg and Pretoria, senior developers earn similar amounts, R95,000 and R94,000, respectively.

Interestingly, Durban developers start strong, with entry-level salaries averaging R27,000 a month, only slightly behind Cape Town’s R29,000. But over time, Durban developers appear to fall behind their peers elsewhere in the country.

For mid-level developers (those with four to six years of experience), Pretoria offers the highest average salary at R54,000 per month, followed by Cape Town at R52,000 and Johannesburg at R48,000.