19 Jul 2023
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10 years of experience earns applications programmers a monthly salary between R33 140 and R62 159. Based on our survey, workers with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R40 051 and R81 607 per month. This is made clear in research by Mywage.co.za, conducted in 2023.
Salary for starting applications programmers between R20 147 and R38 853 per month
People in this job with 20 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between R40 051 and R81 607 per month. Based on one year of work experience, starting employees who are new to their job will earn between R20 147 and R38 853 per month.
Applications programmers mostly male
The age group for employees who answered the survey was mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. Among the people in this job who share information on their wages and working conditions, most are male. 60% of people in this job state that they do not have any children.
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst people in this job is 6%, while 94% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. On average, workers in this occupation work 40 hours per week.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
Employees mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Of the participating workers, 46% work in a multinational organisation. 44% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years since their first job. 17% of people in this job state that they have no permanent contract for their job. Workers who have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, add up to 83%. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are male.
In the survey, 6% of the people in this job choose 'highly dissatisfied' as their job satisfaction level. On the whole, people in this job feel satisfied about their job. This feeling is shared by 45% of the people in this job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among applications programmers
Of all surveyed employees, 24% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 38% of the workers report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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