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Information Technology Average Salaries in Cape Town 2026

How much money does a person working in Information Technology make in Cape Town?


Average Monthly Salary
37,300 ZAR
( 448,000 ZAR yearly)

LOW
18,900
ZAR AVERAGE
37,300
ZAR HIGH
59,300
ZAR
All salary figures displayed here are per month except when noted otherwise.
All salary and compensation figures displayed here are gross salary figures, that is the salary before tax deductions. Because taxes may differ across sectors and locations, it is difficult to accurately calculate the net salary after tax for every career.

A person working in Information Technology in Cape Town typically earns around 37,300 ZAR. Salaries range from 18,900 ZAR (lowest average) to 59,300 ZAR (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher).


Salary Variance

The provided figure represents the median compensation that encompasses housing, transportation, and other perks. The salaries within the Information Technology domain in Cape Town exhibit significant discrepancies across various professions. In case you seek information about the remuneration of a specific position, please refer to the salaries listed below for respective job titles.

Salaries for specific jobs

Job TitleAverage Salary
Information Technology
2nd Line Systems Engineer33,900 ZAR
A/B Testing Specialist29,500 ZAR
ABAP Developer32,500 ZAR
Advertising Account Planner30,100 ZAR
Amazon Web Services Specialist42,300 ZAR
Android Developer33,000 ZAR
Angular Developer31,900 ZAR
Angular JS Programmer29,700 ZAR
Application Consultant42,100 ZAR
Application Developer36,300 ZAR
Application Management Analyst35,200 ZAR
Applications Engineer28,900 ZAR
Applications Support24,600 ZAR
Applications System Specialist31,200 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Analyst36,900 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Developer37,100 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Ethics Officer42,500 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Governance Specialist49,700 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Implementation Officer48,100 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Lead53,100 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Officer49,700 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Prompt Specialist31,700 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Research Scientist47,100 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Sales37,300 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Software Engineer39,200 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Strategist50,300 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Trainer38,200 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Specialist41,100 ZAR
Artificial Intelligence Developer43,400 ZAR
AS400 Programmer37,800 ZAR
Assembly Developer34,900 ZAR
Assistant Information Technology Manager42,200 ZAR
Assistant Information Technology Project Manager40,600 ZAR
Assistant Service Delivery Manager39,900 ZAR
Avaloq Developer33,800 ZAR
Back End Developer36,000 ZAR
Big Data Architect39,800 ZAR
BigQuery Specialist44,500 ZAR
BizTalk Developer 36,400 ZAR
Blockchain Associate34,400 ZAR
Blockchain Developer30,800 ZAR
Blockchain Engineer33,800 ZAR
Build and Release Engineer33,200 ZAR
Business Intelligence Analyst36,800 ZAR
Business Intelligence Consultant50,200 ZAR
Business Intelligence Developer36,800 ZAR
Business Intelligence Manager49,100 ZAR
Business Objects Developer33,600 ZAR
Business Process Analyst35,400 ZAR
Business Process Consultant36,700 ZAR
Business Systems Analyst31,300 ZAR
C Developer39,400 ZAR
C# Developer36,700 ZAR
C++ Developer39,100 ZAR
Capacity Planning Manager46,100 ZAR
Cassandra Specialist35,200 ZAR
Change Administrator31,300 ZAR
Chatbot Developer32,600 ZAR
ChatGPT Expert30,500 ZAR
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer57,900 ZAR
Chief Cloud Officer50,300 ZAR
Chief Data Governance Officer54,400 ZAR
Chief Data Officer52,800 ZAR
Chief Digital Ethics Officer47,800 ZAR
Chief Digital Officer49,600 ZAR
Chief Information Officer59,100 ZAR
Chief Information Security Officer52,900 ZAR
Chief Innovation Officer47,000 ZAR
Chief Privacy Officer41,600 ZAR
Client Delivery Manager46,600 ZAR
Clojure Developer42,900 ZAR
Cloud Compliance Architect33,500 ZAR
Cloud Computing Specialist40,100 ZAR
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer34,200 ZAR
Cloud Migration Specialist38,900 ZAR
Cloud Security Architect35,700 ZAR
Cloud Services Engineer31,800 ZAR
Cloud Solutions Architect39,600 ZAR
Cloud-Based Inventory Manager36,900 ZAR
CMS Developer30,400 ZAR
Computer Animator29,800 ZAR
Computer Engineer28,700 ZAR
Computer Hardware Engineer30,400 ZAR
Computer Network Support Specialist33,100 ZAR
Computer Networks Architect34,800 ZAR
Computer Operator24,600 ZAR
Computer Programmer34,900 ZAR
Computer Security Specialist43,600 ZAR
Computer Support Specialist27,300 ZAR
Computer Technician27,100 ZAR
Computer Virtualization Implementation Specialist36,600 ZAR
Copy Editor27,600 ZAR
Cosmos DB Specialist34,200 ZAR
Couch DB Specialist34,400 ZAR
CRM Application Administrator32,800 ZAR
CRM Manager36,400 ZAR
Cross Platform Security Manager46,900 ZAR
Curam Developer28,200 ZAR
Cyber Security Consultant40,900 ZAR
Cyber Security Researcher42,400 ZAR
Cyber Security Specialist41,700 ZAR
Cybersecurity Analyst39,400 ZAR
Cybersecurity Architect37,700 ZAR
Cybersecurity Compliance Specialist34,900 ZAR
Cybersecurity Engineer35,600 ZAR
Cybersecurity Manager51,600 ZAR
Dart Developer24,600 ZAR
Data Analyst33,600 ZAR
Data Analytics Engineer31,800 ZAR
Data Architect34,400 ZAR
Data Center Specialist35,100 ZAR
Data Center Technician29,500 ZAR
Data Entry Coordintor19,200 ZAR
Data Entry Supervisor23,500 ZAR
Data Governance Manager46,300 ZAR
Data Management Specialist40,000 ZAR
Data Manager43,200 ZAR
Data Modeling Analyst34,800 ZAR
Data Privacy and Protection Manager43,700 ZAR
Data Quality Analyst32,700 ZAR
Data Security Analyst32,800 ZAR
Data Security Manager45,800 ZAR
Data Technician20,700 ZAR
Data Visualisation Analyst32,400 ZAR
Data Visualization Specialist34,100 ZAR
Data Warehousing Manager44,000 ZAR
Data Warehousing Specialist33,400 ZAR
Data-driven Designer31,300 ZAR
Database Administration Manager43,800 ZAR
Database Administrator34,500 ZAR
Database Analyst37,900 ZAR
Database Developer35,400 ZAR
Database Report Writer34,600 ZAR
Deep Learning Developer34,100 ZAR
Delivery Manager34,400 ZAR
Delphi Developer36,000 ZAR
Desktop Support Engineer25,100 ZAR
Desktop Support Technician25,000 ZAR
Desktop Virtualization Engineer29,600 ZAR
Developer / Programmer34,800 ZAR
Developer Evangelist35,000 ZAR
Development Architect32,000 ZAR
Development Group Supervisor36,700 ZAR
Development Manager48,500 ZAR
DevOps Engineer33,200 ZAR
Digital Ethics Consultant37,400 ZAR
Digital Forensics Expert36,200 ZAR
Director of Application Development51,800 ZAR
Director of Technology60,500 ZAR
Disaster Recovery Analyst34,400 ZAR
Disaster Recovery Specialist32,700 ZAR
Django Specialist33,400 ZAR
Documentation Specialist30,600 ZAR
Driver Developer35,100 ZAR
E-Commerce Manager41,600 ZAR
E-Commerce Marketing Analyst42,000 ZAR
E-Commerce Marketing Manager43,900 ZAR
E-Commerce Sales Manager43,600 ZAR
E-Commerce Strategy Manager48,900 ZAR
E-waste Recycling Specialist32,300 ZAR
E-waste Technician25,400 ZAR
Edge Computing Engineer32,600 ZAR
Elixir Developer46,400 ZAR
Embedded Software Developer37,600 ZAR
Enterprise Architecture Manager42,100 ZAR
Enterprise Infrastructure Architect44,700 ZAR
Enterprise Infrastructure Manager54,600 ZAR
Erlang Developer42,300 ZAR
ERP / CRM Technical Consultant36,700 ZAR
ERP Analyst35,400 ZAR
ERP Project Manager45,700 ZAR
Ethical Hacker30,300 ZAR
Financial Systems Manager52,400 ZAR
Firebird Specialist32,100 ZAR
Flash Developer28,500 ZAR
Front End Developer29,200 ZAR
Front End Web Developer28,900 ZAR
Full Stack Developer34,700 ZAR
Functional Analyst35,800 ZAR
Game Developer32,300 ZAR
GIS Analyst32,300 ZAR
GIS Developer33,800 ZAR
Global BI Analyst38,800 ZAR
Go Developer44,200 ZAR
Google Cloud Specialist41,200 ZAR
Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) Programmer30,700 ZAR
Graphics Programmer30,200 ZAR
Graphics Web Designer28,000 ZAR
Groovy Developer39,200 ZAR
Hardware Design Engineer33,400 ZAR
Hardware Engineering Manager49,800 ZAR
Hardware Technician25,600 ZAR
Haskell Developer36,100 ZAR
Head of Development48,500 ZAR
Head of Information Technology57,400 ZAR
Help Desk Analyst34,400 ZAR
Help Desk Manager38,200 ZAR
Help Desk Support24,700 ZAR
Help Desk Technician24,100 ZAR
Helpdesk Manager38,100 ZAR
IBM DB2 Specialist31,200 ZAR
Imaging Programmer29,300 ZAR
InfluxDB Specialist32,800 ZAR
Informatics Optimization Specialist35,400 ZAR
Information Assurance Analyst36,200 ZAR
Information Program Director49,500 ZAR
Information Security Administrator39,400 ZAR
Information Security Analyst40,700 ZAR
Information Security Associate33,800 ZAR
Information Security Director48,400 ZAR
Information Security Engineer34,200 ZAR
Information Security Manager49,000 ZAR
Information Security Specialist42,600 ZAR
Information Services Consultant40,300 ZAR
Information Systems Developer33,300 ZAR
Information Systems Manager53,900 ZAR
Information Systems Penetration Testing Specialist37,700 ZAR
Information Systems Vulnerability Assessment Specialist40,500 ZAR
Information Technology Administrator27,700 ZAR
Information Technology Analyst33,900 ZAR
Information Technology Architect36,300 ZAR
Information Technology Asset Manager47,300 ZAR
Information Technology Business Analyst36,100 ZAR
Information Technology Compliance Manager48,400 ZAR
Information Technology Consultant39,800 ZAR
Information Technology Coordinator28,900 ZAR
Information Technology Director60,000 ZAR
Information Technology Engineer29,900 ZAR
Information Technology Executive47,600 ZAR
Information Technology Helpdesk23,500 ZAR
Information Technology Infrastructure Engineer29,300 ZAR
Information Technology Manager58,800 ZAR
Information Technology Operation Engineer30,600 ZAR
Information Technology Operations Manager54,000 ZAR
Information Technology Product Manager49,400 ZAR
Information Technology Project Administrator29,200 ZAR
Information Technology Project Coordinator36,500 ZAR
Information Technology Project Leader40,400 ZAR
Information Technology Project Manager54,800 ZAR
Information Technology Quality Assurance Manager40,200 ZAR
Information Technology Quality Assurance Team Lead (QA)36,200 ZAR
Information Technology Quality Specialist35,500 ZAR
Information Technology Risk Manager54,200 ZAR
Information Technology Sales Manager48,400 ZAR
Information Technology Specialist43,000 ZAR
Information Technology Staff24,300 ZAR
Information Technology Support23,600 ZAR
Information Technology Systems Analyst38,300 ZAR
Information Technology Team Leader40,200 ZAR
Information Technology Trainer34,100 ZAR
Information Technology Training Analyst33,800 ZAR
Interface Design Manager45,100 ZAR
Interface Designer27,100 ZAR
IOS Developer38,200 ZAR
Java Developer38,300 ZAR
Javascript Developer34,800 ZAR
jQuery Specialist35,300 ZAR
Kotlin Developer38,800 ZAR
Laravel Specialist31,200 ZAR
Lead Developer40,600 ZAR
Linux Administrator34,500 ZAR
Lisp Developer42,200 ZAR
Lotus Domino Administrator36,800 ZAR
Lotus Notes Developer33,500 ZAR
Lua Developer40,700 ZAR
Mail Server Administrator33,200 ZAR
Major Incident Manager39,500 ZAR
Malware Analysis Expert38,200 ZAR
Managed Service Specialist34,200 ZAR
MariaDB Specialist35,600 ZAR
MATLAB Developer35,300 ZAR
Microsoft Azure Specialist41,400 ZAR
Microsoft SQL Server Specialist35,900 ZAR
Microsystems Engineer35,700 ZAR
Mobile Developer34,200 ZAR
Mobile Interface Designer33,900 ZAR
MongoDB Specialist34,600 ZAR
Multimedia Developer29,700 ZAR
Multimedia Services Manager37,500 ZAR
MySQL Specialist30,800 ZAR
Neo4J Specialist33,700 ZAR
Network Administration Team Lead40,600 ZAR
Network Administrator29,100 ZAR
Network Analyst32,600 ZAR
Network and Infrastructure Manager51,100 ZAR
Network Engineer29,900 ZAR
Network Engineering Manager41,200 ZAR
Network Security Systems Manager42,100 ZAR
Network Specialist35,200 ZAR
Network Support Engineer28,900 ZAR
Network Support Specialist28,000 ZAR
Network Technician26,600 ZAR
Neural Network Engineer38,500 ZAR
NextJs Specialist34,800 ZAR
Nodejs Developer37,700 ZAR
NT Systems Administrator31,300 ZAR
Numerical Control Programmer28,100 ZAR
Objective-C Developer39,700 ZAR
Online Banking Manager54,600 ZAR
Online Banking Specialist43,100 ZAR
OPS Manager46,000 ZAR
Oracle Database Administrator33,500 ZAR
Oracle Database Specialist39,700 ZAR
Oracle Developer35,500 ZAR
Perl Developer30,500 ZAR
PHP Developer30,500 ZAR
PostgreSQL Specialist37,400 ZAR
PowerShell Developer30,700 ZAR
Principal Consultant35,500 ZAR
Principal Data Engineer36,200 ZAR
Program Lead44,900 ZAR
Python Developer37,800 ZAR
R Language Developer37,600 ZAR
React Specialist37,900 ZAR
Records Manager28,700 ZAR
Redis Specialist33,600 ZAR
Remedy Developer27,300 ZAR
Reporting Analyst34,800 ZAR
Reverse Engineering Expert40,100 ZAR
Robotic Process Automation Compliance Analyst32,900 ZAR
Robotic Process Automation Developer30,000 ZAR
Ruby Developer32,400 ZAR
Rust Developer42,400 ZAR
Salesforce Administrator34,200 ZAR
Salesforce Developer27,000 ZAR
SAP Consultant36,600 ZAR
SAS Programmer30,000 ZAR
Scala Developer42,600 ZAR
Scrum Master28,600 ZAR
SEO Associate28,300 ZAR
SEO Manager43,400 ZAR
Server Virtualization Consultant45,300 ZAR
Service Delivery Manager43,500 ZAR
Service Level Manager44,800 ZAR
Service Support Lead33,400 ZAR
SharePoint Administrator32,500 ZAR
Sharepoint Consultant34,400 ZAR
Sharepoint Developer34,900 ZAR
Shift Leader36,800 ZAR
Snowflake Specialist35,600 ZAR
SOA Analyst33,400 ZAR
SOC Engineer34,600 ZAR
Software Analyst33,300 ZAR
Software Architect34,300 ZAR
Software Automation Engineer36,700 ZAR
Software Developer36,200 ZAR
Software Development Manager46,400 ZAR
Software Engineer33,200 ZAR
Software QA Engineer30,900 ZAR
Software Sales30,500 ZAR
Software Specialist29,000 ZAR
Software Support Engineer27,400 ZAR
Software Test Engineer30,800 ZAR
Software Tester29,300 ZAR
Solutions Architect45,700 ZAR
Solutions Consultant39,600 ZAR
SQLite Specialist34,600 ZAR
Storage Engineer28,100 ZAR
Supabase Specialist27,500 ZAR
Supervisor24,000 ZAR
Support Analyst31,500 ZAR
Support Specialist36,900 ZAR
Support Team Leader31,500 ZAR
Swift Developer39,200 ZAR
System Administrator30,000 ZAR
Systems Analyst34,200 ZAR
Systems Architect33,600 ZAR
Systems Consultant42,600 ZAR
Systems Engineer27,000 ZAR
Systems Integration Analyst35,400 ZAR
Systems Integration Specialist47,400 ZAR
Systems Integrator34,400 ZAR
Technical Analyst31,200 ZAR
Technical Consultant38,400 ZAR
Technical Manager38,300 ZAR
Technical Project Manager45,400 ZAR
Technical Sales34,500 ZAR
Technical Trainer34,800 ZAR
Technical Writer32,100 ZAR
Technology Business Analyst36,300 ZAR
Technology Director56,000 ZAR
Technology Specialist41,200 ZAR
Technology Vice President47,900 ZAR
Teradata Developer28,900 ZAR
Test Analyst32,500 ZAR
Tester29,000 ZAR
Testing Manager47,300 ZAR
TIBCO Developer29,700 ZAR
TypeScript Developer38,200 ZAR
UI Engineer34,200 ZAR
UNIX Administrator35,300 ZAR
Usability Engineer31,500 ZAR
User Experience Consultant37,200 ZAR
User Experience Design Expert36,500 ZAR
User Experience Designer30,300 ZAR
User Experience Researcher35,200 ZAR
User Interface Designer33,800 ZAR
User Support Engineer29,800 ZAR
VB Developer28,000 ZAR
VB.NET Developer35,400 ZAR
Video Game Designer31,300 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Architect41,400 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Compliance Specialist42,700 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Consultant46,200 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Designer45,600 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Developer38,500 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Director48,900 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Engineer39,500 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Filmmaker48,400 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Game Developer41,600 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Marketing Specialist42,300 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Officer46,900 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented reality Sales Consultant48,000 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Simulator Operator33,800 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Specialist43,800 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Technician35,800 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality Trainer45,300 ZAR
Virtual / Augmented Reality User Experience Designer37,000 ZAR
Visual Basic Developer25,700 ZAR
Visual Information Specialist32,200 ZAR
Voice Interface Designer26,500 ZAR
VueJs Specialist33,400 ZAR
Web Applications Manager39,900 ZAR
Web Content Specialist37,300 ZAR
Web Designer31,500 ZAR
Web Developer30,600 ZAR
Web Editor27,200 ZAR
Web Project Manager37,400 ZAR
Web Promotions Specialist34,100 ZAR
Web Security Administrator33,900 ZAR
Web Security Manager51,800 ZAR
Web Support Analyst26,800 ZAR
Web Writer27,000 ZAR
Webmaster29,900 ZAR
Windows System Administrator30,300 ZAR
Wireless Consultant40,100 ZAR
WordPress Specialist34,200 ZAR
Writer and Documentor30,700 ZAR
Zig Developer43,500 ZAR

Information Technology Jobs Pay Scale and Salaries in Cape Town

Median Salary, maximum and minimum salary, minimum wage, starting salary, and the salary range

All salary figures displayed here are per month except when noted otherwise.

  • Salary Range, Minimum Wage, and Starting Salary

    Salaries in Information Technology in Cape Town range from 18,900 ZAR (starting average salary) to 59,300 ZAR (maximum average salary, actual maximum is higher). To clarify, the number presented is not the legally mandated minimum wage. Rather, it represents the lowest figure reported in a salary survey that involved thousands of participants and professionals from across the entire country.

  • Median Salary

    The median income in the field of Information Technology is 34,900 ZAR, implying that half of the workforce in Cape Town earns less than this figure, and the other half earns more. It represents the central value of salaries. As a rule of thumb, you would prefer to be part of the group earning above the median wage, situated on the right-hand side of the salary distribution chart.

  • Percentiles and Salary Scale

    Two values that are highly correlated with the median are the 25th and 75th percentiles. By examining the salary distribution diagram, it is possible to determine that 25% of individuals employed in Information Technology in Cape Town earn less than 28,800 ZAR, while 75% of them earn more. Additionally, the diagram reveals that 75% of individuals earn less than 39,900 ZAR, while 25% earn more than that.

  • Pay Scale Structure

    Data was regrouped into brackets to provide a better understanding of what salaries can be expected. This approach was deemed more accurate than relying solely on the average salary, as it offers greater insights into the distribution of salaries in the field of Information Technology in Cape Town. The analysis revealed that roughly 65% of all reported salaries fell within the range of 22,300 ZAR to 31,300 ZAR. Approximately 20% of salaries were below the 22,300 ZAR mark, while 10% ranged from 31,300 ZAR to 35,400 ZAR. Only 5% of individuals earned a gross salary of 35,400 ZAR or higher.