Information Technology

Salary for position Lead developer in South Africa

Gross salary in South Africa is

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80% of people earn:

39K - 121K ZAR

10% earn less lthan 39K ZAR

10% earns more than 121K ZAR

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Lead developer position in the South Africa earn between 38,703 ZAR and 120,994 ZAR monthly gross.

10% of employees earn less than 38,703 ZAR and 10% of people earn more than 120,994 ZAR.

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What kind of work does Lead developer typically do

Working closely with senior stakeholders to understand business requirements and help translate these into technical requirements for the development team
Planning and documenting technical specifications for features or system design
Designing, building and configuring applications to meet business process and application requirements
Directing the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications
Writing testable, scalable and efficient code and leading code reviews
Mentoring junior team members and ensuring they adhere to determined software quality standards

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Position Lead developer in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

8. place

Women representation in position

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Average age of respondent by position

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812. place

Nursery School Teacher Assistant

Education, Science & Research

8,072 - 18,058 ZAR

9. place

Sales Manager

Management

26,196 - 126,785 ZAR

8. place

Lead developer

Information Technology

38,703 - 120,994 ZAR

7. place

Business Intelligence Specialist

Information Technology

29,388 - 135,021 ZAR

1. place

IT Architect

Information Technology

37,518 - 184,215 ZAR

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