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South African tech market trends

A live snapshot of what's being hired for across SA tech — derived from the last 7 days of fresh listings. Comparison data is "this 7 days vs the 7 days before".

Last refreshed: 2026/07/12, 21:12:54 SAST · auto-refreshes hourly · based on 26,877 listings

What's hot this week
Active listings
26,877
Fully remote
0%
Top city · Johannesburg
3,907
SQL demand is up 54% this week.

Trending skills

  1. 1Python931+25%
  2. 2SQL893+54%
  3. 3Data Analysis883+20%
  4. 4JavaScript700+41%
  5. 5C#672+22%
  6. 6Java660+4%

Roles in demand

  1. 1Full-Stack Developer1528+14%
  2. 2Software Developer1511+6%
  3. 3Data Engineer960+48%
  4. 4Machine Learning Engineer874+141%
  5. 5IT Support872+81%
  6. 6Security Engineer828+86%

Top hiring companies

  1. 1Network IT703-40%
  2. 2A1L Realizations390+153%
  3. 3Network Contracting Solutions298+38%
  4. 4Imizizi180-17%
  5. 5Ovations Technologies163+379%
  6. 6Sabenza IT162+326%
Geography

Where SA is hiring

Johannesburg — 6292Pretoria — 1240Cape Town — 3885Stellenbosch — 793Durban — 494Pietermaritzburg — 17Port Elizabeth — 175East London — 37Bloemfontein — 19Polokwane — 1Nelspruit — 3Rustenburg — 0Mahikeng — 0Kimberley — 0

Tap a city to see its open roles. Bubble size = active listings.

Where the work happens

Remote
0%
0
Hybrid
0%
7
Onsite
100%
5,076

+ 7,954 listings without a clear policy (excluded above)

Based on 13,037 listings seen in the last 7 days.

Methodology: I aggregate South African tech job listings daily and classify each listing using an LLM enrichment step before storing it. Rows older than 45 days are archived (not deleted) so historical analysis remains possible.