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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, 19:47:22 SAST · auto-refreshes hourly · based on 26,877 listings

What's hot this week
Active listings
26,877
Fully remote
0%
Top city · Johannesburg
3,600
SQL demand is up 30% this week.

Trending skills

  1. 1Python982-10%
  2. 2SQL926+30%
  3. 3Data Analysis833-4%
  4. 4JavaScript630-11%
  5. 5C#622-27%
  6. 6Machine Learning563+11%

Roles in demand

  1. 1Software Developer1408-33%
  2. 2Full-Stack Developer1312-39%
  3. 3Data Engineer1035+59%
  4. 4Machine Learning Engineer869+104%
  5. 5Security Engineer604+56%
  6. 6IT Support588+17%

Top hiring companies

  1. 1Network IT367-74%
  2. 2A1L Realizations234+98%
  3. 3Mindworx229+999%
  4. 4Network Contracting Solutions196-22%
  5. 5Imizizi173-51%
  6. 6Sabenza IT165+617%
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%
6
Onsite
100%
2,668

+ 8,526 listings without a clear policy (excluded above)

Based on 11,200 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.