27 Nov 2023
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30 years of experience earns software and applications developers and analysts a monthly salary between K5,115 and K44,567. Of the respondents, 20% are female and 80% are male. This is evident from research conducted by Mywage.org/Zambia, in 2023.
Inexperienced software and applications developers and analysts earn hourly wage between K32 and K97
Based on our survey, employees with 25 years of work experience earn the highest salary: between K6,362 and K44,792 per month. Employees earn between K32 and K97 per hour at the start of the career, having 1 year of work experience.
Software and applications developers and analysts mostly male
Based on the survey results, most people in this job are male. Employees who answered the survey are mostly between 24 and 29 years of age. 60% of workers in this occupation have 1 child or more.
Average working week of 41 hours
Coverage by collective bargaining amongst workers is 2%, while 98% are not covered by a collective agreement, according to our survey. Workers work 41 hours per week on average.
Majority organisations employ 500 or more workers
45% of all participating employees work in a multinational organisation. People in this job mostly work in organisations consisting of 500 or more people. Since starting their first job, 66% of people in this job have worked fewer than 5 years. For most workers, the majority of their coworkers are male. 48% of people in this job state that they have a permanent contract for the work that they are doing. Employees who do not have a permanent contract for the work they are performing, added up to 52% of respondents.
In the survey, 8% of the people in this job choose 'highly satisfied' as their job satisfaction level. In general, most people in this job are in between satisfied and dissatisfied with their position. This is the case for 35% of the people in this job.
Wage dissatisfaction high among software and applications developers and analysts
Of all surveyed workers in this occupation, 23% feel in between satisfied and dissatisfied about their salary. Generally, 49% of the people in this job report they are dissatisfied with their salary.
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