Jobs report
SA remote tech jobs
Week of 02 Nov 2026 to 08 Nov 2026
In the week of 02 Nov 2026 to 08 Nov 2026, 390 technology listings were live. 62 were first seen that week and 192 were closed. 1306 listings have been tracked in all. 92% of the live listings were remote and 79% were open to people in South Africa. Platform / DevOps was the largest live role group (190). Where a live listing published a rate (87), the middle of the range was R855/h. Skills mentioned most often: aws, kubernetes, ci/cd. These are counts only.
This week is still in progress. New and closed counts run up to the latest refresh.
Last refresh 02 Nov 2026, 08:11 SAST.
Live now
390
New this week
62
Closed this week
192
Tracked in all
1 306
Remote · 92%
360
Open to South Africa · 79%
310
Contract
76
Permanent
23
Rates were listed on 87 live listings. The lower quarter was R585/h, the middle was R855/h, and the upper quarter was R1 395/h.
Role
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| Platform / DevOps | 190 |
| Software | 93 |
| Data / AI | 30 |
| Security | 22 |
| Architecture | 19 |
| Networking / IT | 11 |
| Leadership | 9 |
| Other tech | 8 |
| QA / Test | 5 |
| Product / Delivery | 3 |
Seniority
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| Unknown | 241 |
| Senior | 113 |
| Lead | 22 |
| Principal | 10 |
| Mid | 2 |
| Mid-Senior | 1 |
| Junior | 1 |
Source
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| Upwork | 260 |
| We Work Remotely | 44 |
| Public web job boards (2026-10-05) | 29 |
| Remote OK | 24 |
| CareerJunction | 10 |
| LinkedIn DMs (Scout) | 10 |
| Himalayas | 5 |
| JobMail | 3 |
| SA eTenders | 2 |
| Working Nomads | 2 |
Contract or permanent
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| Unknown | 214 |
| Contract | 76 |
| Freelance / gig | 58 |
| Permanent | 23 |
| Part-time | 19 |
Where the work is
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| Remote | 360 |
| Unknown | 13 |
| Hybrid | 11 |
| Office | 6 |
South Africa eligibility
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| Open to South Africa | 310 |
| Eligibility not stated | 80 |
Skills mentioned
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| aws | 163 |
| kubernetes | 85 |
| ci/cd | 83 |
| ml / ai | 78 |
| docker | 70 |
| security | 70 |
| python | 64 |
| terraform | 58 |
| sql / postgres | 49 |
| linux | 46 |
Companies hiring
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| Client in United States | 55 |
| Client in United Kingdom | 11 |
| Client in USA | 10 |
| Client in India | 9 |
| Lemon.io | 8 |
| Client in Ukraine | 7 |
| Upwork client (USA) | 7 |
| Upwork client (United States) | 7 |
| Client in Canada | 5 |
| Client in Pakistan | 5 |
Rate ranges, where a rate was listed
| Name | Count |
|---|---|
| Under R400/h | 6 |
| R400–599/h | 18 |
| R600–799/h | 16 |
| R800–999/h | 15 |
| R1000/h and above | 32 |
How this data is collected
SuperStack reads public technology listings from job boards and careers pages, and refreshes the set about once a week. New listings are added. Listings that are no longer open are marked closed. This page publishes the counts from that refresh. It does not publish the listings themselves.
A listing is live when it has been seen and has not been marked closed. New this week is the first time it was seen. Closed this week is when it was marked closed. Tracked is every public technology listing in the set, including ones that have since closed. Tender notices, placeholders and duplicate copies of the same role are left out. A rate is shown only when the listing published one, as rand per hour.
Names, email addresses, notes and shortlists are not published. These are listing counts, not a census of every vacancy in South Africa. The page is rebuilt at least daily, and again when the weekly refresh finishes.
Earlier weeks
Archive
Weeks with fewer than 25 live listings.
Figures describe the live market for the week above, not only the listings first seen that week. They leave out names and contact details. Questions about the report can go through the contact page.