{"id":1795,"date":"2018-12-17T05:10:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T05:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cn7w3i4565-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2020-04-03T09:23:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T09:23:19","slug":"deciphering-the-jobs-of-coding-and-what-they-really-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/deciphering-the-jobs-of-coding-and-what-they-really-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Deciphering the jobs of coding (and what they really pay!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coding makes just about everything possible. From the creation of satellite tech in space to the setup of life-saving diagnostic equipment, and even those selfies everyone posts on Facebook! It\u2019s a great career choice with an abundance of opportunities, plus it offers a decent average pay of around R450,000 per year. Here\u2019s a quick look at what coding jobs can help you bring home the best kind of bacon in the business!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Top-paying jobs in coding<\/h2>\n<h4>PHP Programmer<\/h4>\n<p>PHP is a programming language that\u2019s easy for even novices to use. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/search?q=php%20programmer&amp;w=South%20Africa\">PHP developer<\/a> or programmer, you\u2019ll be designing just about any type of website and embedding HTML code to help support other major web servers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available jobs<\/strong>: 2,527<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average salary<\/strong>: R484,878 per year<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>JavaScript<\/h4>\n<p>Best known for its ability to enable a high level of interactivity in websites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/search?q=JavaScript&amp;w=South%20Africa\">JavaScript<\/a> is a more advanced programming language. Should this be your jam, expect to build websites that feature a bunch of interaction and movements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available jobs<\/strong>: 4,404<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average salary<\/strong>: R514,814 per year<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Java<\/h4>\n<p>Ever since Java was released in 1996, it\u2019s been hugely popular, and not just with the techies of the world. This widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/search?q=Java&amp;w=South%20Africa\">programming language<\/a> works on an abundance of applications including computers and smartphones. Since most web applications and websites rely on Java integration, it\u2019s a skill that will probably always be in demand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available jobs<\/strong>: 3,214<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average salary<\/strong>: R601,602 per year<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>SQL<\/h4>\n<p>Coders that work in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/search?q=SQL&amp;w=South%20Africa\">SQL<\/a> are in high demand from companies that work with complex data, lots of it too! SQL stands for Structured Query Language and happens to be one of the best-paying coding languages out there. Almost all tech devices these days are associated with SQL.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available jobs<\/strong>: 4,600<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average salary<\/strong>: R544,533 per year<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Python<\/h4>\n<p>Reddit, NASA, and most of the world\u2019s most read websites are set up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/search?q=python&amp;w=South%20Africa\">Python<\/a> programming language. This is one of the simplest coding languages and is used by coders as a base for moving on to more complex languages. Even though the language isn\u2019t too hard to master, Python coders are highly sought after because they possess skills that\u2019ll never go out of style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available jobs<\/strong>: 1,293<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average salary<\/strong>: R556,332 per year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coding makes just about everything possible. From the creation of satellite tech in space to the setup of life-saving diagnostic equipment, and even those selfies everyone posts on Facebook! It\u2019s a great career choice with an abundance of opportunities, plus it offers a decent average pay of around R450,000 per year. Here\u2019s a quick look<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/deciphering-the-jobs-of-coding-and-what-they-really-pay\/\"> Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":1796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[393],"tags":[471],"class_list":["post-1795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dream-job","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}