| Money to be made in contracting | ||
| Averages salaries in relation to permanent and contracting staff's primary area of expertise* | ||
| Primary area of expertise vs salary | ||
| Permanent staff | Contractors | |
| Area of expertise | Monthly average | Monthly average |
| Accounting / Financial | R17 053 | R27 225 |
| Business analysis | R18 178 | R13 117 |
| Business development / Sales | R22 643 | R37 200 |
| Business intelligence / Decision support / Reporting tools | R16 462 | R21 919 |
| Business process management / Workflow | R17 950 | R40 007 |
| Call centre management | R8 829 | R8 438 |
| Cellular systems / services | R12 280 | R4 584 |
| Content management | R14 531 | R20 900 |
| CRM | R17 065 | R21 922 |
| Data centers | R20 331 | R14 167 |
| Data warehousing | R14 938 | R17 667 |
| Database development / management | R18 188 | R24 361 |
| Desktop management / services | R9 389 | R8 761 |
| Disaster recovery / Business continuity | R12 898 | R45 250 |
| Document management / Imaging | R9 954 | R12 800 |
| E-billing | R18 582 | |
| E-business / E-commerce | R15 875 | R22 825 |
| E-mail / Messaging / Groupware | R16 435 | R26 083 |
| Enterprise application integration (EAI) | R21 351 | R37 222 |
| Enterprise architecture / SOA | R22 640 | R43 419 |
| ERP | R23 518 | R23 955 |
| Infrastructure management | R17 453 | R26 882 |
| Internet / Connectivity | R15 117 | R19 001 |
| IP telephony / VOIP | R27 247 | |
| IT governance | R17 363 | R18 312 |
| Knowledge management | R24 886 | R15 861 |
| Mobile solutions / Remote access | R15 517 | |
| Network applications | R10 601 | R10 417 |
| Network infrastructure / Management / Services | R15 681 | R8 812 |
| Open source / Linux | R14 954 | R5 903 |
| Outsourcing / SLA management | R19 979 | R22 917 |
| Project manager | R17 633 | R24 897 |
| Risk management | R25 454 | |
| Security | R18 584 | R12 706 |
| Server hardware | R18 178 | R7 000 |
| Software development / Programming | R15 480 | R22 146 |
| Software testing / Quality assurance | R13 008 | R20 552 |
| Storage / SAN / Backup / Storage management | R19 848 | R29 287 |
| Supply chain management | R27 833 | |
| Support / Help desk | R9 069 | R5 136 |
| Systems Integration / Consulting | R22 119 | R15 740 |
| Systems management | R17 217 | R19 330 |
| Telecommunications equipment / services | R18 839 | R15 167 |
| Training and e-learning | R12 916 | R15 826 |
| Web design | R13 736 | R7 996 |
| Web development | R13 133 | R15 474 |
| Web services | R15 169 | |
| Wireless networks | R19 511 | R41 667 |
| *Disclaimer: Although permanent and contractor monthly salaries are listed next to one another, direct comparisons are not possible as monthly totals are affected by many factors, such as company size, experience, responsibility, number of hours worked and hourly rates. In addition, permanent packages as a rule include benefits, while contractors' don't. | ||