Market
SA AI Talent Report
Live numbers from the Agentic X pool. Updated on every page load from the same Postgres instance the recruiter console reads against.
Open mandates
60
Active roles being recruited for.
Candidates in pool
500
Indexed, searchable profiles.
Placed (30d)
60
Moved to placed in the last 30 days.
Avg days to place
21
Median mandate open → placed gap.
Top locations
Where candidates are
- Pretoria, South Africa89
- Remote (South Africa)88
- Cape Town, South Africa84
- Stellenbosch, South Africa83
- Johannesburg, South Africa81
Open mandates by role
Hiring demand
- Prompt Engineer4
- AI Product Manager4
- DevSecOps Engineer4
- Platform Engineer4
- Backend Engineer4
- MLOps Engineer4
- Product Designer4
- AI Solutions Architect4
- Risk & Compliance Lead4
- Data Scientist4
- ML Engineer2
- Chief AI Officer2
- Computer Vision Engineer2
- AI Engineer2
- Data Governance Lead2
- Analytics Engineer2
- Data Engineer2
- Site Reliability Engineer2
- Full Stack Engineer2
- NLP Engineer2
Skills in the pool
Most common
- SQL58
- Figma47
- Notion42
- Change Management42
- Budgeting42
- Workforce Planning42
- Process Design42
- Google Classroom41
- Curriculum Design41
- Lesson Planning33
Compensation
Salary benchmarks
Across role, seniority, and location. Currency defaults to ZAR.
Role · Seniority
Location
P25
Median
P75
Cur.
- AI EngineerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2404kR2932kR3459kZAR
- AI EngineerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2444kR2980kR3517kZAR
- AI EngineerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2455kR2994kR3532kZAR
- AI EngineermidCape Town, South AfricaR980kR1195kR1410kZAR
- AI EngineermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR920kR1122kR1324kZAR
- AI EngineermidRemote (South Africa)R996kR1214kR1433kZAR
- AI EngineerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1537kR1874kR2212kZAR
- AI EngineerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1425kR1738kR2051kZAR
- AI EngineerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1427kR1740kR2053kZAR
- AI Product ManagerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2459kR2999kR3539kZAR
- AI Product ManagerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2457kR2997kR3536kZAR
- AI Product ManagerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2357kR2875kR3392kZAR
- AI Product ManagermidCape Town, South AfricaR925kR1129kR1332kZAR
- AI Product ManagermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR931kR1135kR1339kZAR
- AI Product ManagermidRemote (South Africa)R1020kR1244kR1468kZAR
- AI Product ManagerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1500kR1830kR2159kZAR
- AI Product ManagerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1508kR1839kR2170kZAR
- AI Product ManagerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1544kR1883kR2222kZAR
- Analytics EngineerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2455kR2994kR3532kZAR
- Analytics EngineerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2372kR2892kR3413kZAR
- Analytics EngineerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2305kR2810kR3316kZAR
- Analytics EngineermidCape Town, South AfricaR975kR1189kR1403kZAR
- Analytics EngineermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR925kR1128kR1331kZAR
- Analytics EngineermidRemote (South Africa)R1000kR1219kR1439kZAR
- Analytics EngineerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1478kR1803kR2127kZAR
- Analytics EngineerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1528kR1863kR2199kZAR
- Analytics EngineerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1462kR1783kR2104kZAR
- Backend EngineerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2325kR2835kR3345kZAR
- Backend EngineerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2417kR2947kR3477kZAR
- Backend EngineerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2400kR2927kR3453kZAR
- Backend EngineermidCape Town, South AfricaR927kR1130kR1333kZAR
- Backend EngineermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR985kR1202kR1418kZAR
- Backend EngineermidRemote (South Africa)R996kR1215kR1434kZAR
- Backend EngineerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1495kR1824kR2152kZAR
- Backend EngineerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1485kR1810kR2136kZAR
- Backend EngineerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1468kR1790kR2113kZAR
- Data EngineerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2425kR2957kR3489kZAR
- Data EngineerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2448kR2985kR3522kZAR
- Data EngineerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2438kR2973kR3508kZAR
- Data EngineermidCape Town, South AfricaR953kR1162kR1372kZAR
- Data EngineermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR931kR1136kR1340kZAR
- Data EngineermidRemote (South Africa)R1008kR1230kR1451kZAR
- Data EngineerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1552kR1892kR2233kZAR
- Data EngineerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1553kR1894kR2235kZAR
- Data EngineerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1422kR1734kR2046kZAR
- Data ScientistexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2443kR2980kR3516kZAR
- Data ScientistexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2364kR2883kR3402kZAR
- Data ScientistexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2312kR2820kR3328kZAR
- Data ScientistmidCape Town, South AfricaR998kR1217kR1436kZAR
- Data ScientistmidJohannesburg, South AfricaR914kR1115kR1316kZAR
- Data ScientistmidRemote (South Africa)R962kR1173kR1384kZAR
- Data ScientistseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1428kR1742kR2055kZAR
- Data ScientistseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1411kR1721kR2030kZAR
- Data ScientistseniorRemote (South Africa)R1523kR1857kR2192kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2396kR2922kR3448kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2359kR2876kR3394kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2356kR2873kR3391kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineermidCape Town, South AfricaR942kR1148kR1355kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR977kR1192kR1406kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineermidRemote (South Africa)R883kR1077kR1271kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1483kR1808kR2134kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1469kR1792kR2115kZAR
- DevSecOps EngineerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1465kR1787kR2108kZAR
- ML EngineerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2359kR2877kR3395kZAR
- ML EngineerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2319kR2828kR3337kZAR
- ML EngineerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2342kR2856kR3370kZAR
- ML EngineermidCape Town, South AfricaR896kR1092kR1289kZAR
- ML EngineermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR929kR1132kR1336kZAR
- ML EngineermidRemote (South Africa)R953kR1162kR1372kZAR
- ML EngineerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1471kR1794kR2117kZAR
- ML EngineerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1423kR1736kR2048kZAR
- ML EngineerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1525kR1860kR2195kZAR
- MLOps EngineerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2409kR2938kR3467kZAR
- MLOps EngineerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2300kR2805kR3310kZAR
- MLOps EngineerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2430kR2964kR3497kZAR
- MLOps EngineermidCape Town, South AfricaR976kR1190kR1404kZAR
- MLOps EngineermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR927kR1130kR1334kZAR
- MLOps EngineermidRemote (South Africa)R906kR1105kR1304kZAR
- MLOps EngineerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1402kR1710kR2018kZAR
- MLOps EngineerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1461kR1782kR2103kZAR
- MLOps EngineerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1553kR1893kR2234kZAR
- Platform EngineerexecutiveCape Town, South AfricaR2384kR2907kR3430kZAR
- Platform EngineerexecutiveJohannesburg, South AfricaR2386kR2909kR3433kZAR
- Platform EngineerexecutiveRemote (South Africa)R2364kR2883kR3402kZAR
- Platform EngineermidCape Town, South AfricaR879kR1072kR1265kZAR
- Platform EngineermidJohannesburg, South AfricaR915kR1116kR1316kZAR
- Platform EngineermidRemote (South Africa)R990kR1208kR1425kZAR
- Platform EngineerseniorCape Town, South AfricaR1467kR1789kR2111kZAR
- Platform EngineerseniorJohannesburg, South AfricaR1496kR1825kR2153kZAR
- Platform EngineerseniorRemote (South Africa)R1444kR1760kR2077kZAR
Agents
Internal crew
The five agents in the Agentic X team and what each one owns.
- Ava SourcingPulls longlists from the candidate pool against a brief.
- Grant ScoringScores & explains matches with the mandate criteria.
- Iris InsightsReads market data, salary benchmarks, and competitor intel.
- Leo ComplianceEnforces POPIA, JD sanity, and policy guardrails.
- Elle OutreachDrafts comms and keeps the candidate side warm.
16 active offers in flight.
Pool last refreshed 11:06 AM