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Real-time structural insights into African hiring trends, specific technology demand shifts, and private-sector ecosystem activity.

trending_up Lagos activity +12% this period
rocket_launch Software Development companies increased Agile Methodologies / SDLC demand
groups Ecosystem growth rate at -2.9%
terminal Software Engineer roles remain highest demand
trending_up Lagos activity +12%
rocket_launch Software Development increased Agile Methodologies / SDLC demand
groups Ecosystem growth: -2.9%
terminal Software Engineer roles in demand
Overview Skills Hiring Companies Events

Job Market Volume

Aggregate demand across tracked sectors (12mo)

May Jun Jun Jun Jul

Ecosystem Health

Cooling — 2.9% below last period

Skill Demand

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Agile Methodologies / SDLC +9%
SQL +5%
CI/CD +11%
AWS +3%
Python +6%
Docker +7%
Cross-functional Communication 0%
MySQL +4%

Market Movers

#1

Flutterwave

Active

+5%
#2

Paystack

Active

+5%
#3

Interswitch

Active

+5%
#4

Duplo

Active

+5%
#5

Moniepoint

Active

+6%

Seniority Distribution

Breakdown of active job openings by level

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Senior Level
33.7% 30 roles
Mid Level
57.3% 51 roles
Junior Level
9% 8 roles
Senior and Mid-level roles dominate current market demand, reflecting high requirements for independent execution.

Workplace Model

Job opening distribution by remote / hybrid / onsite

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Hybrid
37% 34 roles
Remote
16.3% 15 roles
Onsite
46.7% 43 roles
Hybrid models represent the largest share of workplace environments, balancing collaborative office time and remote flexibility.

Intelligence Brief

WEEK 31 REPORT
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Trending Skill

CI/CD demand grew 11% this period, signaling ecosystem-wide adoption shifts.

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Top Role This Month

Full Stack Engineer leads with 10 active openings, 7% employer demand intensity.

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Ecosystem Pulse

Hiring velocity at 4.9 with a -2.9% growth rate — signaling cooling market conditions.

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Upcoming Events

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conference
Aug 08, 2026

AWS Community Day Nigeria 2026

AWS Community Day Nigeria is the largest annual gathering of Amazon Web Services...

meetup
Aug 15, 2026

Ibadan Tech Meetup Q3 2026

The Ibadan Tech Meetup is a quarterly community event for developers, designers,...

conference
Aug 20, 2026

Techpoint BUILD Summit 2026

The Techpoint BUILD Summit is Nigeria's premier startup and technology business...

conference
Aug 29, 2026

PCN Product Summit 2026

The Product Community Nigeria Summit is the premier annual conference for produc...

Event Types

bootcamp 1
conference 15
expo 1
festival 2
meetup 2

Top Communities

By total event profile views

Regional Activity

Community engagement by region

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Experience Split

Junior · Mid · Senior

Mid: 51 Senior: 30 Junior: 8

Salary by Experience

Average salary ranges by seniority level

Role Demand Trends

How top roles are trending over time

Top Roles

This period
#1 Software Engineer (9) #2 Full Stack Engineer (10) #3 Data Analyst (7) #4 Database Administrator (5) #5 QA Engineer (4)

Skills per Role — click to expand

QA Engineer 4 jobs

Top Skills Required

Agile Methodologies / SDLC
75%
Effective Communication
75%
Proactive
75%
SQL
75%
Mentoring
50%
Graphic Designer 4 jobs

Top Skills Required

Graphic Design
100%
Content Marketing
100%
Photoshop
100%
Illustrator
100%
UI/UX Design
75%
Data Analyst 7 jobs

Top Skills Required

SQL
100%
Python
71%
Power BI
71%
Google Analytics
71%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC
57%
Database Administrator 5 jobs

Top Skills Required

SQL
80%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC
80%
Linux
80%
MySQL
80%
CI/CD
60%
Backend Engineer 5 jobs

Top Skills Required

CI/CD
100%
Docker
100%
Node.js
80%
Kubernetes
60%
Spring Boot
60%
Full Stack Engineer 10 jobs

Top Skills Required

Agile Methodologies / SDLC
80%
JavaScript
80%
TypeScript
60%
CSS
60%
AWS
50%
Software Engineer 9 jobs

Top Skills Required

AWS
67%
Docker
56%
Kubernetes
56%
Java
44%
Python
44%
Business Analyst 4 jobs

Top Skills Required

Project Management
100%
Effective Communication
100%
API Documentation
75%
Proactive
75%
Self-motivated
75%

Salary by Role

Average salary range for each role title

Active Employers

Profile completeness
1

Company Not Listed

14 jobs
Low Completeness
2

Moniepoint

8 jobs
Medium Completeness
3

Tezza Business Solutions Ltd

4 jobs
Medium Completeness
4

CreativeMansion Digital Enterprise

4 jobs
Low Completeness
5

Standard Bank Group

3 jobs
Medium Completeness
6

TeKnowledge

3 jobs
Medium Completeness
7

Duplo

3 jobs
High Completeness
8

DataLens Africa

2 jobs
Medium Completeness
Employment Type
Full-Time 87 (95%) Contract 2 (2%) Part-Time 2 (2%) Internship 1 (1%)
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Skill Demand

Bubble size = number of job postings

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Agile Methodologies / SDLC 51 jobs SQL 43 jobs CI/CD 39 jobs AWS 38 jobs Python 33 jobs Docker 29 jobs Cross-functional Communication 28 jobs MySQL 26 jobs

Fastest Growing

Job postings over time by skill

Active Jobs by Category

Which job categories have the most postings

Salary by Skill

Average salary range for jobs requiring each skill

Frequently Paired

Click a skill
SQL 228 jobs

Top Companions

Agile Methodologies / SDLC
55%
Python
50%
CI/CD
44%
AWS
36%
API Documentation
32%
AWS 165 jobs

Top Companions

CI/CD
69%
Docker
59%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC
53%
SQL
50%
Python
50%
Docker 126 jobs

Top Companions

CI/CD
86%
AWS
77%
Kubernetes
57%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC
52%
Linux
50%
Python 177 jobs

Top Companions

SQL
65%
CI/CD
48%
AWS
46%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC
46%
Docker
28%
Microservices 107 jobs

Top Companions

CI/CD
72%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC
64%
SQL
58%
AWS
54%
Python
47%
CI/CD 195 jobs

Top Companions

Agile Methodologies / SDLC
61%
AWS
58%
Docker
55%
SQL
52%
Python
44%
Linux 114 jobs

Top Companions

CI/CD
65%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC
58%
AWS
56%
Docker
55%
SQL
46%
PostgreSQL 100 jobs

Top Companions

CI/CD
68%
SQL
67%
MySQL
62%
AWS
56%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC
50%
Agile Methodologies / SDLC 229 jobs

Top Companions

SQL
55%
CI/CD
52%
Mentoring
42%
API Documentation
42%
AWS
38%
API Documentation 122 jobs

Top Companions

Agile Methodologies / SDLC
79%
SQL
60%
Mentoring
52%
Cross-functional Communication
43%
CI/CD
36%
Mentoring 124 jobs

Top Companions

Agile Methodologies / SDLC
78%
API Documentation
52%
SQL
50%
Remote Collaboration
46%
CI/CD
44%
JavaScript 103 jobs

Top Companions

Agile Methodologies / SDLC
62%
SQL
51%
CSS
50%
CI/CD
44%
HTML
39%

Entry-Level Demand

Skills most requested in junior roles

Remote-Ready

% remote jobs

Airflow

100% remote
1 remote jobs 1 total

Spring Security

100% remote
1 remote jobs 1 total

JPA / Hibernate

100% remote
2 remote jobs 2 total

Time Series Analysis

100% remote
1 remote jobs 1 total

Zeplin

100% remote
1 remote jobs 1 total

Apache Kafka

80% remote
4 remote jobs 5 total

JWT authentication

67% remote
2 remote jobs 3 total

Go

67% remote
2 remote jobs 3 total
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Employer Leaderboard

Ranked by Eco Score
Company Sector Open Roles Stack Eco Score
A
Andela verified
Software Development 0 Active
MERN Stack Django Stack
9.2
I
Interswitch verified
fintech 1 Active
Spring Boot Stack
9.1
Kuda Bank
Kuda Bank verified
fintech 0 Active
MERN Stack Cloud Native Stack
9
OPay
OPay verified
fintech 0 Active
MERN Stack
8.8
P
PiggyVest verified
fintech 0 Active
MERN Stack
8.8

Hiring by Sector

Backend Development 37
Payment Gateways 31
DevOps & Cloud 28
AWS / Cloud Infrastructure 23

Tech Stack Distribution

Most used technology stacks in active jobs

Company Job Activity

Change in active job postings over time

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