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August 2026 Nigeria Tech Hiring Report: Talent Competition, Salaries & Pipeline

Hiring volume cooled to 119 tracked postings in August, though Full Stack Engineer and SQL stayed in strong demand.

Tracked Requisitions
119 ▼ 40% MoM
Active postings this month
Hiring Organizations
82 ▼ 26% MoM
Companies recruiting
Flexible Work
48%
Postings offering remote or hybrid
Salary Disclosure
20%
24 of 119 postings
Hiring by seniority
115 classified postings
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115 postings
Junior 15 · 13%
Mid 54 · 47%
Senior 46 · 40%
Seniority stated in 97% of 119 tracked postings · 4 not classified
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Fastest Rising Demand
RESTful API design
+45% MoM
Flutterwave
Most Active Employer
Flutterwave
4 Open Requisitions
trending_down
Cooling Demand
Tailwind CSS
-91% MoM Shift
Demand Breadth

Where the talent market is tight

Ranked by how many distinct companies ask for each skill. Broad demand means harder to hire for; concentrated demand means a few players dominating.

01

SQL

61 postings across 48 companies
48
companies
02

Agile Methodologies / SDLC

56 postings across 46 companies
46
companies
03

Python

48 postings across 35 companies
35
companies
04

CI/CD

46 postings across 33 companies
33
companies
05

AWS

37 postings across 32 companies
32
companies
Seniority Pipeline

Where the pipeline is thin

Posting mix per role. A wide senior-to-junior gap means the market is not growing its own supply for that role.

Full Stack Engineer

1.7× senior per junior posting
Junior 3 Mid 7 Senior 5 Not stated 1

Software Engineer

8× senior per junior posting
Junior 1 Mid 5 Senior 8

Backend Engineer

Junior 0 Mid 5 Senior 3

Frontend Engineer

Junior 0 Mid 6 Senior 0

Data Analyst

0× senior per junior posting
Junior 3 Mid 2 Senior 0
Compensation

Monthly Salary Bands

Median advertised pay with the middle 50% range. Bands are only published when at least 5 postings disclosed a salary.

Junior Indicative
₦200,000
₦110,000 – ₦200,000 middle 50%
Based on 5 postings
Mid Medium confidence
₦250,000
₦195,000 – ₦437,500 middle 50%
Based on 15 postings
Senior Medium confidence
₦312,500
₦181,250 – ₦850,000 middle 50%
Based on 14 postings · 3-month window
Pay was disclosed in 20% of postings this month (24 of 119). Junior → senior is worth about ₦112,500 more per month.
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Pay leadership

Highest Paying Roles

Roles where you are most likely to lose a candidate on price. Ranked by median advertised pay, with the middle 50% range so you can see how wide the band actually is.

01

Full Stack Engineer

NGN 300,000 · NGN 195,000–NGN 362,500

02

Software Engineer

NGN 250,000 · NGN 175,000–NGN 268,750

03

Backend Engineer

NGN 250,000 · NGN 167,500–NGN 312,500

Bands are widened to a three-month window when a role publishes fewer than 5 disclosed salaries this month. Only NGN postings are included.

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Competition

Who you are hiring against

Companies posting the same roles, ranked by volume this month.

Full Stack Engineer
Company Not Listed 3 roles
CapitalSage Holdings 1 role
Eni Brand Architect 1 role
HRM Office 1 role
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc 1 role
Software Engineer
Company Not Listed 2 roles
Corona Management Systems 1 role
Learn2Earn 1 role
Crown Interactive Limited 1 role
Flutterwave 1 role
Backend Engineer
RolePilotAI Inc. 1 role
Company Not Listed 1 role
eHealth4everyone 1 role
Heirs Technologies 1 role
Flutterwave 1 role
Frontend Engineer
Passa 1 role
Integrated Software Data Solutions Limited (ISDS) 1 role
Workforce Group 1 role
KDN Group LLC 1 role
Kashia 1 role
Data Analyst
Plus Marketing 1 role
Renmoney Microfinance Bank Limited 1 role
Company Not Listed 1 role
Dangote Industries Limited 1 role
Redbiller 1 role
New to the hiring market this month
eHealth4everyone 3 KDN Group LLC 2 Kashia 2 Corona Management Systems 2 RolePilotAI Inc. 2
Job Spec Intelligence

What to put in the listing

Skills bucketed by how often they appear in postings for the same role. Use it to separate requirements from nice-to-haves.

Full Stack Engineer

16 postings
Must-have
JavaScript 63% CSS 63% MongoDB 56% CI/CD 56% MySQL 56% Node.js 56%
Nice-to-have
Agile Methodologies / SDLC 44% Docker 44% Git & GitHub 44% PostgreSQL 38% AWS 38% Vue.js 31%
Rare
PHP 19% SEO 19% Wordpress 19% Tailwind 19% TypeScript 19% Redis 19%

Software Engineer

14 postings
Must-have
SQL 86% Python 79% Agile Methodologies / SDLC 64% Microservices 50%
Nice-to-have
CI/CD 43% JavaScript 43% Git & GitHub 43% Java 36% AWS 36% RESTful API design 36%
Rare
Kubernetes 14% Microsoft Azure 14% Go 14% System Design 14% Angular 14% Django 14%

Backend Engineer

8 postings
Must-have
PostgreSQL 75% CI/CD 75% Docker 63% Python 63% SQL 63% AWS 63%
Nice-to-have
Agile Methodologies / SDLC 38% RESTful API design 38% Microservices 38% Redis 38% Apache Kafka 25% JWT authentication 25%
Rare
Google Cloud (GCP) 13% Java 13% Ruby on Rails 13% Linux 13% Prometheus 13% NLP 13%

Frontend Engineer

6 postings
Must-have
React 100% CSS 100% Vue.js 83% JavaScript 83% Git & GitHub 50% HTML5 50%
Nice-to-have
Angular 33% UI/UX Design 33% GraphQL 33% CI/CD 33% Next.js 33% Responsive Design 33%
Rare
Adobe XD 17% Wireframing 17% Svelte 17% SEO 17% Microservices 17% Tailwind 17%

Data Analyst

5 postings
Must-have
Google Analytics 100% Microsoft Excel 100% SQL 80% Power BI 80% Microsoft Word 60%
Nice-to-have
CRM 40% Email Marketing 20% SEM/PPC 20% A/B Testing 20% Python 20% Tableau 20%
Rare
None below 20%.
What Talent Expects

Workplace & Geography

Work model
Remote 18% Hybrid 29% On-site 52%
Top locations
Lagos, Nigeria 21
Remote 11
Lagos 7
Nigeria 7
Abuja, Nigeria 2
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Methodology & Sample Confidence

Compiled from 119 tracked postings and 82 companies. Seniority figures cover 97% of postings (115 of 119). Salary bands use the median and middle 50% of disclosed pay, and are only published when at least 5 postings disclosed a salary. No applicant, application-flow or time-to-hire figures are included, because the platform does not capture them.