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

Hiring volume moved to 229 tracked postings across 122 companies in September, with IT Manager the most contested role and SQL the most widely requested skill.

Tracked Requisitions
229 ▲ 92% MoM
Active postings this month
Hiring Organizations
122 ▲ 49% MoM
Companies recruiting
Flexible Work
31%
Postings offering remote or hybrid
Salary Disclosure
21%
48 of 229 postings
Hiring by seniority
218 classified postings
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218 postings
Junior 21 · 10%
Mid 123 · 56%
Senior 74 · 34%
Seniority stated in 95% of 229 tracked postings · 11 not classified
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Fastest Rising Demand
Microsoft Excel
+157% MoM
Mapemond Limited
Most Active Employer
Mapemond Limited
23 Open Requisitions
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Cooling Demand
CSS3
-75% 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

85 postings across 55 companies
55
companies
02

Linux

63 postings across 46 companies
46
companies
03

Python

50 postings across 41 companies
41
companies
04

Network Security

53 postings across 39 companies
39
companies
05

Agile Methodologies / SDLC

53 postings across 38 companies
38
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.

IT Manager

0.8× senior per junior posting
Junior 5 Mid 13 Senior 4 Not stated 5

Data Analyst

1× senior per junior posting
Junior 1 Mid 12 Senior 1

Full Stack Engineer

2× senior per junior posting
Junior 1 Mid 7 Senior 2

Software Engineer

4× senior per junior posting
Junior 1 Mid 5 Senior 4 Not stated 2

Graphic Designer

0.7× senior per junior posting
Junior 3 Mid 5 Senior 2
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
₦120,000
₦110,000 – ₦125,000 middle 50%
Based on 9 postings
Mid High confidence
₦325,000
₦225,000 – ₦500,000 middle 50%
Based on 29 postings
Senior Indicative
₦875,000
₦650,000 – ₦1,000,000 middle 50%
Based on 8 postings
Pay was disclosed in 21% of postings this month (48 of 229). Junior → senior is worth about ₦755,000 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

Backend Engineer

NGN 387,500 · NGN 262,500–NGN 681,250

02

Full Stack Engineer

NGN 275,000 · NGN 150,000–NGN 325,000

03

AI Engineer

NGN 250,000 · NGN 110,000–NGN 300,000

04

Software Engineer

NGN 250,000 · NGN 200,000–NGN 287,500

05

Graphic Designer

NGN 200,000 · NGN 125,000–NGN 200,000

06

IT Manager

NGN 125,000 · NGN 113,750–NGN 275,000

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.

IT Manager
Dragnet Solutions Limited 3 roles
Mapemond Limited 3 roles
Company Not Listed 2 roles
Aureole Consulting Limited 2 roles
Eterna Plc 1 role
Data Analyst
Mapemond Limited 4 roles
Iknorbert Communications Limited 1 role
Asset & Resource Management Holding Company (ARM) Limited 1 role
Tetra Maritime 1 role
Primewit 1 role
Full Stack Engineer
Finova Core Banking Africa 2 roles
Moniepoint Inc. 1 role
Appzone Limited 1 role
Primly Premium Solutions Ltd 1 role
FFSD Group 1 role
Software Engineer
Appzone Limited 1 role
Amaiden Energy Nigeria Limited 1 role
TeKnowledge 1 role
DXESK 1 role
SabiRecruit 1 role
Graphic Designer
Mapemond Limited 2 roles
bigDan McDon 1 role
Company Not Listed 1 role
Nile University of Nigeria 1 role
African Industries Group (AIG) 1 role
New to the hiring market this month
Mapemond Limited 23 PayZeep 5 Nile University of Nigeria 4 Access Bank Plc 4 Dragnet Solutions Limited 3
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.

IT Manager

28 postings
Must-have
Linux 79% Network Security 71%
Nice-to-have
Identity & Access Mgt 21%
Rare
Shell Scripting 18% Docker 14% Microsoft Excel 11% Python 11% Incident Response 11% Microsoft Azure 11%

Data Analyst

14 postings
Must-have
SQL 100% Microsoft Excel 93% Google Analytics 86% Power BI 71% Machine Learning 64% Tableau 64%
Nice-to-have
Pandas 36% Svelte 29% CRM 29% Python 29% Microsoft Word 29% Time Series Analysis 29%
Rare
Microservices 14% A/B Testing 14% NumPy 14% SEO 14% Generative AI 14% Agile Methodologies / SDLC 7%

Full Stack Engineer

12 postings
Must-have
Docker 67% React 50% PostgreSQL 50% PHP 50%
Nice-to-have
MySQL 42% Node.js 42% Laravel 42% Python 42% CI/CD 33% Git & GitHub 33%
Rare
React Native 17% Redis 17% Agile Methodologies / SDLC 17% Kubernetes 17% Payment Gateways 17% Dart 17%

Software Engineer

12 postings
Must-have
SQL 75% Agile Methodologies / SDLC 67% Microservices 58% Java 50% RESTful API design 50%
Nice-to-have
Git & GitHub 42% JavaScript 42% CSS 33% Microsoft Azure 33% C# 33% HTML5 25%
Rare
PostgreSQL 17% Docker 17% Machine Learning 17% MySQL 17% Spring Boot 17% Google Cloud (GCP) 17%

Graphic Designer

11 postings
Must-have
Photoshop 91% Graphic Design 91% Illustrator 82% Canva 73% UI/UX Design 55%
Nice-to-have
Content Marketing 45% Social Media Management 45% Copywriting 36% Graphic Design (Canva) 36% Figma 36% After Effects 27%
Rare
Microsoft Excel 18% Microsoft Word 18% Premiere Pro 18% Generative AI 18% Responsive Design 18% Wireframing 18%
What Talent Expects

Workplace & Geography

Work model
Remote 11% Hybrid 20% On-site 69%
Top locations
Lagos, Nigeria 121
Abuja, Nigeria 20
Nigeria 11
Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria 5
Remote 5
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Methodology & Sample Confidence

Compiled from 229 tracked postings and 122 companies. Seniority figures cover 95% of postings (218 of 229). 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.