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While the increasing technologically focused world has made working remotely very much the norm in advanced economies, with such jobs as programming and web development, the favorites for remote jobs; but that is not the case in Nigeria.

The research by Devcenter’s ‘State of Code Jobs’ reports that from over 3000 jobs on Gigson, the Devcenter’s jobs platform, about One-third (31%) of jobs posted were for back-end developers, and those on the server-side, which include work on scripting, databases, and frameworks behind a site’s functionality.

Those for front-end developers is 24%, and 20% for full stack developers while mobile developers made up about 22%; roles for internship and employers seeking developers to multi-tasks, altogether stood at 3% of all the jobs. And the required competence in such programming languages are Python, Java, and Ruby.

Why the Preference for Developers' Physical Presence



According to the report, analyzing year-on-year rise in remote job postings, availability of fully remote jobs was up 9% for all jobs postings, while 14% are supposedly remote-friendly and 56% as full-time, physical jobs and 2% of the jobs were on part-time.

The reasons given for unavailability of remove jobs by employers were concerns on stable power and internet connectivity, as they insists that software development staff must be on-premises to avoid excuses for late delivery or failed tasks.

Increase in Co-working Spaces



There is the rise in co-working spaces to fill the development gap created by unavailability of remote jobs, as developers clamor for a little bit of freedom. And there are about 117 of such places in Nigeria presently, up from 5 in about a decade ago.

These places have become the haven for freelancers and remote workers for co-working subscriptions while employers provide them as a perk.

It is pertinent to note that 19% of all the jobs were on contract roles, which typically require work for a short period of time and afterwards dismissed. As several of the companies work in projects and only needed the talents for a while, and Lagos is the place to be if you're targeting to work as a developer in Nigeria.

Nigerian Developers take-home pay



The remunerations for the developers is based on experience level, and employers, are somewhat reluctant to disclose what exactly they will pay until they've had a direct talk with the potential developer.

For employers who are more willing to reveal how much they pay before a contact is made, the average offer for junior developers is usually at the range of $200 (about N80,000 of the local currency) to $400 (N150,000) per month.

And such salary offers that are above N300,000 ($827) is mostly for advanced and highly experienced developers. The Gigson's report is supposed to serve as a help to developers to understand exactly what employers are looking after from them.

State of Code: Why Remote Jobs are still far in between for Nigerian Developers



While the increasing technologically focused world has made working remotely very much the norm in advanced economies, with such jobs as programming and web development, the favorites for remote jobs; but that is not the case in Nigeria.

The research by Devcenter’s ‘State of Code Jobs’ reports that from over 3000 jobs on Gigson, the Devcenter’s jobs platform, about One-third (31%) of jobs posted were for back-end developers, and those on the server-side, which include work on scripting, databases, and frameworks behind a site’s functionality.

Those for front-end developers is 24%, and 20% for full stack developers while mobile developers made up about 22%; roles for internship and employers seeking developers to multi-tasks, altogether stood at 3% of all the jobs. And the required competence in such programming languages are Python, Java, and Ruby.

Why the Preference for Developers' Physical Presence



According to the report, analyzing year-on-year rise in remote job postings, availability of fully remote jobs was up 9% for all jobs postings, while 14% are supposedly remote-friendly and 56% as full-time, physical jobs and 2% of the jobs were on part-time.

The reasons given for unavailability of remove jobs by employers were concerns on stable power and internet connectivity, as they insists that software development staff must be on-premises to avoid excuses for late delivery or failed tasks.

Increase in Co-working Spaces



There is the rise in co-working spaces to fill the development gap created by unavailability of remote jobs, as developers clamor for a little bit of freedom. And there are about 117 of such places in Nigeria presently, up from 5 in about a decade ago.

These places have become the haven for freelancers and remote workers for co-working subscriptions while employers provide them as a perk.

It is pertinent to note that 19% of all the jobs were on contract roles, which typically require work for a short period of time and afterwards dismissed. As several of the companies work in projects and only needed the talents for a while, and Lagos is the place to be if you're targeting to work as a developer in Nigeria.

Nigerian Developers take-home pay



The remunerations for the developers is based on experience level, and employers, are somewhat reluctant to disclose what exactly they will pay until they've had a direct talk with the potential developer.

For employers who are more willing to reveal how much they pay before a contact is made, the average offer for junior developers is usually at the range of $200 (about N80,000 of the local currency) to $400 (N150,000) per month.

And such salary offers that are above N300,000 ($827) is mostly for advanced and highly experienced developers. The Gigson's report is supposed to serve as a help to developers to understand exactly what employers are looking after from them.
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