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Top 10 Highest Paying Tech Jobs in Nigeria

Precious by Precious
August 9, 2022
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It’s is of no news that Nigeria has based her economic mainstay on Petroleum and the country gets most of her revenue from this source, this explains the reason why the young people of the country tend to pursue a degree in relation to the oil-based discipline. An average Nigerian believes a man working in the Oil Company earns a fat salary and rightly so.

The young minds of the country tend to however get their minds clouded by this notion, as well as the need to get other “neat jobs” like being a Doctor, a Pharmacist and so on, this is to say that only a few young Nigerians actually partake in the Technology field with the aim of pursuing a career relating to it.

Truth be told, the Oil industry is crowded, Doctors are becoming less-needed by the day, however, today, Tech Jobs are very open and can employ as much as possible with reasonable experience. This field is one of the most sought after in other highly developed Nations and tends to bring in a lot more revenues to them more than Oil brings to Nigeria as the World is currently going “more-tech”.

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The fact is that among the top 50 best-paying jobs in the world, tech jobs occupy almost half of the entire list and this will only increase as the search for tech workers increase.

Nigeria is doing well in catching up when it comes to technology and the tech-related jobs are increasing by the day, here are the top 10 Tech-based jobs in the country.

10. Mobile Application Developer

The world has gone digital, 90% of the World Population uses a mobile phone of some kind and over 60% uses or have used a smartphone in this generation. Looking at the Google Play Store, for example, it is the official Android Application store and contains over 2.7 million applications.

The job of an App developer is primarily to create and design applications for particular purposes to serve a particular set of people. These Mobile Application Developers possess a skill in coding and can grow their niche into Web Applications. They can work for companies but can also be independent and ways of earning are really flexible.

9. Database Administrator

The Database of a company is one of its most important assets. Here, records and tracks of the company’s staffs, activities, customers, inventory and transactions are kept. It contains an invaluable set of information which is very useful and can be essential in future decisions. A Database Admin is basically the person that runs it and they earn a lot as it is not a very easy task.

8. Digital Marketer

A digital marketer or a digital marketing manager is a person whose task is to develop, implement and manage marketing campaigns to promote a company and its products and/or services. He/she s a major PRO of the company as they are essential in promoting awareness about the Company to the general public, hence selling their goods and services rather easily. Marketing is a major factor of any company, hence the importance of a skilled Marketing Manager.

7. Web Developer

Like earlier said, the world is going digital. Most companies now prefer to sell their products online as a lot of people have access to the internet. These companies have their websites to make things easier for them and a Web Developer is responsible for creating and designing these websites.

A Web Developer must be an expert in a lot of programming languages and must be capable of creating a unique, user-friendly and easily-accessible portal.

6. Computer Hardware Engineer

Well, technology can’t just be there, there must be some physical portals influencing it. A computer is the most notable and important tech device and it is a Computer Engineer that creates and designs it as well as other computer-related devices.

5. Security Engineer

A company can lose a good amount of its revenue and assets if its security system is breached by a dark hacker. Lots of secret information including passwords and strategies can be leaked which may lead to loss and this is where the Security Engineer comes in.

A Security Engineer combines a variety of skills to design, utilize and monitor various systems that secure a company’s network and software, protecting and shielding its assets from unwanted Intruders. They’re a very important branch of any company

4. Data Architect

Data Architecture is based on Information Technology. The job of a Data Architect is to determine how Data can be stored, consumed, managed and integrated by different Data Entities or IT Systems.

3. IT Program Manager

An IT Manager has a lot of responsibility in his sleeves. He or she manages the company’s IT infrastructure and also manage all projects relating to information in the company. They oversee and determine the timeframe of an IT project from updates to outages.. they plan, coordinate and direct all activities relating to the Company’s Information System.

2. Software Development Manager

A Software Development Manager simply leads a team of Software Developers. He/She is tasked with hiring and training staffs of related companies, create budgets and documentations then providing reports to those at the top hierarchy

1. Software Developer

This is where most of these tech jobs fall under. A Software Developer, or a Programmer or Coder is someone who simply creates Computer Softwares. They use a series of languages and codes to create applications, commands and tasks that run the computer.

They are highly sought after and are one of the highest earners in the World. A Software Developer must be creative and must be an expert in coding as well as utilization of the computer system as a whole.

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  1. Ifeanyi says:
    5 years ago

    Hi, thanks for this valuable contents it is really an eye openner. However i would love to connect with you more..there is something i am working presently and i would love to share it with you and hopefully you give me some clarity

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  2. Goodluck says:
    4 years ago

    Nice one

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