Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Bid Manager salary, South Africa
Advertised base salaries from Bid Manager adverts in South Africa.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Bid Manager adverts in South Africa.
Bid Manager salary, South Africa
R510,000
median advertised base salary
3 adverts3 employersLow dataUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Average (mean)
R550,000
Range
R510,000–R630,000
Adverts stating pay
9%
3 of 35 adverts · Low data
The median for every role, emailed to you.
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Median advertised base salary R510,000
Adverts per R100,000 band
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Pay by sector. We do not know the sector of any of the 3 adverts: neither the employer's LinkedIn industry nor the advert says, so there is no figure by sector yet.
South Africa ranks 24th of the 26 countries with salary figures in ZAR for this role, based on 3 adverts. United States has the highest available advertised median, based on 125 adverts.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International RecruitmentLearning & development and Retirement & pension are named equally often, each in 50% of the 6 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 6 adverts that discuss benefits, from 35 permanent-role adverts for Bid Manager in South Africa. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
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No complete month yet, so there is no trend to measure.
Oct 2026 so far: R510,000 from 2 adverts. The month is not complete, so it is not used in the trend. Low data.
1 month so far
Day rates. No Bid Manager advert in South Africa stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 3 of the 35 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (9%, Low data): 0 in a structured field and 3 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
Estimated posting dates. 1 of the 3 adverts behind the figures above reached us with no posting date on it, so we recorded the day we collected it instead. It counts in every window on this page and is left out of the monthly series. How we date an advert →
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | R510,000 | R510,000 | R510,000 | 1 | Low data | No step |
| 2–5 years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 3 | No figure | No step |
| 5–10 years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 13 | No figure | No step |
| 10+ years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 1 | No figure | No step |
| Not stated | R540,000 | R570,000 | R600,000 | 2 | Low data | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| R500,000–R600,000 | 2 | 67% |
| R600,000–R700,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | R1,870,000 | $114,000 | 125 |
| Australia | R1,600,000 | A$140,000 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates | R1,590,000 | AED357,000 | 2 |
| Luxembourg | R1,580,000 | €85,000 | 1 |
| Ireland | R1,470,000 | €78,750 | 22 |
| Singapore | R1,460,000 | S$114,000 | 8 |
| Saudi Arabia | R1,430,000 | SAR327,000 | 2 |
| Canada | R1,320,000 | C$114,500 | 39 |
| China | R1,320,000 | CN¥540,000 | 2 |
| Switzerland | R1,270,000 | €68,250 | 10 |
| Netherlands | R1,270,000 | €68,220 | 29 |
| United Kingdom | R1,250,000 | £57,500 | 271 |
| Germany | R1,070,000 | €57,600 | 161 |
| Austria | R1,050,000 | €56,537 | 8 |
| France | R1,020,000 | €55,000 | 35 |
| Sweden | R986,000 | SEK600,000 | 1 |
| Spain | R884,000 | €47,500 | 2 |
| Lithuania | R831,000 | €44,670 | 1 |
| Japan | R783,000 | ¥7,500,000 | 1 |
| Italy | R744,000 | €40,000 | 53 |
| Malaysia | R693,000 | RM172,500 | 2 |
| Latvia | R614,000 | €33,000 | 1 |
| Mexico | R597,000 | MX$660,000 | 2 |
| South Africa | R510,000 | R510,000 | 3 |
| Philippines | R423,000 | ₱1,620,000 | 1 |
| India | R111,000 | ₹650,000 | 21 |
| Bangladesh | Shown in local currency only | ৳480,000 | 1 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Learning & development | 50% | 6 |
| Retirement & pension | 50% | 6 |
| Flexible working | 33% | 6 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 33% | 6 |
| Allowances & stipends | 17% | 6 |
| Health & medical | 17% | 6 |
| Life & disability insurance | 17% | 6 |
| Paid leave | 17% | 6 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | R510,000 | R510,000 | R510,000 | 2 | yes | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid Manager in South Africa | 9% | 3%–22% | 0 | 3 | 35 |
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