{"id":167311,"date":"2017-03-30T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=167311"},"modified":"2017-03-30T12:34:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:34:55","slug":"the-most-in-demand-skills-in-south-africas-job-market-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/167311\/the-most-in-demand-skills-in-south-africas-job-market-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The most in-demand skills in South Africa&#8217;s job market right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CareerJunction has released an updated list of the most in-demand skills according to employer requirements\u00a0in March 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The data is based on\u00a0over 25,000 jobs currently indexed across the site, and the preferences of over 3,000 recruitment agencies and employers.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, IT has continued to be the biggest growth industry in the current labour market noted the report, with a strong demand for skills and only a handful of candidates that meet the requirements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When taking a closer look at the thousands of jobs listed online you\u2019ll discover that many of these jobs are IT-related, every fourth one to be exact,&#8221; said Paul Byrne, MD of\u00a0CareerJunction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seldom seen this type of continuous growth in demand for a particular skill set in the last year and a half. The last year alone has seen a growth in IT jobs of more than 18%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Byrne went on to say that <strong>software developers are by far at the top of recruiters\u2019 most wanted list<\/strong>, as the majority of IT jobs are allocated to them. They are followed by<strong> business analysts, system and network administrators and system analysts<\/strong> who are also high on the list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much they earn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to setting out the most in-deman skills right now, Byrne also highlighted the average monthly salaries one could expect in these positions based on\u00a0CareerJunction data. All off the salaries are based on what an employee could expect to earn working at an &#8220;intermediate level&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business Analysis &#8211; R37,392 &#8211; R43,831 per month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Software development &#8211; R32,539 &#8211; R43,358\u00a0per month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>System\/Network Administrator &#8211; R25,710 &#8211; R31,071\u00a0per month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>System Analysis &#8211; R34,204 &#8211; R39,8111\u00a0per month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/166791\/mtn-boss-scores-r72-million-salary-despite-first-ever-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">MTN boss scores R72 million salary despite first-ever loss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CareerJunction has released an updated list of the most in-demand skills according to employer requirements in March 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":102427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-167311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-active"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167311"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167337,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167311\/revisions\/167337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}