{"id":203996,"date":"2017-10-10T11:19:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T09:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=203996"},"modified":"2017-10-10T11:19:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T09:19:37","slug":"the-average-monthly-salary-for-the-most-in-demand-jobs-in-south-africa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/203996\/the-average-monthly-salary-for-the-most-in-demand-jobs-in-south-africa-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The average monthly salary for the most in-demand jobs in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young, educated South Africans are looking to jobs in the IT market, as the sector remains the number one most sought-after field in the latest\u00a0Careers24<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0job market\u00a0statistics released this week.<\/p>\n

This is followed by high demand in the engineering field, the group said, adding that young, educated individuals are doing increasingly more research into the companies they would most like to work for.<\/p>\n

IT also remains the highest payer among the most in-demand fields, with an average monthly salary offered exceeding R61,000. Engineering jobs offer an average of R49,800, trumped only by the finance sector, which offers an average of R50,600, according to Career24.<\/p>\n

Career24’s stats are based on the number of jobs listed, as well as the number of job seekers surveyed.<\/p>\n

The stats show that, among the users measured, the gender split among job seekers is pretty even, though the average user is most likely to be a black South African (65%), living in Gauteng (45%), with a tertiary qualification (59%), between the age of 21 \u2013 30 (60%).<\/p>\n

Jobs were viewed a total of 8.2 million times on Careers24 within the quarter and the site signed up more than 100,000 new job seekers.<\/p>\n

However, only slightly more than 70,000 new jobs were listed during the same period, showing that the demand for jobs still outnumbers the available jobs.<\/p>\n

This decline is in-line with Statistics South Africa\u2019s findings<\/a> <\/strong>in their Q2 Quarterly Employment Survey.<\/p>\n

The survey results show a decline of 34,000 jobs (or -0.4%) to 9,617,000\u00a0for the second quarter of 2017, specifically in the formal non-agricultural sector.<\/p>\n

On the recruitment side, when comparing 2016 and 2017\u2019s most in-demand sectors (those with more than 1000 jobs posted on a monthly basis), a few trends were noteworthy.<\/p>\n

IT remained the number one field in terms of available jobs, while engineers continue to be in high-demand. Sales and Finance jobs ranked second and third, respectively, reflecting similar demand patters from 2016.<\/p>\n

Most in-demand sectors in 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2017<\/th>\nAverage monthly salary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0IT<\/td>\nR61 173<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sales<\/td>\nR22 609<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finance<\/td>\nR50 640<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Engineering<\/td>\nR49 837<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medical<\/td>\nR34 916<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accounting<\/td>\nR39 434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marketing<\/td>\nR26 008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Admin<\/td>\nR27 398<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Management<\/td>\nR43 018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Retail<\/td>\nR20 553<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Certain sectors showed promising growth in terms of job posts with finance and academics showing a 57% and 54% growth respectively.<\/p>\n

Below are the ten sectors that showed the most growth compared to the same time last year.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sectors<\/th>\nGrowth<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Finance<\/td>\n\u00a057%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Academic<\/td>\n\u00a054%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Call Centre<\/td>\n\u00a041%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Management<\/td>\n\u00a041%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Health, Fitness and Beauty<\/td>\n\u00a037%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Sales<\/td>\n\u00a034%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Marketing<\/td>\n\u00a032%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Procurement<\/td>\n\u00a030%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Graduate<\/td>\n\u00a028%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Media<\/td>\n\u00a027%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read:\u00a0Salary trends for the most in-demand jobs in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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