{"id":221213,"date":"2018-01-25T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=221213"},"modified":"2018-01-26T08:36:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T06:36:28","slug":"the-10-jobs-which-pay-the-most-on-average-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/221213\/the-10-jobs-which-pay-the-most-on-average-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The top 10 highest paying jobs in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online jobs website\u00a0CareerJunction has released its latest\u00a0labour market findings, aiming to provide job seekers an idea of what to expect from the market heading into 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The salary ranges are based on salary offerings published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerjunction.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CareerJunction<\/strong> <\/a>between April 2017 and November 2017.<\/p>\n<p>These salary ranges represent monthly &#8220;cost to company&#8221; and only serve as an indication of the of the average salary offerings for each occupation. This means that while one or two occupations may have an opening for a position that offers more in a field, these jobs consistently pay the most.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Structural engineers<\/strong> are the stand-out occupation with senior engineers earning upwards of R80,000 a month, however they also offer some of the lowest salaries (among the top 10 fields), with junior engineers earning around R30,000 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Senior environmental and structural engineers are also notable earners as are South Africans working in Financial management and Plant managers.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CJI-proper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221225 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CJI-proper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CJI-proper.jpg 812w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CJI-proper-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CJI-proper-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most in-demand skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of its analysis, CareerJunction also outlined the most in-demand skills in 2017 according to its jobs data.<\/p>\n<p>These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Software development (ICT)<\/li>\n<li>Middle\/Department management (Business &amp; Management)<\/li>\n<li>Representative\/Sales consulting (Consulting)<\/li>\n<li>Financial\/Project Accounting (Finance)<\/li>\n<li>Systems\/Network Administration (ICT)<\/li>\n<li>Client\/Customer support (Admin, Office &amp; Support)<\/li>\n<li>Business Analysis\u00a0(ICT)<\/li>\n<li>Senior management\u00a0(Business &amp; Management)<\/li>\n<li>Cost &amp; Management accounting (Finance)<\/li>\n<li>Bookkeeping\u00a0(Finance)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heading into 2018, CareerJunction said that the skills most likely to be in high demand include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Software development<\/li>\n<li>Financial\/Project Accounting<\/li>\n<li>Cost &amp; Management accounting<\/li>\n<li>Business Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/221083\/this-is-how-much-money-truck-drivers-get-paid-in-south-africa-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is how much money truck drivers get paid in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The salary ranges are based on salary offerings published between April 2017 and November 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":48279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[9405,26],"class_list":["post-221213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-career-junction","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221213","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=221213"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221415,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221213\/revisions\/221415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}