“While January saw an uptake in jobs of 7%, job seeker activity increased by nearly double that (13%). The year was off to a good start for the finance, ICT and manufacturing sectors which saw an uptake in jobs of between 4% and 6% during January,” it said.<\/p>\n
The construction, engineering and medical sectors, however, have seen a decrease in vacancies since the third quarter of 2017, CareerJunction noted.<\/p>\n
Trending jobs for January 2018 include admin clerks, IT project administrators\/managers and systems\/network administrators:<\/p>\n
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Admin Clerk<\/strong><\/p>\n Average salary offerings for intermediate level positions per month:<\/p>\n IT Project Administration\/Management<\/strong><\/p>\n Average salary offerings for intermediate level positions:<\/p>\n Systems\/Network Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n Average salary offerings for intermediate level positions:<\/p>\n The most wanted skills<\/strong><\/p>\n According to CareerJunction, the three most in-demand skills in the country at the moment are software developers<\/strong>, middle\/department managers<\/strong> and representatives or sales consultants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n “Software development remains the most sought-after skill set on CareerJunction. Hiring activity for software developers increased by 35% year-on-year,” the group said.<\/p>\n “Demand for sales representatives remains great in the South African job market. However, hiring activity has cooled off slightly during January, following high levels of demand during 2017.<\/p>\n “Great employment prospects are evident across South Africa within the field of middle\/department management, particularly for finance managers. Currently, every third managerial job posting is allocated to financial managers.”<\/p>\n “2018 was off to a good start for the finance, ICT and manufacturing sectors which saw an uptake in jobs of between 4% and 6% month-on-month,” the group said.<\/p>\n “The marketing, sales, admin and business & management sectors experienced volatile demand trends for 2017. January 2018 saw a decrease in sales, marketing and admin & support jobs while there was an uptake in business & management jobs.<\/p>\n “Year-on-year, however, demand is down within the admin sector as well as the marketing and business & management sectors while demand remained similar for sales professionals.<\/p>\n “The construction and engineering sectors have seen a decrease in vacancies since the third quarter of 2017. A similar trend is evident for the medical & health sector where hiring activity is considerably lower year-on-year.”<\/p>\n\n
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\n Demand<\/th>\n Sector<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Growing<\/strong><\/td>\n ICT<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Finance<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Manufacturing and assembly<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fluctuating<\/strong><\/td>\n Sales<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Business and management<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Admin, office and support<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Marketing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Weakening<\/strong><\/td>\n Architecture and engineering<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Building and construction<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Medical and health<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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