{"id":256101,"date":"2018-07-03T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T10:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=256101"},"modified":"2018-07-03T12:20:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T10:20:53","slug":"the-rarest-job-skills-in-south-africa-right-now-and-how-much-they-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/256101\/the-rarest-job-skills-in-south-africa-right-now-and-how-much-they-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"The rarest job skills in South Africa right now – and how much they pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Online job aggregator Adzuna has released a new report focusing on the rarest skills and jobs in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The report is based on over 140,000 job listings and 1,250,000 job seeker searches, and calculates the ‘rareness factor’ based on the number of job adverts asking for certain skills vs the number of job searchers who claim to have those skills.<\/p>\n

Technology (programmers, IT, etc) and financial skills topped the rankings for 2018, while there was a surprising drop in the rarity of engineering skills.<\/p>\n

“Either engineers are more abundant, which is doubtful, or for some reason less engineering skills are being advertised for,” said Jesse Green, country manager for Adzuna South Africa.<\/p>\n

However, he noted that the average salaries for engineers have remained high.<\/p>\n

“Civil engineers, in particular, have come in at over R628,000 on average, quite unchanged since September 2017 with only a 3% increase since then, mostly matching inflation,” he said.<\/p>\n

“In fact, while the rarity of skills may have changed, salaries are overall much more stable.<\/p>\n

“Only sales managers have see a correlation in rarity and salary increase. Sales management skills are 123% rarer and have seen a 12% average salary increase over the past 8 months.”<\/p>\n

He added that registered nurses have also seen a massive increase in demand and ‘rareness’.<\/p>\n

“The emigration of 20-30% of the nursing workforce (according to scientific journal papers published between 2001 and 2015) has had an impact on this sector of the job market,” he said.<\/p>\n

“However, the exodus of these skills is decreasing, which should see a reprieve to the numbers, which is not the case. Also, although nursing skills are rarer, the salaries have not improved much, only going up by 4% since last September.”<\/p>\n

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Job skill or title<\/th>\nRareness factor<\/th>\nAverage salary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Java developer<\/td>\n137.0<\/td>\nR537 276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Developer<\/td>\n112.2<\/td>\nR485 210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
php developer<\/td>\n102.3<\/td>\nR425 815<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Financial accountant<\/td>\n83.1<\/td>\nR459 633<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web developer<\/td>\n80.3<\/td>\nR420 035<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software developer<\/td>\n44.7<\/td>\nR494 772<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Net developer<\/td>\n32.2<\/td>\nR471 398<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Consultant<\/td>\n29.4<\/td>\nR221 377<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assistant manager<\/td>\n29.2<\/td>\nR221 755<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accountant<\/td>\n24.9<\/td>\nR409 003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Analyst<\/td>\n23.0<\/td>\nR512 305<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Technologist<\/td>\n17.6<\/td>\nR492 603<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Executive<\/td>\n17.3<\/td>\nR276 871<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business analyst<\/td>\n12.5<\/td>\nR517 295<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recruiter<\/td>\n9.2<\/td>\nR253 276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Designer<\/td>\n7.7<\/td>\nR318 225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coordinator<\/td>\n6.9<\/td>\nR220 532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Project manager<\/td>\n4.5<\/td>\nR611 566<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pharmacist<\/td>\n3.8<\/td>\nR539 723<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sales manager<\/td>\n3.3<\/td>\nR456 994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil engineer<\/td>\n3.3<\/td>\nR628 337<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manager<\/td>\n3.3<\/td>\nR486 613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Engineer<\/td>\n3.2<\/td>\nR589 916<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Registered nurse<\/td>\n3.1<\/td>\nR273 888<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bookkeeper<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\nR181 216<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Officer<\/td>\n2.9<\/td>\nR216 544<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Planner<\/td>\n2.9<\/td>\nR389 992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Surveyor<\/td>\n2.4<\/td>\nR546 344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salesperson<\/td>\n2.1<\/td>\nR183 963<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secretary<\/td>\n2.0<\/td>\nR146 710<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assistant<\/td>\n1.9<\/td>\nR140 990<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Technician<\/td>\n1.9<\/td>\nR228 453<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supervisor<\/td>\n1.8<\/td>\nR256 713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Controller<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\nR317 852<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quantity surveyor<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\nR503 642<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clerk<\/td>\n1.6<\/td>\nR133 733<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foreman<\/td>\n1.2<\/td>\nR464 821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mechanic<\/td>\n1.1<\/td>\nR430 057<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Operator<\/td>\n1.1<\/td>\nR405 546<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chef<\/td>\n0.9<\/td>\nR171 221<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Administrator<\/td>\n0.8<\/td>\nR158 470<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Receptionist<\/td>\n0.4<\/td>\nR100 472<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nurse<\/td>\n0.3<\/td>\nR273 988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Driver<\/td>\n0.1<\/td>\nR116 103<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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