{"id":335205,"date":"2019-08-16T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=335205"},"modified":"2019-08-16T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T14:16:35","slug":"these-are-the-most-in-demand-job-skills-in-south-africa-right-now-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/335205\/these-are-the-most-in-demand-job-skills-in-south-africa-right-now-9\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the most in-demand job skills in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jobs portal <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careerjunction.co.za\/\">CareerJunction<\/a><\/strong> has published its latest jobs index, showing which skills are in the greatest demand in South Africa right now.<\/p>\n<p>The CareerJunction Index (CJI) represents online labour dynamics in South Africa by providing a detailed analysis of the relative ratio of supply and demand in the online job market.<\/p>\n<p>It is based on comprehensive data gathered from the CareerJunction website.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group, the index settled on the 100 mark for July, indicating no change in overall labour market conditions.<\/p>\n<p>While software developers remain highly sought after on CareerJunction, jobs in ICT has steadily decreased year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Weakening demand is also evident in the architecture and engineering and business and management sectors during the past 12 months,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The medical, manufacturing and cleaning, maintenance and repair sectors, on the other hand, saw a recent uptake in jobs. Trending jobs for July include nursing \/ professional caregiving and admin clerks and systems and network administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Trending jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below are the jobs that are currently trending in the country, along with what people can earn in the respective fields.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nursing \/ Professional Caregiving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Average salary offerings for intermediate level position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GP: R22,467 to R31,833 p.m (CTC)<\/li>\n<li>WC: R24,628 to R35,432 p.m (CTC)<\/li>\n<li>KZN: R26,933 to R31,204 p.m (CTC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Admin Clerk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Average salary offerings for an intermediate level position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GP: R17,608 to R18,537 p.m. (CTC)<\/li>\n<li>WC: R15,043 to R17,778 p.m. (CTC)<\/li>\n<li>KZN: R13,250 to R16,907 p.m (CTC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Systems \/ Network Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Average salary offerings for an intermediate level position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GP: R27,341 to R35,935 p.m. (CTC)<\/li>\n<li>WC: R23,865 to R35,306 p.m. (CTC)<\/li>\n<li>KZN: Not available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>CareerJunction identified the following three skills as being in the highest demand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Software Development:<\/strong> Software developers remain highly sought after on CareerJunction. Job ad volumes increased by 13% from June to July 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Middle \/ Department Management:<\/strong> Employment opportunities are plentiful for professionals in management. Management skills are sought after in the finance and sales sectors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Representative \/ Sales Consulting:<\/strong> Sales representatives remain in high demand. Since January, job ad volumes increased by 11%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Supply and Demand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CareerJunction-July.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-335209\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CareerJunction-July.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CareerJunction-July.png 1071w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CareerJunction-July-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CareerJunction-July-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CareerJunction-July-1024x404.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An uptake in vacancies is evident across the medical, manufacturing and cleaning, maintenance and repair sectors during June and July 2019, CareerJunction said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The uptake in vacancies is particularly evident in the medical sector where job seekers can expect notably improved employment prospects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Volatile demand trends are evident across the admin, office and support, sales and marketing sectors since January. Job volumes are slightly lower year-on-year, the group said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Labour demand has steadily decreased across the architecture and engineering, construction, ICT and business and management sectors over the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The biggest decreases in jobs are evident in the architecture and engineering and business and management and ICT sectors where jobs have decreased by 20%, 24% and 27% respectively year-on-year,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/332169\/south-african-unemployment-jumps-to-a-16-year-high-of-29\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South African unemployment jumps to a 16-year high of 29%<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jobs portal CareerJunction has published its latest jobs index, showing which skills are in the greatest demand in South Africa right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":108167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[1438,26],"class_list":["post-335205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-careerjunction","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335205","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=335205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335211,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335205\/revisions\/335211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}