{"id":416627,"date":"2020-07-15T16:33:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T14:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=416627"},"modified":"2020-07-15T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T17:36:14","slug":"these-skills-stand-out-right-now-in-south-africas-job-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/416627\/these-skills-stand-out-right-now-in-south-africas-job-market\/","title":{"rendered":"These skills stand out right now in South Africa&#8217;s job market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careerjunction.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CareerJunction<\/a> <\/strong>Index shows South Africa\u2019s job market experienced a noticeable uptick in activity during June 2020, with job search activity up by 13%, while labour demand increased by 3%.<\/p>\n<p>Labour demand for professionals in marketing, warehousing &amp; logistics as well as manufacturing &amp; assembly are showing the first signs of recovery, the job search specialist said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Naturally, the demand for medical &amp; health professionals is growing with the increasing number of Covid-19 positive patients,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>An overview of vacancy levels across various sectors provides a good indication of where the majority of employment takes place, CareerJunction said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The IT, business &amp; management and finance sectors are undoubtedly the most sought-after sectors, followed by the sales, admin, office &amp; support and architecture &amp; engineering sectors, among others, listed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CareerJunction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-416647\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CareerJunction.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CareerJunction.png 553w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CareerJunction-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When looking at active job seekers across various sectors, areas of high supply correlate closely to areas of high demand, however supply outstrips demand in some areas, leading to a competitive environment for job seekers, it said.<\/p>\n<p>CareerJunction&#8217;s latest research shows that the following occupational fields are currently the most sought-after skill sets in the job market:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Software Development<\/strong>: Despite significant decreases in labour demand since the onset of the nationwide lockdown, software development remains the most in-demand skills set in the South African labour market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Middle\/Department Management<\/strong>: After a dip in recruitment activity for middle and department managers, hiring activity for managerial skills increased by 40% from May to June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Representative\/Sales Consulting<\/strong>: Sales representatives and consultants remain in demand. Hiring activity for sales professionals grew by 13% during June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The group also highlighted three trending jobs\/professions, which have seen a spike in demand over the last month.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Nursing \/ Professional Care Giving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Average salary offerings for a skilled level position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GP R22,868 to R32,229<\/li>\n<li>WC R23,030 to R32,104<\/li>\n<li>KZN R20,800 to R30,033<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Senior Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GP R61,967 to R75,984<\/li>\n<li>WC R48,829 to R57,926<\/li>\n<li>KZN R46,534 to R58,452<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Middle \/ Department Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GP R47,790 to R58,423<\/li>\n<li>WC R42,207 to R52,218<\/li>\n<li>KZN R44,505 to R50,923<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/413939\/looking-for-a-job-in-south-africa-heres-what-to-expect-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Looking for a job in South Africa: here\u2019s what to expect right now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest CareerJunction Index shows South Africa\u2019s job market experienced a noticeable uptick in activity during June 2020, with job search activity up by 13%, while labour demand increased by 3%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":400743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[1438,26],"class_list":["post-416627","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\/416627","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=416627"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416671,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416627\/revisions\/416671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}