{"id":62895,"date":"2014-08-02T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=62895"},"modified":"2014-08-01T16:17:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T14:17:50","slug":"good-news-for-sa-it-job-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/62895\/good-news-for-sa-it-job-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news for SA IT job seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new report from CareerJunction reveals that new jobs continue to grow within the IT industry in South Africa, which has seen a remarkable spike in labour demand during 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The recruitment firm noted that year-on-year, job advertising in the IT space has picked up by 49%.<\/p>\n<p>The CareerJunction Index (CJI) uses data gathered from the CareerJunction website to represent online labour dynamics in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IT-salary-graph.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62901\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IT-salary-graph.png\" alt=\"IT salary graph\" width=\"601\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IT-salary-graph.png 601w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IT-salary-graph-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a>The report is based on the latest salary offerings collected from CareerJunction\u2019s website, which currently serves over 2,000 recruiters who advertise an average of 25,000 jobs every month.<\/p>\n<p>The picture remains less rosy for the telecoms sector in SA.<\/p>\n<p>Following a dip in employment during the final quarter of last year, job advertising has settled within the Telecommunication industry during 2014, CareerJunction said.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Telecommunication-salary-graph.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62903\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Telecommunication-salary-graph.png\" alt=\"Telecommunication salary graph\" width=\"588\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Telecommunication-salary-graph.png 588w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Telecommunication-salary-graph-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CareerJunction also provides a salary breakdown for the two industries:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62899\" style=\"width: 523px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Telecommunication-Salaries.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62899\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62899\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Telecommunication-Salaries.png\" alt=\"Telecommunication Salaries\" width=\"513\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Telecommunication-Salaries.png 513w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Telecommunication-Salaries-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Telecommunication Salaries<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_62897\" style=\"width: 534px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IT-Salaries.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62897\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62897\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IT-Salaries.png\" alt=\"IT Salaries\" width=\"524\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IT-Salaries.png 524w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IT-Salaries-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IT Salaries<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on SA jobs<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"SA government offering incentives to keep whites out of jobs\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/61393\/sa-government-offering-incentives-to-keep-whites-out-of-jobs\/\"><strong>SA government offering incentives to keep whites out of jobs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DA targets 2 million jobs in Gauteng\" 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