{"id":735511,"date":"2023-12-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=735511"},"modified":"2023-12-01T15:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:47:32","slug":"13-critical-jobs-needed-in-south-africa-with-one-paying-up-to-r90000-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/735511\/13-critical-jobs-needed-in-south-africa-with-one-paying-up-to-r90000-per-month\/","title":{"rendered":"13 critical jobs needed in South Africa – with one paying up to R90,000 per month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CareerJunction’s latest Industry Report shows that there are 13 professions in high demand coupled with limited or scarce talent pools, and they pay anywhere between R27,100 and R90,000 per month in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data for the report was gathered from 5,000 of the country\u2019s largest recruiters, agencies, and employers who advertise job positions on the CareerJunction portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When comparing hiring activity over the last three months (August, September, October 2023) with the previous three months (May, June, July 2023), there is an uptake in recruitment for Architecture & Engineering (+8%) as well as Cleaning, Maintenance & Repair (+5%) and Marketing professionals (+4%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, although Admin, Office & Support saw a slight uptick in October, over the same three-month period, the Admin, Office & Support saw a decline of 9% in hiring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was followed by the Information Technology sector (-6%) and the Business & Management sector (-4%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical jobs needed and how much they pay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Home Affairs periodically releases a Critical Skills list, which aims to attract foreign professionals with locally scarce skills into South Africa to resolve economic bottlenecks resulting from skill shortages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been three updates made to the Critical Skills list over the last two years: February 2022, August 2022, and \u2013 most recently \u2013 October 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, South Africa has recently launched the Trusted Employer Scheme, which allows South African registered operational companies to potentially benefit from simplified visa applications, accelerated visa processing times for skilled foreign workers, and support from the dedicated Trusted Employer Unit within the Department of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering this, CareerJunction analysed the latest recruitment trends over the last six months to investigate the latest professions that are in the highest demand with limited or scarce talent pools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CareerJunction provided insight into the level of demand for each skill by province, categorising them as very high, high, medium, low, very low, or hardly any demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The portal also noted important data such as the professions’ work-from-home opportunities and market-related salaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, job sectors most affected by skill shortages are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n