New research conducted by recruitment firm, CareerJunction, has revealed the five fastest growing industries in South Africa when it comes to job adverting boards.<\/p>\n
The findings of the “Fastest Growing Industries for 2015” revealed a 45% increase in IT salaries in 2014.<\/p>\n
“If you work in the Admin, Education, IT or Motor industries, hold on to your seats as these industries are booming,” CareerJunction said.<\/p>\n
The last year alone (compared to 2013) saw a growth in job openings of:<\/p>\n
The IT industry saw a big upswing all-round with salaries rising by a whopping 45%, CareerJunction said.<\/p>\n
“Software Developers seem to be most sought after, followed by Systems & Network Administrators, Business & System Analysts and Database,” it said.<\/p>\n
The recruitment firm said that mobile job search also gathered momentum in 2014 with a site seeing an increase in applications of over 400%, from 2013.<\/p>\n
And while many industries saw a rise in demand for workers from 2013 to 2014, some experienced a drop.<\/p>\n
Job advertising dropped by 22% in the Petrochemical industry, and by 6% in the Marketing sector.<\/p>\n
CareerJunction stressed that its findings should only serve as a guideline for labour market trends and are based on data collected from its website, which connects over 3,000 recruiters and over 2.6 million career seekers online.<\/p>\n
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