JULY 2020EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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KEY FINDINGS
Recruitment activity increased by 7% from June to July 2020. There’s a growing demand trend for skills in the medical & health, business & management, warehousing & logistics and manufacturing & assembly sectors.For more of the latest labour market trends, read the full CJI Executive Summary Report below.
An overview of the current online employment situation in South Africa by comparing supply and demand trends.
The CareerJunction Index for July settled at 99 index points indicating little change in supply & demand in the local labour market.
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• More job opportunities for potential job seekers.• Less potential job seekers per job advert.• Recruitment more difficult, due to less potential job seekers per job advert.
• No changes regarding the potential job seekers per job advert ratio.• Supply and demand is following the same trend.
• Less job opportunities for potential job seekers.• More potential job seekers per job advert.• Recruitment less difficult, due to more potential job seekers per job advert.
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Team Leader & SupervisorAverage salary offerings for a skilled level position:
GP R 23,708 to R 31,956 p.m. (CTC)
WC R 25,321 to R 28,361 p.m. (CTC)
KZN R 18,009 to R 24,921 p.m. (CTC)
Systems / Network AdministrationAverage salary offerings for a skilled level position:
GP R 32,929 to R 44,761 p.m. (CTC) WC R 32,598 to R 40,455 p.m. (CTC)KZN R 34,667 to R 38,704 p.m. (CTC)
Nursing / Professional Care GivingAverage salary offerings for a skilled level position:
GP R 22,868 to R 32229 p.m. (CTC) WC R 23,030 to R 32,104 p.m. (CTC)KZN R 20,800 to R 30,033 p.m. (CTC)
Our latest research shows that the following occupational fields are currently the most sought-after skill sets in the job market:
Despite a decrease in hiring activity for software developers during the last 4 months, program-ming and software development skills remain the most in demand skill set in the local labour market.
SoftwareDevelopment
Aside from diminished recruitment ac-tivity in the current economic climate, recruitment activity for sales consult-ants and representatives grew by 30% since May 2020.
Demand for managerial skills is showing consistent growth over the past two months. After a dip in demand in the second quarter of 2020, hiring activity increased by more than 60% since May.
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Trending jobs provide an indication of positions that have become more popular in the online job market and have seen a recent spike in demand. Here are July’s Hot Jobs!
MOST WANTED SKILLS
DEMAND The graph represents labour demand over time
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Significant online demand indicates positive employment trends. Based on the most recent online hiring activity, five sectors were identified that show promising employment prospects.
TOP EMPLOYMENTSECTORS
High in DemandSectors in terms of major demand.
Marketing
Warehousing & Logistics
Manufacturing & Assembly
Architecture & Engineering
Admin, Office & Support
Medical & Health
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Information Technology
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High in SupplySectors in terms of major supply.
Building & ConstructionArchitecture & Engineering
Cleaning, Maintenance & RepairMarketing
Manufacturing & AssemblyEducation, Training & Library
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FinanceBusiness & ManagementAdmin, Office & Support
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BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT An overview of vacancy levels across
various sectors (indicated by the Demand graph) provides a good indication of where the majority of employment takes place. The IT, business & management and finance sectors are undoubtedly the most sought-after sectors, followed by the sales, admin, office & support and ar-chitecture & engineering sectors, among others listed. When looking at active job seekers across various sectors (indicated by the Supply graph), areas of high sup-ply correlate closely to areas of high de-mand, however supply outstrips demand in some areas, leading to a competitive environment for job seekers.
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ANNUAL TRENDING ANALYSISWhich professionals have been in high demand over the last year? Which occupations are on therise and which occupations are on the decline? The section below explores employment trends for various occupational sectors based on job adverts published on the CareerJunction website during the previous year.
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Demand for administrative, sales and marketing pro-fessionals is showing first signs of recovery. Recruit-ment activity is slowly increasing.
SLOW RECOVERY
Since the onset of the national lockdown in March, hiring activity decreased significantly for ICT profes-sionals, architecture & engineering professionals and cleaning, maintenance & repair professionals.
DIMINISHING DEMAND
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Hiring activity is steadily growing for in the busi-ness & management, manufacturing, warehousing & logistics and medical & health sectors. Since May 2020, demand for business & management profes-sionals, manufacturing professionals and warehous-ing & Logistics grew by more than 40%. Demand for medical & health professionals has almost doubled since May.
GROWING DEMAND
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