The report is based on comprehensive data collected from Saongroup South Africa, where around 5,000 of the country’s top employers advertise their jobs to millions of job applicants. Hiring activity of

increased slightly in September, the group said, noting an encouraging sign in the market:

year-over-year hiring activity has increased steadily. Hiring activity over the past 13 months has increased by 18%, he said.

In-Demand Job Skills

Finance, information technology and business and management saw the biggest increase in hiring activity over the past month, the group noted. In each sector, several roles have been advertised more frequently:

Finance +9D44 • Financial/Project Accounting

• Payroll & Wages

• External Auditing

• Accounts Payable/Receivable

• Credit Management

• Cost & Management Accounting

• Purchasing & Procurement

• Bookkeeping

• Financial Analysis

• Internal Auditing

Information Technology +8D44 • Software Development

• Systems Analysis

• Technical/Business Architecture

• IT Project Administration/Management

• Database Design/Development/Administration

• Data Analysis/Data Warehousing

• Business Analysis

• Systems/Network Administration

Business and Management +5D44 • Middle/Department Management

• Business Development

• Staff Recruitment/Selection

• Executive Management/Director

• Strategy Consulting

• Infrastructure/Operating Consulting

• Team Leader & Supervisor

• Senior Management

Over the past four months, there has been no significant decline in hiring activity for any job sector, CareerJunction noted.

Difference between Provinces

By region, 54% of vacancies are in Gauteng, followed by the Western Cape (21%) and KwaZulu Natal (10%).

Hiring activity for business and management professionals has increased significantly from 2020 to 2021. While demand increases further from 2021 to 2022, hiring activity is growing at a slower rate .

Demand for administrative, clerical and support professionals has more than doubled in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal since 2020. The Eastern Cape has also seen a significant 81% increase in hiring activity administrative staff since 2020.

Following a spike in recruitment activity between 2020 and 2021, growth in demand for financial professionals has slowed in the Eastern Cape. However, recruitment for financial professionals in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal continues to grow every year.

CareerJunction has highlighted the most in-demand skills across provinces, showing which positions have seen the strongest growth in demand over the past 12 months.

Gauteng

In Gauteng, the demand for accountants experienced the highest growth in the past 12 months, followed by cost and administration accounting, design/development/database administration and management/management manage IT projects.

• Bookkeeping:

+ 79D44 • Cost management accounting:

+ 61D44 • Database design / development / administration:

+ 60D44 • IT project management / operation:

+ 55D44 • Internal Audit:

+ 54D

44 Western Cape

Accounts Payable/Receivable was by far the fastest growing job in the Western Cape over the past year, followed by Finance/Project Accounting and IT Administration/ Project management.

• Accounts Payable/Receivable:

+ 70D44 • Financial/Project Accountant:

+ 50D44 • IT Project Manager/Management:

+ 45D44 • Accounting:

+ 42D44 • Human Resources:

+31D

44KwaZulu-Natal

In terms of the fastest growing jobs in KwaZulu-Natal, account management, business development, and financial/project accounting are only a few percentage points apart. runner.

• Account management:

+ 48D44 • Business development:

+ 48D44 • Financial / project accounting:

+ 41D44 • Senior management:

+ 26D44 • Middle management / department:

+ 26�stern Cape

In the Eastern Cape, HR management experienced the strongest growth in demand over the past 12 months, followed by tools/templates and middle/department managers.

• Administrative Secretary:

+ 36D44 • Tool / Mold Making:

+ 22D44 • Middle Manager / Department:

+ 20D

44 Mpumalanga

At Mpumalanga, Senior Manager and Middle Manager / Department are the two fastest growing jobs in the last 12 years.

• Senior executives:

+ 28D44 • Middle/departmental managers:

+ 21D44

Limpopo

Mid-level/department management has been the only significant leader in fastest-growing jobs in Limpopo over the past 12 months.

• Middle managers/departments:

+ 92D44

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NW

Mid-level managers/departments were the single most important leader in terms of fastest-growing jobs in the Northwest last year.

• Middle Manager / Department:

+ 72D44

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Northern Cape

Middle Manager / Department has been a key pioneer of the fastest growing jobs in the Northern Cape over the past 12 months.

• Middle Manager/Department:

+ 37D44

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Free State

Mid-Level Manager/Department has been a key pioneer of the fastest-growing jobs in the Free State over the past 12 months.

• Middle management/department:

+ 25D44

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Business and management

Job portal has recorded significant growth in job opportunities in the business and management sectors in the South. Fly.

Most hiring for these positions is in Gauteng, followed by the Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal – although opportunities exist across the country and even in remote international locations.

Rare skills in this industry include:

• Chief Financial Officer

• Director of Business Development

• Director of Sales

• Director of Production

Some of the market-related salaries available to applicants Members can expect in this area include:

• Business Development Consultant:

from R22 , 989 to R30,022 per month

• HR Manager:

from 36,946 to 47,593 R per month

• Marketing Manager:

from 30,573 R40,247 per month