The five most in-demand jobs in South Africa are from different jobs sectors including: Finance; Business & Management; Admin, Office & Support; Information Technology; and Sales.
This is according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report September 2024, which offers insights into the recruitment and employment trends in the SA jobs market.
The report shows that these are the top five in-demand jobs in SA:
1. Internal Auditing (Finance)
2. Executive Management/Director (Business & Management)
3. Human Resources (Admin, Office & Support)
4. Data Analysis/Data Warehousing (Information Technology)
5. Account Management (Sales)
A regional view of the job market shows the top in-demand professionals in three job sectors for the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and Gauteng.
In the Eastern Cape, there is a demand for professionals in the Business & Management; Finance; and Sales job sectors.
The Eastern Cape is seeing a growing demand for professionals in the Finance sector with hiring activity increasing by 19% over June, July and August 2024 compared to hiring activity for March, April and May 2024.
Business & Management; Building & Construction and; Sales are the three jobs sectors that have a high demand for professionals in Limpopo.
In Limpopo, there has been higher hiring activity for Business & Management professionals over the last three month months.
The top demand professionals in Gauteng were for the following job sectors: Finance, Business & Management and IT.
Since 2023, there has been a 55% increase in recruitment for professionals in the Medical & Health sector.
From July to August 2024, local hiring activity declined by 11% which points to a slowing hiring market. Year-on-year, hiring activity was down by 13% when comparing August 2023 and August 2024.
In terms of the two-year trend comparison, recruitment activity decreased by 11% form August 2022 to August 2024.
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