New Zealand
ICT
Tertiary Education & Job Series
July 2012 [email protected]
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Insights
Seek ICT NZ Job Adverts for July 2012
Total job adverts;
1.6 per cent decrease for the month
Down 12 per cent on July 2011
Up 15.7 per cent on July 2010
Monthly change by region;
Auckland down 2.2 per cent
Waikato up 23 per cent
Wellington down 5.5 per cent
Canterbury up 4.5 per cent
0.5 per cent increase on Trademe IT for the month
Absolute IT Salary Report June 2011 to June 2012:
Software architect increased 14.7 per cent
Technical writer/documenter decreased 25 per cent
2007 Peak before recession
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
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Jul-11 1608 65 752 230 2742
Jun-11 1644 50 793 220 2786
May-12 1520 40 878 243 2784
Apr-12 1407 45 689 221 2438
Mar-12 1577 48 853 218 2768
Feb-12 1539 61 805 266 2753
Jan-12 1087 32 543 185 1904
Seek ICT Job Advert Trends Year to July
2012
July 2011
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
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Seek ICT Job Advert Trends Change for the Month of
July 2012
$0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000 $140,000
Help Desk/Support
Hardware Engineer
Network Administration
Web/Multimedia Designer
Web/Multimedia…
Trainer
Data Record Management
Software Developer
Systems Administrator
Testing and Q.A
Systems Analyst
Network Engineer
Systems Integration
Software-Analyst…
IT Security
WAN/Telecommunications
Technical…
DBA Database Developer
Business Analyst
Consultant
Project Manager/Team…
Software Architect
Consultant ERP/Supply
Consultant BI/CRM
Management
Architect
Absolute IT Salary Report NZ Permanent Salary Data Comparison
June 2011 with June 2012
Medium Quartile 2012
Medium Quartile 2011
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
-30.0% -25.0% -20.0% -15.0% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0%
Help Desk/Support
Hardware Engineer
Network Administration
Web/Multimedia Designer
Web/Multimedia Developer
Trainer
Data Record Management
Software Developer
Systems Administrator
Testing and Q.A
Systems Analyst
Network Engineer
Systems Integration
Software-Analyst Programmer
IT Security
WAN/Telecommunications
Technical Writer/Documenter
DBA Database Developer
Business Analyst
Sales Exec/Account Manager
Consultant
Project Manager/Team Lead
Software Architect
Consultant ERP/Supply
Consultant BI/CRM
Management
Architect
Percentage Change
Absolute IT Salary Report NZ Percentage Change
June 2011 to June 2012
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
Absolute IT Remuneration Report
KEY FINDINGS
The base median salary has remained the same at $75,000
The median base rate per hour has remained the same at $80.00
Regional base median salary:
Wellington…………………………………………….$80,000
Auckland……………………………………………….$75,000
Christchurch and South Island Other…….$70,000
Hamilton and North Island Other………….$63,000
Software architects and developers - significant increases reported
Decreases reported for:
Business analysts
Technical writers
Testers
Systems administrators
Web/multimedia designers
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Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
Microsoft 293 11 138 68 550
Cisco 129 8 54 23 227
Linux 548 19 194 83 874
Seek ICT Job Adverts by Industry Certification
July 2012
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
Monthly change for; Microsoft:
All NZ increased………..22% Waikato increased…….118% Canterbury increased…31%
Linux:
Waikato increased……..58% Canterbury increased…36%
Cisco: Canterbury increased…77% Waikato increased……..700%
Seek ICT Job Adverts Filtered by Management Certifications
July 2012
ITIL - Waikato increased 200% Monthly decreases for: PMP
-11% for all NZ -13.5% for Auckland -15% for Wellington
Prince -11.5% for all NZ -13% for Auckland -16% for Wellington
ITIL -6.4% for all NZ -9% for Auckland
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
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Source: (Accessed July 2012)
The largest monthly increases occurred for Canterbury;
.NET……………..26%
PHP………………25%
C#..................19.4%
Java………………47.6%
All NZ;
.NET………………10.6%
Auckland
C#………………….18%
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Waikato
Wellington
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Total NZ
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
.NET 275 7 93 53 439
PHP 429 12 144 60 663
C# 237 6 55 43 346
Java 464 11 165 62 716
Seek ICT Job Adverts by Programming Language
June 2012
33%
31%
16%
20%
23%
26%
8%
22%
4% 17%
Programmer/Developer
System Support
Help Desk
Network (All categories)
Mobile (Apps)
All Other Roles
Seek ICT Job Adverts All NZ by Role
July 2012
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
The only monthly increase of any significance was for System Support at 5%
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Auckland Wellington Canterbury Waikato Total NZ
TOGAF 9 10 6 0 0 16
VmWare 61 19 7 4 92
Seek ICT Job Advert Trends IT Architect July 2012
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
Absolute IT Permanent Salary for Architect (medium quartile) $115,500
Note: A growing demand for VmWare qualified applicants; All NZ up 12 per cent (same increase as for last month) Waikato up 300 per cent
Source: (Accessed July 2012)
Monthly Changes; All NZ – SQL Server up 6% Auckland - Oracle & SAP
down 7% & 8.4% respectively Canterbury - Oracle up 19.6%
& SAP up 29% 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Auckland
Wellington
Canterbury
Waikato
Total NZ
Auckland Wellington Canterbury Waikato Total NZ
SQL Server 208 73 43 7 343
SAP 588 228 67 14 914
Oracle 589 246 67 16 937
Seek ICT Job Adverts Filtered by DBA/Developer
July 2012
43%
42%
15%
Good News Story
The (CiH) programme works via low decile schools, to help families in greatest need to use the internet, email and basic computer skills in their everyday lives, to enhance their performance at school and at work.
Source: ( Accessed July 2012)
This chart is one of many derived from online surveys completed during the last 12 months by the CiH organisation. Computing/ICT (21%) is the most common type of further training undertaken by CiH graduates.
TechRepublic Article - 10 development technologies that refuse to die. 1. COBOL 2. VBA 3. NET WinForms 4. Flash 5. C 6. FORTRAN 7. SQL 8. ASP.NET WebForms 9. Java (Often called “the modern day COBOL”) 10. HTML
News Bytes
Source: ( Accessed July 2012)
The 10 most demanding jobs in IT - According to a survey by Emerson Network Power, a provider of datacentre infrastructure management products, they are:
News Bytes
1. Executive director/administrator
2. IT procurement
3. CIO
4. IT manager/director
5. IT operations
6. Datacentre manager
7. Engineering
8. IT security
9. Applications/software development
10. Database management
Source: ( Accessed July 2012)
News Bytes
Fascinating read about recruiting JavaScript Engineers - for those of you who have the time/inclination (Click on the source link below)
Source: ( Accessed July 2012)
Computerworld Article - Mobile applications company adopts novel way to retain skilled staff – (By Sim Ahmed | Auckland | Thursday, 5 July,
2012) (Source: Accessed July 2012)
Plenty of IT candidates in New Zealand, but skilled mobile developers with Java and Objective-C skills are lacking – (Rod
Macfarlane, co-founder of Macfarlane Engel & Associates, a development and
investment company focused on producing mobile applications)
TechRepublic Article - IT skills crisis - is it over for good? (Source:
Accessed July 2012)
The vast majority of firms in the UK have seen no evidence of an IT skills shortage and…..
The technical skills most often called for in 2011 were: SQL, C, C#, .NET and Java
IT skills crisis? How coding and cool can crack it (Source: Accessed July 2012)
The IT skills crisis is less to do with the quantity of candidates and more to do with the quality of their skills
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Dominion Post (NZ) - Wellington tech firms hiring abroad (Source: Accessed July 2012)
The IT sector is the most active area in the Wellington job market, with nearly 400 vacancies advertised on job seeker site Trade Me Jobs
"There is really a shortage of particular skills in the IT space. More Wellington employers are more keen to look overseas, which is obviously a sign we don't have enough available skills in New Zealand." (Pinnacle Recruitment Wellington manager Diana Palezevic)
IT jobs had the highest salaries of all jobs listed on Trade Me with;
IT architects paid more than $130,000
Project managers paid almost $125,000
IT managers paid more than $117,000
News Bytes
Demand for Skills
A common theme in both local and global markets points to a steadily increasing demand for programmers/developers experienced in;
Java
C/C#
PHP
.NET
SQL
Seek ICT ads for Canterbury have significantly increased this month for all languages; e.g. Java by 47.6%, and for DBA/Developer with Oracle up by 19.6% and SAP up by 29%
According to Trademe jobs the IT sector is the most active area (field) in the Wellington job market (Seek ICT job ads for Wellington decreased by 5.5% this month)
The base median salary for Wellington, according to the Absolute IT Remuneration Report, is the highest for all regions at $80,000
Conclusion