New Zealand

ICT

Tertiary Education & Job Series

May 2012 garry.roberton@wintec.ac.nz

Note:

Indicates new/significant change

Insights NZ Tertiary Sector IT Enrolments from 2007 to 2010

Diploma;

36% increase, but 1,700 fewer enrolments in 2010 than in 2002

Degrees;

14% increase, but 4,200 fewer enrolments in 2010 than in 2002

Seek ICT NZ Job Adverts in May 2012

Total job adverts;

increased 14% for the month

are up 2% on May 2011

are up 30% on May 2010

Monthly change by major region;

Auckland up 8%

Wellington up 27%

Canterbury up 10%

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NZ Tertiary Sector IT EFTS Enrolment Trends

[Total Domestic & International] 2002 to 2010

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

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Diplomas

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NZ Tertiary Sector IT EFTS Domestic Enrolment Trends

2007 - 2010

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

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Seek & Trademe ICT Job Advert Trends

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2007 Peak before recession

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

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Seek ICT Job Advert Monthly Trends

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Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

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 May

2012

May 2011

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

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Seek ICT Job Advert Trends Change for the Month of

May 2012

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Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

Microsoft 245 4 115 44 428

Cisco 128 2 52 15 214

Linux 507 7 198 71 783

Seek ICT Job Adverts by Industry Certification

May 2012 Monthly change for; Microsoft: 35% increase for Wellington [-36% last month] Cisco: 53% increase for Wellington Linux: 5% increase for all NZ [-6% last month]

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

Seek ICT Job Adverts Filtered by Management Certifications

May 2012

Monthly increase for all NZ; PMP 41%

62% for Wellington Prince 35%

53% for Wellington ITIL increased 31%

45% for Wellington

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

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The largest monthly increases occurred for Wellington;

.NET……………..27%

PHP………………21%

Java………………14% 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Auckland

Waikato

Wellington

Canterbury

Total NZ

Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

.NET 243 2 75 40 365

PHP 415 4 150 62 651

C# 194 0 42 37 277

Java 441 6 193 58 713

Seek ICT Job Adverts by Programming Language

May 2012

36%

32%

14%

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24%

7%

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4%

23%

Programmer/Developer

System Support

Help Desk

Network (All categories)

Mobile (Apps)

All Other Roles

Seek ICT Job Adverts by Role

May 2012

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

Note: No significant change for the month

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TOGAF 9 14 8 1 1 23

VmWare 40 9 5 1 73

Seek ICT Job Advert Trends IT Architect May 2012

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

TOGAF qualified architect salary range $130k to $150k

Note: A growing demand for TOGAF qualified applicants; All NZ Increased 92% Auckland increased from 4 to 14 advertised jobs Waikato: Waikato District Health Board

43%

42%

15%

Source: (Accessed May 2012)

Monthly increase; 14% for Oracle & SQL for all NZ Wellington; Oracle 28% & SAP 25%

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Auckland

Wellington

Canterbury

Waikato

Total NZ

Auckland Wellington Canterbury Waikato Total NZ

SQL Server 209 79 32 3 331

SAP 584 234 64 11 911

Oracle 558 287 66 9 940

Seek ICT Job Adverts Filtered by DBA/Developer

May 2012

IT Trends – Where the Jobs Are in 2012 January, 2012

According to a recent the top ten information technology priorities are:

Analytics and business intelligence

Mobile technologies

Cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS)

Collaboration technologies (workflow)

Virtualization

Legacy modernization

IT management

CRM

ERP applications

Security

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IEEE Computer Society Build Your Career (BYC) Newsfeed (April, 2012)

Average salary registered a 6.2% gain, the highest increase in the Global Knowledge and TechRepublic's annual IT Skills and Salary Survey’s five year history

Salaries grew the most for those involved in; security database data centre servers and storage

63% of respondents received a raise, but Individuals earning $60,000 or less were much less likely to receive a

raise than their colleagues in higher earning brackets 65% of respondents reported earning a certification in the past five years

(reportedly leading to greater job satisfaction & effectiveness)

(Acknowledgement: Link referred by Garry Johnston, IT Director, Wintec)

TechRepublic Opinion Piece

10 IT job roles that are hardest to fill ( April, 2012)

IT trainer

Requires a unique skill set and often a need to travel

Project manager

Requirement for

CIO/CTO/director of IT/etc.

Requires someone who has good “crossover” skills (technical & leadership skills)

Help desk staff

Pay rates often far less than the person desired/being hired will accept

Specialized programmer

There is a high demand for a relatively small number of specialized

developers available

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TechRepublic Opinion Piece Cont. Pre-sales engineer

Requires a diverse range of talents beyond the technical and often requires a lot of travel

Technical writer

Hard to find people who can write coherently, in a language that the end user can grasp, and who understand the technical side of things

Product evangelist

The right person needs to have an absolute passion for the work and for the company and its specific products, as well as the technical knowledge and soft skills to handle the job

IT author

The number of IT authors who can consistently produce high quality content year in and year out is extremely limited

Maintenance/legacy programmer

Few programmers are willing to take these jobs because they are the kiss of death for a career.

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Enrolments

The IT industry should be very concerned that there were over 3000 fewer tertiary sector ICT combined diploma and degree enrolments in 2010 than in 2003. This reflects a global trend.

It’s great, therefore, to see the strong level of support by the IT industry for the NZ Computer Society’s [PDF] in-school programme, designed to evangelize a bright future in IT.

Job Adverts

This months 14% increase in ICT job adverts on Seek ICT NZ is in contrast to last month’s 14% decline.

Perhaps the April downturn was an aberration that can be attributed to the Easter and ANZAC holidays!

Mobile Apps – Refer May 9th 2012

Conclusion