Insights for October 2016 Trademe IT Job Adverts:
Down 3.4 percent on the September figure of 952 Up 3.0 percent on the October 2015 figure of 893
Seek ICT All NZ Job Adverts: Total job adverts;
Down 0.9 percent for the month Up 0.1 percent on October 2015 Up 45 percent for the year to date
Wellington is the only major region to buck the downward trend for this month, up 5.2 percent, although the figure for Auckland is almost identical to last month
TechRepublic Report: Tech sector is growing, but IT is hemorrhaging jobs Job growth in the IT sector slowed in September, but is still increasing.
Scoop Independent News: Buoyant IT industry allows skilled workers to job-hop Research shows that, on average, 60% of workers across six key job fields; DevOps and
Infrastructure, Financial Services, IT Executive, Software Development, Testing and QA, and Project Management, intend to look for a new role in the next year.
Flashback: ICT Trends article October 2011 (Slide 8)
Note: Data analysis performed on Tuesday 19th October 2016
Job FieldNZ Seek ICT Job
Adverts for October 2016
NZ Indicative Salary (Hudson & Seek ICT)
1 DevOps and Infrastructure 91 $80k to $120k
2 Financial Services 158 $60k to $120k
3 Project Management 317 $55k to $135k
4 IT Executive 51 $90k to $180k
5 Software Development 637 $45k to $100k
6 Testing and QA 342/152 $60k to $130k
Table 1 Six Key Job Fields (http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1608/S00259/buoyant-it-industry-allows-skilled-workers-to-job-hop.htm)
Sept 2007
Jan-16 Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
1367
719 788
802 862 9181012 1050 990 952 920
3487
1436
1915
20651960 2027
2134 21712088 2102 2084
Trademe IT
Seek ICT
Month & Year
No.
of Jo
bsSeek & Trademe
ICT Job Advert Trends All NZ
Peaks before
the 2007-2008 GFC
Oct 2015 (893)
Oct 2015(2066)
Source: Seek ICT (Accessed 19 October 2016)
Source: Seek ICT (Accessed 19 October 2016)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Month
No.
of J
ob A
dver
tsSeek ICT Job Advert
Monthly Trends 2010 - 2016
Source: Seek ICT (Accessed 19 October 2016)
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
-30.0%
-20.0%
-10.0%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Seek ICT Job Advert TrendsChange for the Month of
October 2016
Perc
enta
ge C
hang
e
Auckland
Waikato
Wellington
Canterbury
Total NZ
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Seek ICT Job Advert TrendsSeptember 2016
October 20152066
Source: Seek ICT (Accessed 19 October 2016)
Flashback: ICT Trends, October 2011
“The talent pipeline and women in tech”NZ is a world leader in the development and adoption of information technology. There is no reason why it can't also become a world leader in the development of a talent pipeline that deals with gender imbalance in ICT education and careers.
http://techblog.nz/209-ICTTrendsThetalentpipelineandwomenintech
