New Zealand

ICT

Tertiary Education & Job Series

February 2012 garry.roberton@wintec.ac.nz

Note:

Indicates new/significant change

Insights ICT Jobs

NZ Seek ICT jobs adverts for the month of February are 3.4% up on the same month last year

The Waikato has experienced a 48% increase in ICT jobs advertised on Seek compared with last month

Absolute IT opens an office in Hamilton - engaged to find ICT professionals for 30 roles in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty

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ICT Salaries

According to the Robert Walters salary survey for permanent staff in Auckland

A .NET/Java developer with 0 to 2 years experience can expect to earn up to $60,000

A project manager with 5+ years experience can expect to earn up to $135,000

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

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Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

Feb-12 1539 61 805 266 2753

Jan-12 1087 32 543 185 1904

Seek ICT Job Adverts Year to February

2012

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2011

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

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Seek ICT Job Advert Trends Change for the Month of

February 2012

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Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

Microsoft 256 3 108 52 443

Cisco 140 4 39 21 213

Linux 522 15 216 89 871

Seek ICT Job Adverts by Industry Certification

February 2012

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

Linux continues to dominate the NZ market.

Seek ICT Job Adverts Filtered by Management Certifications

February 2012

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PMP

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Source: (Accessed February 2012)

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Top Ten Professional Certifications Ranking & Percentage of NZ Respondents

2012 ActivTechPros Report

1 Microsoft Certified Professional(MCP)

2 A+ Certification

3 Microsoft Certified SystemsEngineer (MCSE)

4 Network +

5 Cisco Certified Network Associate(CCNA)

6 Project Management (PMP)

7 Citrix Certification

8 HP certification

9 Certified Information SystemsSecurity Professional (CISSP)

10 Lotus Professional Certification

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

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Waikato

Wellington

Canterbury

Total NZ

Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

.NET 233 5 98 47 402

PHP 398 12 181 71 683

C# 185 4 69 45 315

Java 434 12 214 78 758

Seek ICT Job Adverts by Programming Language

February 2012

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

Java continues to dominate NZ ICT job market for programmers/developers with PHP a close second.

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The most sought-after development skills remain Java and .Net, and, within .Net, relatively new technologies such as SharePoint and Silverlight [Josh Comrie, managing director of recruitment firm Potentia]

According to Adam Roi, senior consultant at Robert Half;

The existing high demand for .Net developers will increase

The release of the .Net 3.5 framework in 2008-2009 was a huge success for Microsoft and was a catalyst for the growth in senior .Net developer roles

Two areas in which Java is used extensively are integration development and in development work in the financial services sector

[Refer also to extracts from ComputerWorld article “ICT Job Space 2012” referred to in the ]

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Java

Order of Popularity

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Feb-12

TIOBE [The Importance of Being Earnest] Programming Community Index

for February 2012

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

February Headline: All time low for Basic, all time high for VB.NET

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Programmer/Developer

System Support

Help Desk

Network (All categories)

All Other Roles

Comparison by Role Seek ICT Job Adverts

February 2012

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

$0 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000

Service Desk/Desktop/Apps Support [1 - 3…

Developer - .Net, Java [0 - 2 year's exp]

Business Analyst [1 - 3 year's exp]

Service Desk/Desktop/Apps Support [3 - 5…

Systems Admin [1 - 3 year's exp]

Tester [1 - 3 year's exp]

Quality Analyst [QA]

Systems Admin [3 - 6 year's exp]

Security Specialist [1 - 3 year's exp]

Developer - .Net, Java [3 - 5 year's exp]

Business Analyst [4 - 6 year's exp]

Manager - Service Desk

Database Admin [2 - 5 year's exp]

Project Manager [1 - 2 year's exp]

Business Analyst [6+ year's exp]

ERP Functional Consultant

Manager - Testing

Database Admin [6+ year's exp]

Project Manager [3 - 5 year's exp]

Developer - .Net, Java [6+ year's exp]

Solution Architect - Infrastructure

Security Specialist [3+ year's exp]

Manager - Development

Project Manager [5+ year's exp]

Manager - IT Operations

Programme Manager

Chief Iinformation Officer/CTO

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Robert Walters NZ Salary Survey Permanent Salary [IT]

2011

Wellington [Max]

Wellington [Min]

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

$0 $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000

Developer - .Net, Java [0 - 2 year's exp]

Tester [1 - 3 year's exp]

Help Desk/Desktop/Apps Support [3 -…

Developer - .Net, Java [3 - 5 year's exp]

Systems Admin [1 - 3 year's exp]

Business Analyst [1 - 3 year's exp]

Database Admin [2+ year's exp]

Manager -Service Desk

Tester [3 - 5 year's exp]

Business Analyst [4 - 6 year's exp]

Project Manager [1 - 2 year's exp]

Systems Admin [3 - 6 year's exp]

Developer - .Net, Java [6+ year's exp]

Database Admin [6+ year's exp]

Business Analyst [6+ year's exp]

ERP Functional Consultant

Project Manager [3 - 5 year's exp]

Manager - IT Operations

Manager - Testing

Security Specialist [3+ year's exp]

Solution Architect - Infrastructure

Solution Architect - Applications

Project Manager [5+ year's exp]

Manager - Development

Programme Manager

Chief Iinformation Officer/CTO

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Auckland [Max]

Auckland [Min]

Robert Walters NZ Salary Survey

Permanent Salary [IT]

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

Global Salary Survey [NZ]

Outlook for 2011:

Market becoming increasingly candidate short as more roles are created

Permanent market to remain steady throughout 2011 due to;

Continual growth and rebuilding of teams

Replacement of headcount lost through natural attrition

High demand for professionals with cloud computing experience as businesses look at ways to move their core functions (such as storage requirements, servers and security) to the ‘cloud’

Business intelligence and social networking experience sought-after

Senior business analysts in demand

[Accessed February 2012]

Did this match the outcomes/your experience in 2011?

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IT Management ProjectManagement

SystemsDevelopment

Communications Support Administration Other ITProfessionals

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Active Tech Pros

Annual Salary [NZD] by Job Function and NZ Region

2012 Report

Auckland Wellington Christchurch Tauranga Hawkes Bay Whakatane Manawatu Dunedin

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

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21%

7%

5%

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2% 2% 2%

Auckland

Wellington

Christchurch

Tauranga

Hawkes Bay

Whakatane

Manawatu

Dunedin

Annual Salary by Job Function & Region (NZD) Number & Percentage of Respondents

Reporting Year 2011

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

Note: very low respondent numbers.

US IT salaries rise, bonuses get bigger

The average wage for tech and engineering pros climbed 2% to US$81,327 last year from $79,384 in 2010

Stiffer competition/demand for tech pros and the skills they have continues to grow, which contributed to the salary gains

Workers lucky enough to get bonuses saw an even bigger boost as the average bonus amount rose 8% to $8,769. The percentage of tech pros receiving bonuses climbed to 32% in 2011, compared with 29% in 2010 and 24% in 2009

The industries most likely to pay out bonuses in 2011 were telecom, hardware, banking, utilities/energy and software

While the national unemployment rate is roughly 8.5%, the unemployment rate among tech professionals is [just] 3.6%

"The labour market for tech professionals is tighter than many other industries. That's indicative of the skills tech pros have and their strategic importance to their organizations." [Tom Silver, a senior vice president at ]

Source: (Accessed February 2012)

Hudson [Recruitment Specialists] Survey

27 per cent of NZ ICT employees got a pay rise of more than 10 per cent last year

Statistics NZ's Labour Cost Index showed a national increase in salaries and wages in the private sector of 2 per cent

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Industries of the future [Career Advice]

Globally, commentators list health, leisure, hospitality, education, finance and

insurance, the internet, IT and green jobs, with an emphasis on the field of

science, engineering and mathematics

Telecommunications will see growth as cellphones are used for everything from GPS, music…….

Digital storage is another huge area for growth, as is internet security and cloud computing

A recent report forecasts a shortage by 2018 in the USA of 19,000 data scientists and 1.5 million data-savvy managers and analysts

[NZ Weekend Herald Career Article – 11 Feb, 2012]

News Bytes

Hot Jobs for 2012 [Career Advice]

Top Five Jobs in the IT Industry

Software developer

Business analyst

Project manager

Business intelligence consultant

Systems/network engineer

[NZ Herald Career Article – 25 Jan, 2012]

News Bytes

Programming Languages

Java remains No.1 in the TIOBE top 20

Jobs

The future remains extremely bright for prospective ICT employees in a wide range of well paid jobs/positions

Salary

Start on $40,000 per year as a new graduate and within 5 years there is the potential to be earning $100,000 per year

Conclusion