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ITWeb reports that the South African IT sector has seen the most year-on-year growth in the number of advertised roles among all other sectors.
This is according to recruitment firm Robert Walters in its Robert Walters SA Jobs Index, which charts vacancy numbers posted to online platforms. The firm notes that IT job vacancies have had a positive increase of 38% from Q1 2016 to Q1 2017. Besides IT jobs, accounting and finance have seen a rise in the number of vacancies at 7%. "With companies looking to increase investment in IT infrastructure to grow their competitive advantage, there has been an evident rise in demand for IT professionals," said Lance Maree of Robert Walters SA. He went on to note: "IT professionals with technical and specialist skills sets with experience in systems and languages are in high demand within the South African job market. Developers, programmers and specialised software subject matter experts continue to be highly sought-after." Ernie Hipner, business development director at CareerWeb, said the IT jobs portal had seen an approximately 15% increase in IT job vacancies from last year.
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