ICT Job Market Analysis

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1 ICT Job Market Analysis ITCRA Insight: November 2014

2 ITCRA ITCRA is the professional body for the ICT contracting and recruitment sector in Australia and New Zealand. ITCRA Members supply and/or manage white collar professionals on behalf of their clients for permanent and flexible roles, including contracting, across Australia and New Zealand as well as multiple international markets. ITCRA s Vision is to provide leadership for Members, based on knowledge, standards and influence. The ICT Job Market Analysis is the key pillar of ITCRA s Strategy to provide Members with business intelligence, industry positioning and research programs to assist in accelerating their business objectives and market knowledge.

3 The Data Source SkillsMatch collates real time data to a central data base and includes: position requirements, open positions, salaries offered, placements made and time-to-fill for ICT contract and permanent roles. Burning Glass tools and data are playing a growing role in informing conversations on workforce and education. By using an advanced analytic application recruiters, researchers, policy makers, educators and employers can have a real time awareness into labour market demand that highlights skills, knowledge, experience, and education in demand as well as industries and occupations.

4 The Report This is the second report which utilises information on the ICT job market from both a before and after perspective, and has been expanded with more data through new collection methodologies This report comments on the ICT job market in September/October It considers what employers wanted (using data from Burning Glass Technologies) and what successful candidates accepted as offers from the following ITCRA Members who contributed to the SkillsMatch data: Aurec Pty Ltd Data #3 Ltd Paxus Australia RMArecruit Clicks IT Recruitment Greythorn Pty Ltd Peoplebank Australia Ltd Whizdom Pty Ltd

5 ICT Job Market Analysis: September/October 2014 AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

6 Key National Statistics Australia New Zealand Population 23,684, ,544,000 2 Employed 11,589, ,346,000 4 Participation rate 64.6 % % 4 Unemployed 768, ,000 4 Unemployment rate 6.2 % % 4 Underutilisation (Aus)/ Underemployment (NZ) rate 14.4 % % 4 Skilled Vacancies trend (annualized) 11.9 % % 6 ICT vacancies trend (annualized) 10.9 % % 6 Sources: 1 Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Clock to nearest 100, as at 17 November Statistics New Zealand Population Clock to nearest 100, as at 17 November Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force: October Statistics New Zealand Household Labour Force Survey: September 2014 Quarter 5 Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations Vacancy Report: September Department of Labour Jobs Online: September

7 ICT Job Market Analysis: September/October 2014 WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT FROM BURNING GLASS TECHNOLOGIES

8 Top Ten Advertised ICT Roles Australia New Zealand Java Software Developer 12.8.Net Developer 16.6 Systems Engineer 11.9 Java Software Developer 15.0 Solutions Architect 11.4 Systems Engineer 11.2 Web Developer 10.5 Software Developer 10.7 Software Devt. Engineer 10.3 Solutions Architect 9.6.Net Developer 9.5 Network Engineer 8.6 Systems Administrator 9.5 Software Devt. Engineer 8.6 Front End Developer 8.6 Web Developer 7.0 Network Engineer 8.3 C++ Developer 7.0 Business Analyst 7.6 Network Manager 5.9 Source: Burning Glass. Numbers represent percentage share of that role in the top ten roles. Rounding may mean the result does not sum to exactly 100%

9 Desirable ICT Education Levels 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Australia New Zealand High School Certificate I-IV Diploma/Associate Diploma Bachelors/Honours Degree Specialist Degree Postgraduate

10 Desirable ICT Experience Levels 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Australia 1-3 years 4-7 years > 7 years New Zealand

11 Top Desirable Technical ICT Skills Australia SQL JavaScript New Zealand SQL JavaScript Java Microsoft C# Microsoft C#.Net Programming Source: Burning Glass Java SQL Server

12 Top Desirable ICT Base Skills Australia Communication Writing Training Problem Solving Microsoft Windows Source: Burning Glass New Zealand Communication Problem Solving Writing Planning Detail-Oriented

13 Microsoft ICT Soft Skills Australia Microsoft Windows Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office New Zealand Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel Microsoft Windows Source: Burning Glass

14 Top Five ICT Hiring Sectors Australia Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Public Administration and Safety Financial and Insurance Services New Zealand 45.8 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services 25.8 Public Administration and Safety 13.6 Financial and Insurance Services Manufacturing 8.7 Education and Training 9.4 Health Care and Social Assistance Source: Burning Glass. Numbers represent percentage share of top five. 6.1 Health Care and Social Assistance 7.1

15 Top Five Employers Advertising Australia New Zealand CGI Technologies 49.7 Fonterra Cooperative Group 22.9 Government of Queensland 17.6 University of Auckland 20.8 NSW Government 15.8 New Zealand Parliament 18.8 Commonwealth Bank 8.8 Massey University 18.8 Accenture 8.1 Ministry of Social Devt Source: Burning Glass. Figures represent employer s percentage share of the jobs of the Top Five job offering firms. Note that not all jobs include an employer and thus only named employers are included.

16 Australian ICT Jobs Advertised by State NSW Victoria Queensland Western Australia ACT South Australia Northern Territory Tasmania

17 New Zealand ICT Jobs Advertised by City Auckland Wellington Christchurch Other

18 ICT Job Market Analysis: September/October 2014 WHAT AUSTRALIAN RECRUITERS ACHIEVED FROM SKILLSMATCH

19 Top ICT Contract Roles Placed Business Analysts Consultants Project Managers Analyst Programmers Helpdesk Desktop/PC Support Tester Network Engineer Systems Engineer Architect

20 Where Recruiters Placed ICT Contractors NSW ACT Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia

21 How Long to Place ICT Contractors? Average Number of Days to Place NSW Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia ACT

22 Key ICT Average Hourly Rates Role Business Analyst Consultant Project Manager Analyst Programmer Help Desk Desktop/PC Support Tester Network Engineer Systems Engineer Architect Rate $92/hour $126/hour $110/hour $88/hour $32/hour $41/hour $83/hour $82/hour $82/hour $138/hour

23 Permanent versus Contract Average Days to Fill State Permanent Contract ACT New South Wales Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia 23 13

24 Permanent versus Contract Roles by Location Advertised State Permanent Contract ACT 23 % 9 % New South Wales 39 % 41 % Queensland 6 % 10 % South Australia 3 % 4% Victoria 26 % 31 % Western Australia 3 % 5 % Source: Burning Glass.

25 Permanent versus Contract Roles by Location- Placed State Permanent Contract ACT 34% 66% New South Wales 16% 84 % Queensland 10% 90 % South Australia 10% 90% Victoria 14% 86% Western Australia 12% 88%

26 Top Five Permanent versus Contract Roles Advertised - Australia Permanent ICT Support and Test Engineers Software and Applications Programmers Systems Analyst Developer Programmer Web Developer Source: Burning Glass Note: temporary roles are presumed to be an approximation for contract roles within ICT Contract ICT Support and Test Engineers Software and Applications Programmers Systems Analyst Web Developer Developer Programmer

27 Top Five Permanent versus Contract Roles Placed - Australia Permanent Network Designer Analyst Programmer Help Desk IT Manager Test Analyst Source: SkillsMatch Contract Business Analyst Consultant Project Manager Analyst Programmer Help Desk

28 Top Five Permanent versus Contract Roles Advertised - New Zealand Permanent ICT Support and test engineers Software and applications programmers Developer programmer ICT customer support engineer Test Analyst Source: SkillsMatch Contract ICT support and test engineers Software and applications programmers Systems analyst Network administrator Web developer

29 ICT Job Market Analysis: September/October 2014 DISCUSSION

30 The ICT Job Market in September/October 2014 Desirable soft skills have changed slightly with training replacing planning as a top skill in Australia, and detail orientation replacing training in New Zealand Australia s mining sector has dropped off the Top Five hiring industries for ICT work Time to place has increased in all States and Territories in Australia There is little difference in roles advertised in each of the major New Zealand cities.