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- Job portal Pnet recently published its Job Market Trends Report for the first quarter of 2023 which revealed the average salaries for a wide range of jobs in South Africa.
- According to the report, the highest salaries are offered for IT candidates, business and management candidates and finance candidates.
- Gauteng continues to offer the most employment opportunities in South Africa.
Salaries in South Africa vary widely, depending on the industry. In recent years, some industries have seen significant increases in salaries, while others have remained relatively stagnant.
Job portal Pnet recently published its Job Market Trends Report for the first quarter of 2023 which, among other things, revealed the average salaries for a wide range of jobs in South Africa.
According to the report, which offers insight into recruitment and employment trends in the country, the highest salaries are offered for IT candidates, business and management candidates and finance candidates.
"Sales professionals and admin, office and support professionals are on the lower end in terms of salary offers for these five sectors," the report revealed.
It went on to give an in-depth look at the salary ranges in five sectors, and showed where each role was placed in each sector's range.
Admin, office and support
According to the report, salary offers for admin, office and support professionals increased by 38% over the last five years with the highest-paid roles being human resource and personal assistant roles.
Sales
Sales professionals are said to have seen an even higher increase in salary offers over the last five years, reaching up to 42%.
The highest-paid roles in this field were account management and sales consulting.
Finance
Salaries in the finance industry reportedly went up by 25% over the last five years with the top-paid roles being financial analysis and internal auditing roles.
Business and Management
Salary offers in the business and management sector are said to have seen an increase of up to 17%, with the top-paid roles being executive management/director roles, strategy consulting roles and senior management roles.
Information technology
The report revealed that not only was the information technology sector one of the highest-paying sectors in the country, it also saw the highest growth in salary offers, which increased by up to 72%.
The highest-paying roles in this sector are technical/business architecture roles and IT project administration roles.
Gauteng continues to offer the most employment opportunities in the country.
"In the first quarter of 2023, the province represented 53% of the overall labour demand in the country," it said. "During the same period, 22% of SA's recruitment activity was in the Western Cape, while 10% of job vacancies were based in KwaZulu-Natal".
