These are the top 25 best jobs with the rarest skills in South Africa

By : Hotel Kabani International
Date: 04-10-2016
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[Benoni, South Africa]

Online job portal, Adzuna, has conducted research on the most sought after skills by companies and their demand from job seekers in South Africa.

The company lists the skills that push both factors the most to be the rarest skills in the country.

Adzuna looked at the listed job requirements in over 130,000 job listings, assessing the demand for a particular skill, versus job seekers looking for jobs in that specific field.

This is what the jobs site refers to as the “Rareness Factor” – where a factor of 2.0 effectively means there are twice as many vacancies for job seekers looking for that positions.

“If a skill is in high demand but low in supply, this makes it rarer than skills which are low in both available candidates and low in demand,” it said.

“If this does not seem rare enough already, bear in mind that the job seeker looking for work in that skill or job title may not even be qualified or suitable for the position.”

Another notable trend which points to job skill rarity, is salary – where the more in-demand skills are afforded a much higher average salary.

However, Adzuna pointed out that this is not necessarily always the case, where some industries (such as textiles) where there is a need for certain skills, still don’t pay particularly well.

These are the 25 “rarest” skills in South Africa, as well as the average salary offered as at October 2016.

Job skill or title	Demand from Companies	Demand from Job Seekers	Rareness Factor	Average Salary
Java Developer	2 181	19	114.8	R528 135
Financial Accountant	996	11	90.5	R439 920
Developer	15 601	224	69.6	R470 872
php Developer	1 458	23	63.4	R395 950
Web Developer	1 366	32	42.7	R407 987
Assistant Manager	948	25	37.9	R218 449
Software Developer	1 219	33	36.9	R496 747
Recruiter	2 450	108	22.7	R513 326
Net Developer	939	50	18.8	R467 460
Consultant	5 644	397	14.2	R277 493
Technologist	929	70	13.2	R486 118
Executive	3 058	262	11.7	R315 045
Analyst	4 054	361	11.2	R531 762
Accountant	3 934	376	10.5	R418 910
Pharmacist	1 284	192	6.7	R506 418
Designer	1 861	280	6.6	R363 890
Coordinator	1 044	267	3.9	R246 187
Planner	872	227	3.8	R449 795
Project Manager	1 370	359	3.8	R558 330
Engineer	8 238	2266	3.6	R596 996
Business Analyst	1 304	361	3.6	R569 417
Manager	22 631	6479	3.5	R498 565
Quantity Surveyor	901	269	3.3	R532 380
Civil Engineer	869	269	3.2	R592 809
Bookkeeper	1 336	490	2.7	R181 150