Job Trends - October 2010

New Zealand
ICT
Tertiary Education & Job
Trends
October 2010
garry.roberton@wintec.ac.nz
Note:
Indicates
a change
Recent Insights
 ICT jobs advertised on Seek increased for the SeptemberOctober period, with the exception of Wellington (9%
decrease)
 ICT jobs advertised on Trademe increased by 12% for the
September-October period
 80% of current Seek ICT jobs advertised in NZ are for full time
positions
 Massive investment in IT & T projects in the Asia Pacific
region
 Recruitment firms have predicted an imminent skills shortage
in the ICT industry, specifically in mid-level management, as a
result of reduced hires during the global financial crisis (GFC)
Institutes of Technology & Polytechnics (ITP)
ICT Enrolment Trends
2002 to 2010
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
EFTS
1,500
1,000
500
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
Source: NACCQ EFTS (Accessed March 2010)
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Institutes of Technology &
Polytechnics (ITP) ICT Enrolments
(24% Increase 2007 to 2010)
ICT Jobs NZ
Trends - Recession & Recovery
A slight
decrease
Estimated
3500
3000
3,000
2500
EFTS
2,500
2000
1500
2,000
1000
Seek IT
500
1,500
Oct 2010
Sept 2010
Aug 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
1,000
April 2010
Mar 2010
Feb 2010
Jan 2010
Sept 2009
Sept 2007
0
500
0
2007
Source:
(Accessed October 2010)
2008
2009
2010
Wintec School of IT
Combined Diploma & Degree EFTS
2002 to 2010
350
300
250
200
Wintec Combined IT EFTS
150
100
50
0
03
04
05
06
07
08
Source: Wintec MIS (Arion) (Accessed March 2010)
09
10
All Institutes of Technology & Polytechnics (ITPs)
2009 EFTS-based Performance Measures
New
TEO
Performance
Measures
90%
80%
70%
60%
Level 5-6
50%
Level 7-8
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Successful Completion of
Courses
Completion of Qualifications
Conclusion: These measures better quantify successful outcomes
ICT Jobs NZ
Seek & Trademe
3487
3500
A 12% increase
for Trademe September to
October
3000
2500
2370
2149
2000
2320
2384
2376
2047
1763
1500
1843
Trademe IT
1561
1367
1241
Seek IT
1211
1000
629
600
728
756
816
959
1096
943
1148
1326
1174
500
0
Sept Sept
Jan Feb
2007 2009
Mar April
2010 2010
2010 2010 May June July
Aug
2010 2010
2010 2010 Sept Oct
2010 2010
Source:
(Accessed October 2010)
Seek ICT Jobs
% Increase
January - October
2010
250%
203%
200%
150%
% Increase
103%
96%
96%
100%
50%
19%
0%
Auckland
Source:
Waikato
Wellington
(Accessed September 2010)
Canterbury
Total NZ
Seek ICT Work Type (NZ)
October 2010
20%
Full Time
80%
Contractor, Temp,
Other
These
percentages
are typical
Source:
(Accessed October 2010)
Seek ICT Jobs NZ
Jan - Oct 2010
Total NZ
Canterbury
9%
decrease
Wellington
Waikato
Auckland
0
Oct-10
500
Sept-10
Aug-10
1000
July-10
1500
June-10
May-10
2000
April-10
2500
Mar-10
Note: Overall figures for Waikato are typical of smaller NZ regions
Source:
Accessed October 2010)
Feb-10
3000
Jan-10
Waikato ICT Employment Opportunities
Company
URL
Gen-i
Datacom
Connect NZ
Gallagher Group
Wintec (ITS ~30 Staff)
Hamilton City Council (HCC)
Waikato DHB
Interspeed
PB Technologies
Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (LIC)
Elite Business Systems Ltd
University of Waikato
Retail: Dick Smith, Heathcote Appliances, Noel Leaming, Harvey Norman, etc
Career Services: Computing & IT Jobs IT
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Administrator (Website)
Analyst Programmer
Call Centre Adviser
Chief Information Officer
Computer Applications Engineer
Computer Programmer
Computer Systems Analyst
Computer Systems Technician
Computing Services Manager
Content Developer
Customer Service Professional
Customer Service Representative
(CSR)
• Database Administrator
• Database Analyst
• Database Developer
• Desktop Support Analyst
• Desktop Support
Technician/Engineer
• Documentation Specialist
• Graphic Designer (Web Pages)
• Hardware Engineer
• Helpdesk Operator
• Information Designer
• Information Services Manager
• Information Systems Engineer
• Information Systems
Technician/Consultant
• Information Technology Manager
Selected Extracts from Telecoms & IT Intelligence
Briefing September 2010
 Telecom NZ structural separation: MED has called for submissions on the potential
implications and regulatory changes of a structural separation of Telecom NZ. Papers due by
Oct 15. Refer:
 Huawei to launch handset in OZ and NZ? Talking to carriers in Australia and New Zealand
about local distribution of its new Ideos mobile phone, which runs the latest version of
Google’s Android operating system
 Australia govt data centre relocation: A request for tenders has been released, the first step
in establishing a new panel of services providers as part of a plan to save USD1 billion in data
centre costs over the next 15 years
 Shanghai cloud development: The 12 projects under the city’s plan to boost its cloud
computing industry are proceeding as planned; a total investment of RMB3 billion is
expected by end‐2012
 Dell to invest USD100 billion over next decade: It plans to open its 2nd centre in China next
year
 Singapore emerges as Asia Pacific’s leading cloud computing hub: according to Ovum, with
firms such as Tata Communications, AT&T, BT, Verizon Business, SingTel, and Orange choosing
Singapore as their preferred location
 Vietnam Data center: Telehouse Vietnam has begun operating in Hanoi. It will provide
data‐related services for businesses involved in telecom, finance and banking
Skills shortage to return, but with variations (Computerworld
October 2010)
Robert Walters - 2010 Global Salary Survey (Selected Extracts)

Wellington - pay rates in many IT skill sets are up this year , especially in contracting.; e.g. senior project
managers
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The survey commentary makes predictions for 2010 for both Auckland & Wellington;

In the “Outlook for 2010” in Auckland, the commentary notes “We predict that the overall focus will
continue to be cost-cutting and refining IT processes, helped by a technology push towards cloud
computing, ultimately cutting infrastructure and associated costs

As a result, the demand for skilled candidates who can operate within the cloud environment will be
heightened

Additionally, candidates with skills in application development, data centre operations and
network engineering (including security) will be highly sought-after

Things began to pick up in the final quarter of last year in Auckland, and that this year, “we envisage
that the pattern of slow and steady levels of recruitment will continue in 2010 and we expect a
general shortage of skilled professionals in the IT sector once again

There are already a number of significant programmes of work underway and we therefore anticipate
demand for those candidates with technical project management skills to strengthen in the first
quarter
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We expect to see some strength return to the private sector, which will lead to more demand for
highly skilled and experienced candidates across all key IT disciplines
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This is expected to drive wage growth due to an ongoing underlying shortage of good quality,
experienced professionals
(Accessed May 2010) (US-BLS) prediction:
 For the foreseeable future computing will be one of the fastest-growing U.S.
job markets in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
 Nearly 3 out of 4 new science or engineering jobs in the U.S. are going to be
in computing!
 Approximately 1 in 5 computing jobs will be in networking
Conclusions:
 Global recession had a significant impact
 Global demand increasing
 Global skill shortages signalled
 Future ICT job potential extremely healthy
 Educate and train now to be ready for the economic
upswing…