New Zealand

ICT

Tertiary Education & Job Series

November 2011 garry.roberton@wintec.ac.nz

Note:

Indicates new/significant change

Insights

Jobs [Last month ()]:

NZ Seek ICT jobs adverts for the month of November;

All NZ fell by 5% (+1%) (Up 14.6% on November 2010)

Auckland down 2% (-1%), Wellington down 1% (+2%) and Canterbury down a significant 30% (+9%)

Waikato experienced a 58% decrease (+2%)

Trademe (all NZ) decreased by 6% (+2%) (Up 16% on November 2010)

Tertiary ICT Education - Māori :

Māori participation rates in tertiary education across all levels & all fields compare well (18%) with the proportion of Māori (15%) in the total population

However, Māori participation rates for ICT are significantly lower;

12% for diplomas [levels 5 to 7]

7% for degrees

Māori 15% of NZ Population & Growing

European (70%)

Māori (15%) and growing in proportion

Asians (9%)

Non- Māori Polynesians (6 %)

New for November

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

Māori participation in tertiary education reduced at higher levels

[Domestic Equivalent Full Time Tertiary Student Units by Ethnic Groups 2010]

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

New for November

56%

18%

26%

European

Maori

Other

All Ages & All Levels

70%

16%

14%

All Ages Levels 5 to 7

60% 12%

28%

ICT Diploma EFTS

European

Maori

Other

56%

7%

37%

ICT Degree EFTS

Māori participation rates for ICT diplomas almost double those for degrees

[Domestic ICT Tertiary Enrolments by Ethnicity 2010]

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

New for November

-10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0%

IT

Sales, retail, marketing and advertising

Other

Hospitality and tourism

Healthcare and medical

Education and training

Construction and engineering

Accounting, HR, legal and admin

Annual change (Sept 10 – Sept 11)

Monthly change (Aug 11 - Sept 11)

IT experienced the strongest growth in September 2011

[DoL Skilled Vacancies Index (SVI) by Industry and Occupation Group, Seasonally Adjusted]

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

Growth in skilled job vacancies varied by industries and occupations:

IT (up by 12.5%) and education and training (up by 10.6%) had the strongest growth in September

Industries with the biggest fall were;

hospitality and tourism (down by 5.3%) and

accounting, HR, legal and administration (down by 5.2%)

Skilled job vacancies increased across all industries, compared with a year ago

The construction and engineering industry (up by 44.6%) was the strongest, largely due to the reconstruction activities in Canterbury.

Comment

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

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Seek IT Job Trends NZ 2011

Last Year

-60%

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Seek ICT Job Adverts Monthly Change

for November 2011

Monthly Change

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

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Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

Seek ICT Job Advert Trends Year to November 2011

Growth

2007 Peak before recession

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

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Sept 2007

Jan 2011

Feb 2011

Mar 2011

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

Aug 2011

Sept 2011

Oct 2011

Nov 2011

1367

955

1407 1353

1462 1391

1474 1484 1352 1324 1347

1265

3487

1712

2662 2603

2689 2732

3000 3127

2870

2662 2692 2568

Trademe IT

Seek IT

ICT Job Adverts NZ Seek & Trademe

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500

Auckland

Waikato

Wellington

Canterbury

Total NZ

Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

Nov-11 1579 36 714 181 2568

Oct-11 1612 57 723 236 2692

Sep-11 1629 56 707 214 2662

Aug-11 1772 72 727 242 2870

Jul-11 1837 65 891 255 3127

Jun-11 1751 57 880 229 3000

May-11 1635 59 785 184 2732

Apr-11 1516 67 825 188 2689

Mar-11 1530 68 785 144 2603

Feb-11 1559 66 800 151 2662

Jan-11 960 42 532 123 1712

Seek ICT Job Adverts Year to November

2011

November

2010

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

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Auckland

Waikato

Wellington

Canterbury

Total NZ

Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

Microsoft 250 8 105 36 408

Cisco 156 4 50 16 236

Linux 516 12 171 56 782

Seek ICT Job Adverts by Industry Certification

November 2011

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

Note: Almost no change

Seek ICT Job Adverts Filtered by Management Certifications

Notes: • All 3 management certifications may be referenced in the same job advert.

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

28%

28%

44%

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PMP

Prince 2

ITIL

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

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Auckland

Waikato

Wellington

Canterbury

Total NZ

Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ

.NET 181 0 73 19 280

PHP 358 3 124 45 548

C# 137 0 52 24 220

Java 386 0 140 53 601

Seek ICT Job Adverts by Programming Language

November 2011

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

613

554

250

344

601

548

220

280

Java

PHP

C#

.NET

Seek IT Job Adverts Comparison by Languages

Oct-Nov 2011

Inner = Oct Outer = Nov 6% overall monthly decrease in adverts for languages

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3 months to 9 Nov 2011

Same period 2010

Same period 2009

Java Skills in IT jobs Advertised across the UK

November 2011

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

16%

16%

14%

As Percentage of all Permanent IT

Jobs

3 months to 9 Nov 2011

Same period 2010

Same period 2009

29%

31%

27%

As Percentage of the

Programming Languages

Category

Java Skills in the UK November 2011

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

News Bytes

President Obama & industry groups call on colleges to graduate 10,000 more engineers a year and 100,000 new teachers with majors in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math

Dr. Goldberg, who retired last year as an engineering professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign thinks the president’s chances of getting his 10,000 engineers is “essentially nil.”

Source: (Accessed November 2011)

The Three Largest Fields in Science Lose Ground

High-tech Sector Beats the Bank [ ] [ ]

The Technology Investment Network Report covers three sub-sectors;

ICT

Biotechnology

High-tech manufacturing

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) revenues grew 13%

High-tech sector revenue passes $7 billion for the first time

Third biggest exporter with 4% growth to over $5b

…..current NZ ICT workforce inadequate for the tasks that lie ahead

……we’re not training sufficient specialists to meet the ICT needs……..

……ICT careers not seen as desirable or ‘sexy’ lessening demand for courses in these disciplines…… (David Stone, TCF CEO

News Bytes

Education:

Lower participation rates in ICT education, at 12% for diplomas and 7% for degrees, provide strong incentives for encouraging young Māori to qualify for jobs in one of the highest paid professions in NZ

Building Māori participation in the industry is vital, given the projected demographics of falling secondary school numbers, an aging population and an insatiable demand by the ICT industry for suitably qualified and skilled employees

Jobs:

IT experienced the strongest growth at 12.5%, by Industry and Occupation Group, in September 2011, according to the DoL Skilled Vacancies Index (SVI)

High-tech sector revenue passes $7 billion for the first time and is now the third biggest exporter with 4% growth to over $5 billion

Conclusion