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The Leading Locations of Information Technology (IT) Jobs in South Africa

In: Sustainability in Software Engineering and Business Information Management

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  • Oluwaseun Alexander Dada

    (University of Helsinki
    The School of Software)

  • George Obaido

    (University of California)

  • Ibomoiye Domor Mienye

    (University of Johannesburg)

  • Kehinde Aruleba

    (Walter Sisulu University)

Abstract

One of the main factors influencing job satisfaction for employment that require onsite presence is location. We analysed 3,355 jobs in Information Technology (IT) published on LinkedIn’s South Africa website with the aim of identifying the leading locations for IT jobs in South Africa, as well as the names and industry sectors of the recruiting companies. Three (of the nine) provinces accounted for 91% of all IT job vacancies in South Africa, namely Gauteng (46.7%), Western Cape (39.4%) and KwaZulu-Natal (4.8%). Analysis of job distribution by cities revealed that Cape Town was home to 33% of all IT jobs in South Africa, followed by Johannesburg (24%) and Pretoria (3%). The Northern Cape province had the fewest IT job openings, followed by the Free State and Limpopo. Overall, the three most in-demand IT jobs were DevOps Engineers, Software Engineers and Data Engineers. Among the companies with the largest number of IT jobs, DigiOutsource came first, followed by takealot.com and impact.com . Five out of the top ten IT jobs advertised came from companies in the Staffing & Recruiting industry. The conclusions have practical implications for a variety of stakeholders, including businesses, governments, educational institutions, IT students and IT professionals.

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  • Oluwaseun Alexander Dada & George Obaido & Ibomoiye Domor Mienye & Kehinde Aruleba, 2023. "The Leading Locations of Information Technology (IT) Jobs in South Africa," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Varun Gupta & Luis Rubalcaba & Chetna Gupta & Thomas Hanne (ed.), Sustainability in Software Engineering and Business Information Management, pages 63-74, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-031-32436-9_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32436-9_6
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