Latest trends in the NZ ICT tertiary education & job scene

1. New Zealand
ICT
Tertiary Education & Job Series
August 2011
garry.roberton@wintec.ac.nz
Note:
Indicates
new/significant
change

2. Insights
 Enrolments:
 NZ ICT diploma & CS bachelor degree female participation rates in
2009 ( ) were 23% & 28% respectively
 USA - among the member schools, the share of bachelor’s
degrees in CS granted to females rose to 13.8% in 2010, an increase
of 2.5 percentage points over 2009
 Europe – female participation rates in CS & CE sitting at 28% in 2009
 Jobs:
 NZ Seek ICT jobs adverts for the month of August;
 Auckland down 4%, Wellington down 18% and Canterbury
down 5%
 Waikato experienced an 11% growth rate, the second
consecutive increase of significance (14% last month)
 All NZ fell by 8% (Down 2% same period 2010)
 Trademe (all NZ) decreased by 9% (Up 5% same period 2010)

3. ICT Diplomas
Domestic EFTS
by Age & Gender, 2009
Female
2000 Male
1800
1600
Distribution by Gender
Equivalent Full Time Students
1400
1200
1000 23%
800
600 77%
400
200
0
Under 18-19 20-24 25-39 40+ Total
18
Age Bracket
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

4. CS Bachelor Degrees
Domestic EFTS
by Age & Gender, 2009
Female
3,500
Male
3,000
Distribution by Gender
Equivalent Full Time Students
2,500
2,000
28%
1,500
1,000
72%
500
0
Under 18-19 20-24 25-39 40+ Total
18
Age Bracket
Note: Evidence suggests that the female participation rate is consistent here in NZ
and rising slightly in the USA.
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

5. Seek IT Job Trends NZ
2011
3500
3000 2732
2662 3000 3127
2603 2689
2500 2870
2000 1712
1500
Last Year
1000
500
0
Jan Feb
Mar April
2011 2011 May June
2011 2011 July Aug
2011 2011
2011 2011
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

6. Seek ICT Job Adverts
Monthly Change
for August 2011
15%
10%
5%
0%
Monthly Change
-5%
-10%
-15%
-20%
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

7. Seek ICT Job Advert Trends
January - August
2011
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40% Growth
30%
20%
10%
0%
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

8. 2007 Peak ICT Job Adverts NZ
before
recession Seek & Trademe
3487
3500
3127
3000
3000 2870
2689 2732
2662
2603
2500
2000 Trademe IT
1712 Seek IT
1462 1474 1484
1367 1407 1391
1500 1353 1352
955
1000
500
0
Sept Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug
2007 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

9. Seek ICT Job Adverts NZ
January - August 2011
Total NZ
August
Canterbury 2010
Wellington
Waikato
Auckland
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
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
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

10. Seek ICT Job Adverts
by Industry Certification
August 2011
Total NZ
Canterbury
Wellington
Waikato
Auckland
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
Microsoft 281 5 118 59 484
Cisco 174 2 86 27 310
Linux 535 25 168 72 817
Waikato & Canterbury experienced an increase in Linux
adverts of 60% and 11% respectively for the month
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

11. Seek ICT Job Adverts Filtered
by Management Certifications
PMP
New for
Prince [2]
August
ITIL 2011
400
350
Distribution
300
No. Job Adverts
250
28%
200
44%
150
100
50 28%
0
Note:
All 3 management certifications may be referenced in the same job advert.

12. TechRepublic Certifications & Salary Report
2011
PMP® Project Management Professional
CISSP Cert Info Sys Security Professional
CCDA Cisco Certified Design Associate
CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional
ITIL v2 Foundation
ITIL® v3 Foundation
VMware Certified Professional
Project+
VoIP/Telephony
MCSE MS Certified Systems Engineer
Salary
MCITP Enterprise Administrator
CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate
MCITP MS Certified IT Professional
CompTIA Security+
MCSA MS Certified System Administrator
MCITP Server Administrator
MCTS Windows Vista, Configure
MCTS Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
Server+
MCDST MS Certified Desktop Support Technician
$0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000
(Accessed July 2011)

13. Seek ICT Job Adverts by
Programming Language
August 2011
Total NZ
Canterbury
Wellington
Waikato
Auckland
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
PHP 376 19 120 43 564
C# 145 7 59 24 239
.NET 178 15 66 28 290
Java 410 21 133 50 623
Waikato experienced a doubling of job adverts for Java & .NET
for the month. Job adverts for PHP increased 50%.
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

14. Seek ICT Job Adverts for Java Seek ICT NZ Job Adverts
Programmer/Developer Top 3 Languages
August 2011 August 2011
17% Java
18%
44%
PHP
C#
39%
82%
Prog/Dev [Java]
Prog/Dev Other
Languages
Revised for
August 2011 - C#
now included
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

15. TIOBE Programming Community Index
Headline for August 2011:
 F#, a new functional programming language available in the latest
version of Microsoft's Visual Studio (2010), has entered the top 20 for
the first time
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

16. Seek ICT Job Adverts
by Role [August]
Programmer/Developer
18% System Support
27%
Help Desk
24%
24% Network (All categories)
7%
All Other Roles
New for
August
2011
Source: (Accessed August 2011)

17. Trademe IT Salary Information
by Role
Jan-June 2011
Sales & pre-sales
Project management
Architects
Management
Functional consultant
Telecommunications
Security
Business analyst
Median pay
Testers
Programming & development
Networking & systems
Database
Web design
Trainers
Help desk
$0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000
(Accessed August 2011)

18. Observations
 The top 3 salaries by roles, according to a recent Trademe Survey,
are:
 Sales & Pre-sales
 Project Management
 Architects
 The top 5 salaries by certification, according to a recent TechRepublic
survey, are:
 Project Management Professional (PMP)
 Cert Info Sys Security Professional (CISSP)
 Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)
 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
 ITIL v2 Foundation

19. News Bytes
A Selection of the Hottest Jobs in Information Technology,
according to CIO, are:
 Java & .NET Developer
 Project Manager
 Data Modeller
 Software Implementation Analyst
 Database Administrator
 IT Security Manager
 Business Continuity Manager
 Applications Architect
 RFID Systems Engineer
( Accessed August 2011)

20. News Bytes
According to the latest (NZ) Hudson Report for the July-September
Quarter:
 Hiring intentions in the information technology sector (31.4%) are at the
highest level in over six years
 More than half of employers (56.2%) surveyed plan to increase
permanent headcount
 The industry is thriving in the lower North Island, up 18.6pp compared
to the first quarter of 2011
 The temporary/contracting hiring intentions for the information
technology sector are at the highest level (31.4%) for nearly six years
(Accessed August 2011)

21. Conclusion:
 The challenge for both the ICT industry and tertiary institutions is to
continue to find ways to make a career in ICT more attractive to the female
cohort
: Innovations in Practice Quote:
“The under-representation of females in ICT studies and careers results not only
in a massive loss of talent for ICT companies and economies, but also in a
technology divide that perpetuates disadvantage among women in general and
women of low socio-economic status in particular.”
 NZ ICT jobs adverts compared with August 2010;
 Seek up 24%
 Trademe up 18%
 Next months edition will include a section on the current state of the
Australian ICT job market