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Johannesburg - While the UK's quarterly information technology (IT) skills index reveals demand for permanent and contractor IT personnel increased by 23% and 14% respectively in the fourth quarter, South Africa looks unable to fill many of the vacancies currently on offer in the industry.
IT recruitment company Abacus Recruitment CEO Org Geldenhuys noted on Tuesday that the local employment practices are "making it difficult to fill vacancies that are currently available".
However, all indications are that the local industry is on a rise, he added.
This was in sync with the generally positive business sentiment currently prevailing in South Africa.
In the UK, research reveals that Office, SQL and Oracle remain the most sought after skills in the IT contractor market.
SQL, JAVA and Office were the most popular skills for permanent IT staff in the fourth quarter last year.
"In South Africa SQL remains fairly popular, but there is more demand for Java and .Net skills. But, right now, it seems like Java is taking the lead," Geldenhuys continued.
"Interestingly enough, while there is a lot of talk about the growing importance of open source software, we are not seeing - certainly in our domain - a big demand for Linux.
"In fact, demand for Linux is rather muted."