Have your say in ICT skills survey

Professor Barry Dwolatzky, director of the JCSE

The tenth edition of the survey aims to gain a clear understanding of the ICT skills landscape in South Africa by identifying current skills priorities and gaps in the sector to assist business leaders and policymakers to develop strategies for growing and retaining digital skills.

“Companies frequently highlight the scarcity of ICT skills as a major concern and business risk. Any strategy, either within a company or within the country, needs to be based on accurate data. Our skills survey provides such data and should be a very useful resource to anyone thinking about ICT skills in relation to strategic intention,” says Professor Barry Dwolatzky, director of the JCSE.

“The availability of appropriate skills is a critical factor in the development and growth of the ICT sector, therefore we believe it is important to carry out regular assessments of the skills landscape, to help us shape future public and private sector skills development and education programmes,” says Tony Parry, CEO of IITPSA.

“The JCSE-IITPSA Skills Survey in 2018 delivered valuable insights into South African ICT skills supply and demand, and we look forward to the outcome of the 2019 research.”

The 2019 survey invites all ICT employers and professionals to participate – whether these practitioners obtained their skills formally or on the job, work from home or in a corporate environment, and irrespective of their role or position.

Two sets of survey questionnaires, a corporate survey for organisations that employ ICT professionals and an individual survey for ICT professionals, can be found on the Survey Centre website. All information provided is held confidentially and is only used for the purposes of the research survey. The cut-off date for responses to the ICT Skills Survey is 7 August 2019.

Take part in the survey.