Our Oil, Gas and Mining recruitment brand, Ambit Engineering Recruitment has just released their first WA Rate and Salary Index for 2010. Ambit is predicting that 2010 will see a resurgence in the WA mining and resources sector, driven by several key projects across the state ramping up.

While Ambit’s quarterly Salary Survey reveal that salaries in WA’s resources sector have remained flat for the past 10 months on the back of flat hiring activity, current business activity suggests that hiring levels will rise sharply in the next three months.

Appeared in: The Australian
Author: Jennifer Foreshew
Date: February 23rd, 2010

Information technology recruiters are predicting a round of musical chairs this year after employees sat tight during the financial crisis. Dissatisfaction over job losses, salary freezes and slashed or axed bonuses has eroded loyalty, according to employment experts.

Employers will have their work cut out keeping talent this year.

Appeared in: ITwire
Author: Beverley Head
Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2010

After being hung out to dry by the GFC triggered downturn, demand for IT skills is on the march, and with NBN Co predicted to enter the recruitment market in earnest from May, salaries are tipped to rise too.

IT recruitment specialist Peoplebank Australia says that already in some niches skills demand has surged by as much as 218 percent over last year – and the firm is predicting a return to IT skills shortages in some areas by June.

Appeared in: The Australian
Author: Jennifer Foreshew
Date: February 16, 2010

THE economic rebound will lift new hires and put upward pressure on technology salaries by mid-year, resulting in across-the-board rises of up to 5 per cent, on an annualised basis, data shows.

The country’s largest IT&T recruiter, Peoplebank, has predicted a skills shortage could return as early as mid-year, along with a jump in staff turnover as employees pursue contract work and higher pay.

Peoplebank forecasts that the IT sector – which went from ‘overheated’ in mid-2008 to a sharp correction in 2009 – will rebound in 2010 to near-record levels. In our first review of salaries for 2010, we believe that while salaries are yet to shift significantly on 2009 rates, surging demand suggests an IT skills shortage will be evident as early as mid-year.

Our data indicates that…

- Demand for some skills has risen by up to 218% on last year
- NSW, VIC and WA are leading the way with signs that a long boom is ahead for IT skills
- The skills shortage is likely to be evident as early as mid-2010 with consequences including jobs volatility and salary surges