The Olivier Internet Job Index, which tracks online advertisements on job portals Seek, My Career and CareerOne, rose 8.9 percent in September compared to August, far exceeding the increase in general job ads which rose only 3.9 percent.
Robert Olivier, director of Olivier Recruitment, told ZDNet Australia that Coles Myer's plans to spend AU$315 million over five years on IT was a "good sign".
"It exemplifies the preparedness of businesses to think once more about their IT," said Olivier. He said that in the past six months there has been an extra thousand jobs created in the IT sector.
"This is heartening stuff for the IT sector because where it was a weak performer it's now up there," said Olivier. "We've now enjoyed six months of continuous, albeit small, growth." Olivier said that the trend had also continued upwards throughout September, which boded well for the October figures.
The strong performers in September were the Network Communications and Security sector, which grew by 17.6 percent month-on-month, and the Sales and Management sector, which grew by 11.2 percent over the same time. These two sectors were also the highest growing sectors over the six month period.
The number of online job advertisements for Network Communications and Security people grew by 66 percent over the six months to September, although it started off a small base. Sales and Management saw an increase of 23.4 percent in jobs advertised online over the six months to September.
Software Engineering and Development, which remain steady in September compared to August, saw an increase of 12.6 percent in jobs advertised online.
