Critical Skills Survey result 2020/21 released – The top 10 most in demand skills
Xpatweb’s annual survey has fast become known as a benchmark for business and policy makers. Input from the 2019 research findings was submitted for consideration when the drafting the latest OIHD critical skills shortage list.
The survey was conducted across a wide range of multi-national and corporate firms to assess the level of difficulty organisations face when sourcing scarce skilled individuals and the role of foreign nationals in addressing these shortages.
​The number of respondents has grown exponentially in recent years, with a 30% increase in responses from 178 in 2019, to 220 in 2020/21.
The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom’s critical skills shortage lists virtually mirror the skills that SA is desperate to attracted as highlighted in the 2020/21 Critical Skills survey - from ICT and C-Suite Executives to Engineers, the country’s need to fill posts in these fields to grow their economies.