For the past several years, Indeed has compiled an annual list of the top 20 jobs in Singapore, ranking them based on salary, consistent growth in the number of job postings from 2021 to 2024 and employer demand.
In 2023, tech-focused roles dominated Indeed’s Best Jobs list, taking up nine spots of the 20. This year though, only one job made the cut — software engineers. Even then, the average base salary of this role falls short of other occupations, with software engineers making about half (S$5,676) of the average base salary of the top job this year.
Here are the latest findings from Indeed:
Directors of communications topped the list as the best job in Singapore, with tax managers, recruitment managers, senior mechanical engineers and procurement managers making up the top five. 25 per cent of the jobs featured on the list consisted of engineering roles.
Although tech jobs seem to have fallen out, software engineers, which are sixth on Indeed’s Best Jobs list, recorded the largest percentage growth (122 per cent) in job postings over the last three years.
This is followed by tax managers (106 per cent) and clinic managers (85 per cent). Roles witnessing the highest number of postings per one million total jobs were quantity surveyors (6,912), project engineers (6,695) and accountants (3,948).
Tech industry shows no encouraging signs of recovery
According to Saumitra Chand, Career Expert at Indeed, the fallout of technology-based roles highlights the sector’s growing troubles. Although some tech jobs are still available, they are not seeing the exponential growth of previous years.
With large tech giants like Google and Lazada laying off hundreds, if not, thousands of employees, the tech industry shows no encouraging signs of recovery.
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