Are you on the right career path? Have you got the right qualifications and/or certifications? What are the most in-demand IT Skills globally for 2018? What do you need to do if you ready to test the market?

1. How to become the MOST sought
after SQL Professional in
South Africa
September 2018

2. SESSION OVERVIEW
The most Common Roles that require SQL
SQL Career Paths & Salaries
Know your Competition
The most ‘in demand’ skills in IT
Time for change? What you MUST do….

3. Why Me?
@Van_Raath
• I have specialised in Digital Workplace
(SharePoint); SQL Server (DBA);
Customer Engagement (CRM); Data
Analytics (BI) & ERP (AX/365)
Recruitment for 10 years
• I’m currently Head of Talent
Acquisition at iSPartners/Karabina
• I’m passionate about ‘Blinging up
people’s careers and placing them in
challenging new jobs’
• I am a Co-founder & Host of SA’s only
free Job Advice Tweetchat -
#JobAdviceSA, 16h00 on Mondays

4. A Quote for the DBAs….
“As a Database Administrator (DBA) your skills, services,
expertise and ultimately your time will always be in demand.
You can only ever deliver on a finite amount of time, that’s just
the way it is, so it’s incredibly important that you maximize the
use of the time you have available. Herein lies the secret of
automation and it’s compounding interest that it pays to the
DBA. The more tasks, systems and processes that you can
automate, the more time you have available to proactively
reinvest in tasks that add value to your business and to you.”
- John Sansom
Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) of SQL Server

5. ROLES

6. The Top 12 Roles that
use SQL the most are….
1. IT Business Analyst
2. Senior Software
Engineer
3. Senior SQL Server
Database
Administrator
4. Quality Assurance
Tester
5. .NET Developer
6. Systems
Administrator
7. Software Engineer
8. SQL Server
Developer
9. Quality Assurance
Analyst
10. Senior Oracle
Database
Administrator
11. Database
Administrator
12. Data Scientist
Source: Chris Kolmar, Zippiar

7. Common
SQL
Career
Paths

8. Who is
looking for
YOU?
REGION ROLE DESCRIPTION
(Contained the word SQL)
GAUTENG Available Jobs: 1 548
Salary Range: R15k – R100k
KZN Available Jobs: 143
Salary Range: R10k – R45k
WESTERN CAPE Available Jobs: 745
Salary Range: R12k – R85k
Total 2 436

9. Meet your
Competition
REGION CANDIDATES
(CV contained the word SQL)
GAUTENG No of Candidates: 9 013
Av years experience: 4
Av salary: R46k/mnth
KZN No of Candidates: 1 1 89
Av years experience: 2/3
Av salary: R21k/mnth
WESTERN CAPE No of Candidates: 1 596
Av years experience: 4
Av salary: R37k/mnth
Total 11 798

10. How on Earth are you going to
STAND OUT??

11. Which Character Traits make good SQL
Professionals?
Excellent
Attention to
Detail
A Natural
Problem
Solver
Assertive Tactful
Manage
Relationships
A good
Decision
Maker
Humble
Calm under
Pressure
Business
Minded
Professional

12. What are the Salary Ranges across SQL Roles?

13. Most in
demand
Skills in IT
2018 -
Forbes
10. Programming Knowledge - Especially
JavaScript & Python most in demand
9. Applied Machine Learning - It’s all about the
results, not necessarily interpreting them
like a Data Scientist does
8. Coding and Engineering Experience - New
ways to build & use products that are
more intuitive
7. Ability To Adapt To New Tech - No one can
predict the future so we need to be able
to adapt – QUICKLY
6. Talent For SaaS In The Cloud – Virtualisation
skills in AWS, Hyper-V & VMware and
DevOps, Containers are in demand

14. Most in
demand
Skills in IT
2018 -
Forbes
5. Excellence in Cybersecurity - Data protection is
VITAL
4. Mobile Application Development – Coding in
Java, HTML5, C#, C++, Python & Swift
3. Data Science Talent – Big Data, Machine
Learning are all becoming key to every
Business
2. Skills to Envision, Design and Develop AR
Apps – Machine Learning & APIs also fall
into this category
1. Experience with AI – Specifically Tech Leaders
who can run teams of Data Scientists,
Product & AI Specialists

15. Are you ready
to dip a toe in
the water?
• Do you fully understand you Cost
to Company?
• Is your Internet Footprint Clean?
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Instagram
Blogging Sites
• Do you know what you want?
Corporate / Consulting
• Which Job Portals is your CV on?

16. How to make your
CV stand out:
• Think of your CV as a Sales Tool
• Make sure your CV makes an early impact
• Be clear & structured – do not waffle
• Tailor your CV to the role you want
• Avoid fabrications
• Make your key skills stand out
• Proofread to make sure there are no
spelling / grammatical errors
• Update your LinkedIn Profile at the same
time

17. Some common SQL Interview
Questions
• Are you a problem solver?
• Do you know the primary responsibility of a
DBA?
• What do you know about Database Backups?
• Why do you want to be a DBA?
• Can you provide quality examples of your
previous projects?
• Do you have a basic grasp of the Relational
Model?

18. Thank
you
• Vanessa Raath
• vanessar@karabina.co.za
• www.linkedin.com/in/vanessaraath
• @Van_Raath