The document provides insights into Māori participation in tertiary education and ICT jobs in New Zealand. It finds that while Māori participation in tertiary education overall is close to their proportion of the population, their participation in ICT fields is lower. Specifically, Māori make up 12% of students in ICT diploma programs and 7% of ICT degree students. The document also notes that ICT and education experienced the strongest growth in job vacancies in September 2011 according to government data.

1. New Zealand
ICT
Tertiary Education & Job Series
November 2011
garry.roberton@wintec.ac.nz
Note:
Indicates
new/significant
change

2. Insights
 Tertiary ICT Education - Māori :
 Māori participation rates in tertiary education across all levels & all fields
compare well (18%) with the proportion of Māori (15%) in the total population
 However, Māori participation rates for ICT are significantly lower;
 12% for diplomas [levels 5 to 7]
 7% for degrees
 Jobs [Last month ()]:
 NZ Seek ICT jobs adverts for the month of November;
 All NZ fell by 5% (+1%) (Up 14.6% on November 2010)
 Auckland down 2% (-1%), Wellington down 1% (+2%) and Canterbury
down a significant 30% (+9%)
 Waikato experienced a 58% decrease (+2%)
 Trademe (all NZ) decreased by 6% (+2%) (Up 16% on November 2010)

3. Māori 15% of NZ Population & Growing
 European (70%)
 Māori (15%) and growing in proportion
 Asians (9%)
 Non- Māori Polynesians (6 %)
New for
November
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

4. Māori participation in tertiary education reduced at
higher levels
[Domestic Equivalent Full Time Tertiary Student Units by Ethnic Groups 2010]
All Ages & All Levels All Ages Levels 5 to 7
26% 14%
European 16%
56%
Maori
18%
Other 70%
New for
November
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

5. Māori participation rates for ICT diplomas almost
double those for degrees
[Domestic ICT Tertiary Enrolments by Ethnicity 2010]
ICT Diploma EFTS ICT Degree EFTS
European
Maori
Other
28% 37%
60% 56%
12%
7%
New for
November
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

6. IT experienced the strongest growth in
September 2011
[DoL Skilled Vacancies Index (SVI) by Industry and Occupation Group, Seasonally Adjusted]
Accounting, HR, legal and admin
Construction and engineering
Education and training
Annual change (Sept
10 – Sept 11)
Healthcare and medical
Hospitality and tourism Monthly change
(Aug 11 - Sept 11)
Other
Sales, retail, marketing and
advertising
IT
-10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0%
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

7. Comment
Growth in skilled job vacancies varied by industries and
occupations:
 IT (up by 12.5%) and education and training (up by 10.6%) had the
strongest growth in September
 Industries with the biggest fall were;
 hospitality and tourism (down by 5.3%) and
 accounting, HR, legal and administration (down by 5.2%)
 Skilled job vacancies increased across all industries, compared with a
year ago
 The construction and engineering industry (up by 44.6%) was the
strongest, largely due to the reconstruction activities in Canterbury.

8. Seek IT Job Trends NZ
2011
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
Last Year
1000
500
0
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

9. Seek ICT Job Adverts
Monthly Change
for November 2011
0%
-10%
-20%
-30%
Monthly Change
-40%
-50%
-60%
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

10. Seek ICT Job Advert Trends
Year to November 2011
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
Growth
10%
0%
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
-10%
-20%
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

11. 2007 Peak ICT Job Adverts NZ
before Seek & Trademe
recession 3487
3500
3127
3000
3000 2870
2689 2732 2692
2662 2662
2603 2568
2500
2000
1712 Trademe IT
1462 1474 1484
1500 1367 1407 1391 Seek IT
1353 1352 1324 1347
1265
955
1000
500
0
Sept Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov
2007 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

12. Seek ICT Job Adverts
Year to November
2011
Total NZ
Canterbury November
2010
Wellington
Waikato
Auckland
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
Nov-11 1579 36 714 181 2568
Oct-11 1612 57 723 236 2692
Sep-11 1629 56 707 214 2662
Aug-11 1772 72 727 242 2870
Jul-11 1837 65 891 255 3127
Jun-11 1751 57 880 229 3000
May-11 1635 59 785 184 2732
Apr-11 1516 67 825 188 2689
Mar-11 1530 68 785 144 2603
Feb-11 1559 66 800 151 2662
Jan-11 960 42 532 123 1712
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

13. Seek ICT Job Adverts
by Industry Certification
November 2011
Total NZ
Canterbury
Wellington
Waikato
Auckland
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
Microsoft 250 8 105 36 408
Cisco 156 4 50 16 236
Linux 516 12 171 56 782
Note: Almost no change
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

14. Seek ICT Job Adverts Filtered
by Management Certifications
350
300
250
200 PMP 28%
Prince 2
150 44%
ITIL
100
50 28%
0
Notes:
• All 3 management certifications may be referenced in the same job advert.
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

15. Seek ICT Job Adverts by
Programming Language
November 2011
Total NZ
Canterbury
Wellington
Waikato
Auckland
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Auckland Waikato Wellington Canterbury Total NZ
.NET 181 0 73 19 280
PHP 358 3 124 45 548
C# 137 0 52 24 220
Java 386 0 140 53 601
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

16. Seek IT Job Adverts
Comparison by Languages
Oct-Nov 2011
280
344
Inner = Oct 601
Java
613
Outer = Nov
PHP
220
6% overall
monthly C#
250
decrease in
adverts for .NET
languages
554
548
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

17. Java Skills in IT jobs Advertised across the
UK
November 2011
Same period 2009
Same period 2010
3 months to 9 Nov 2011
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

18. Java Skills in the UK
November 2011
As Percentage of all Permanent IT As Percentage of the
Jobs Programming Languages
Category
14% 16% 27% 29%
3 months to 9 Nov
2011
16% Same period 2010
31%
Same period 2009
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

19. News Bytes
The Three Largest Fields in Science Lose Ground
 President Obama & industry groups call on colleges to graduate 10,000 more engineers
a year and 100,000 new teachers with majors in STEM — science, technology,
engineering and math
 Dr. Goldberg, who retired last year as an engineering professor at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign thinks the president’s chances of getting his 10,000
engineers is “essentially nil.”
Source: (Accessed November 2011)

20. News Bytes
High-tech Sector Beats the Bank
[ ][ ]
 The Technology Investment Network Report covers three sub-sectors;
 ICT
 Biotechnology
 High-tech manufacturing
 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) revenues grew 13%
 High-tech sector revenue passes $7 billion for the first time
 Third biggest exporter with 4% growth to over $5b
 …..current NZ ICT workforce inadequate for the tasks that lie ahead
 ……we’re not training sufficient specialists to meet the ICT needs……..
 ……ICT careers not seen as desirable or ‘sexy’ lessening demand for courses in
these disciplines…… (David Stone, TCF CEO

21. Conclusion
 Education:
 Lower participation rates in ICT education, at 12% for diplomas and 7%
for degrees, provide strong incentives for encouraging young Māori to
qualify for jobs in one of the highest paid professions in NZ
 Building Māori participation in the industry is vital, given the projected
demographics of falling secondary school numbers, an aging population
and an insatiable demand by the ICT industry for suitably qualified and
skilled employees
 Jobs:
 IT experienced the strongest growth at 12.5%, by Industry and
Occupation Group, in September 2011, according to the DoL Skilled
Vacancies Index (SVI)
 High-tech sector revenue passes $7 billion for the first time and is now
the third biggest exporter with 4% growth to over $5 billion