Top In-demand Jobs During Pandemic

December 4, 2020886 views0

In a LinkedIn blog with the title “The Most In-Demand Jobs Right Now”, data of jobs with the fastest-growing demand and jobs with the most demand overall were released.

According to the blog, the list of jobs was based on global LinkedIn data on all premium job posts. The latest list of jobs provided by LinkedIn is the October 2020 data.

Top 10 Jobs with Fastest-growing Demand

The jobs with the fastest-growing demand are those with the biggest percentage growth in the number of job posts for the month of October this year.

Tax Specialist

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 22,000.00 / mo

Receptionist

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 14,000.00 / mo

Retail Associate

Salary in PH (ave.): N/A

Customer Representative

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 18,725.00 / mo

Dotnet Developer

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 47,000.00 / mo

Merchandiser

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 11,500.00 / mo

Fulfillment Specialist

Salary in PH (ave.): N/A

Automotive Technician

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 20,000.00 / mo

Salesforce Developer

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 25,000.00 / mo

Driver

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 11,000.00 / mo

Note: The national average salary and the salary estimates for the following jobs in the Philippines were based on 24 salaries submitted anonymously to Glassdoor by employees of the aforementioned jobs.

Jobs with the fastest-growing demand Roles with the largest month-over-month increase in LinkedIn job posts (Oct 2020) 1. Tax Specialist +579% 2. Receptionist +479% 3. Retail Associate +426% 4. Customer Representative +406% 5. Dotnet Developer +207% 6. Merchandiser +191% 7. Fulfillment Specialist +184% 8. Automotive Technician +177% 9. Salesforce Developer +176% 10. Driver +155% (Insights from LinkedIn)

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Top 10 Jobs with the Most Demand Overall

The following are the most in-demand jobs, those with the highest number of job posts for October 2020:

Salesperson

Salary in PH (ave.): N/A

Registered Nurse

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 17,000.00 / mo

Software Engineer

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 390,000 / yr

Tax Specialist

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 22,000.00 / mo

Driver

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 11,000.00 / mo

Food Delivery Driver

Salary in PH (ave.): N/A

Javascript Developer

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 54,000.00 / mo

Fundraiser

Salary in PH (ave.): N/A

Project Manager

Salary in PH (ave.): PHP 960,000.00 / yr

Retail Salesperson

Salary in PH (ave.): N/A

Jobs with the most demand overall Roles with the most LinkedIn job posts (Oct 2020) 1. Salesperson — No change in rank month over month 2. Registered Nurse — No change in rank month over month 3. Software Engineer — No change in rank month over month 4. Tax Specialist — +17% change in rank month over month 5. Driver — No change in rank month over month 6. Food Delivery Driver — -2% change in rank month over month 7. Javascript Developer — +3% change in rank month over month 8. Fundraiser — +8% change in rank month over month 9. Project Manager — -2% change in rank month over month 10. Retail Salesperson — +10% change in rank month over month (Insights from LinkedIn)

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Fastest-growing Demand and Most Demand Overall Jobs Insights

These are the following insights for October 2020’s jobs with the fastest-growing demand and most demand overall:

Demand for tax specialists rises, spiked by nearly 600%, in concert with tax deadlines
Dotnet Developers are in high demand just before a major update to the technology
Retail jobs continue to see rapidly rising demand
Drivers are continuing to fueling the economy

Source: LinkedIn, Glassdoor