An average monthly salary of 9,309 yuan (US$1,403) was offered to jobseekers in Shenzhen, according to a report on Shenzhen’s job market for the summer season this year released by Zhaopin.com, one of the largest job websites in China, on Wednesday.
The report said that the average salary offered by Shenzhen employers ranked third among all 37 major Chinese cities.
The second quarter of each year is conventionally the off-peak season for job-hopping. The job market in Shenzhen at around this time of the year also appeared to be stable with the competitiveness index drop.
The competitiveness index for Shenzhen this summer, according to the report, was 46.7, which indicated that every 46.7 people were competing for one position. The index took the fourth place nationwide.
The report stated that the five most competitive industries in terms of salaries were the real estate, the architecture, building material and engineering sector, computer and software, the financial sector including fund, securities, future goods and investment, the Internet, e-commerce and IT service industries.
The jobs the most people competed for this summer were the senior manager positions in transportation service, IT quality management, computer software developers and auditors.
The report said that the transportation infrastructure, transportation service and e-commerce industries became more attractive and competitive for jobseekers because these industries are in the fast development stage and do not require a very high thresholds for employees.