Top 5 Degrees with the highest Number of job openings in 2026 in South Africa

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The creator lists the top five degrees with the highest number of projected job openings in South Africa for 2026. He provides specific job count estimates for each category and encourages viewers to follow for a future video on the degrees with the fewest openings.

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1Introduction to the top 5 degrees list
2Engineering at number 5
3Data science and statistics at number 4
4Nursing and healthcare at number 3
5Accounting and finance at number 2
6Computer science and IT at number 1

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Top 5 Degrees with the highest Number of job openings in 2026 in South Africa 5. Engineering (Electrical, Civil, Mechanical) 4. Actuarial Sci, Data Science and Statistics 3. Nursing and Healthcare 2. Accounting and Finance 1. Computer Science, Software engineering and IT

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Top 5 degrees with the highest number of job openings in 2026 in South Africa. This means that if you did any of these degrees, the chances of you getting employment compared to other degrees is much more higher. At number five, we have engineering, especially electrical, mechanical and civil. Currently sitting with over 4,000 listings available for these roles. Number four, we have data science, actuarial science and statistics with over 5,000 active listings. So all of these are in, you can think of these as degrees that work with data. At number three, we have nursing and healthcare, sitting at around 6,000 active listings across Pnet and Glassdoor. Number two guys, we have accounting and finance. Every company needs this individual. That's why they have over 10,000 active listings for this role. Number one, as expected, we have computer science, software engineering and IT. Every company in today's day and age needs a tech person. With over 12,000 roles, this degree is the winner. So if anyone's telling you not to take computer science or not to focus in IT, show them this video. I'm going to make a part two video on the degrees with the least number of job openings in 2026, once I've managed to get the data. So for more such content, make sure you follow me.