Professional Career Services
Executive Search · Recruiting & Staffing
104open roles
$25kmedian advertised pay
Atruth index, 100 of 100
20 daysmedian time a role stays open
Overview
Professional Career Services is a South African recruitment agency based in Randburg, Johannesburg, that fills permanent and contract positions for client companies in engineering, finance, manufacturing, hospitality, law and IT. Its consultants run each search under a personal reference code and place candidates across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape and Limpopo and Botswana, for employers ranging from law firms and underwriting agencies to mines, factories and game lodges. Current assignments include financial managers and accountants, quantity surveyors and structural engineers, production supervisors, compliance officers, conveyancing secretaries and hotel managers.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 104 open roles at Professional Career Services. Professional Career Services is headquartered in Randburg, South Africa. It was founded in 1983. The median pay stated in its open roles is $25k, across 54 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 104Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Randburg, South AfricaAlion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
- Founded
- 1983Alion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
- Employees
- 50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Median advertised pay
- $25kPay stated in 54 open postings
- Technologies in its job postings
- 27Named in its job postings
How Professional Career Services hires
Truth index
A 100/100
Median time to fill
20 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Professional Career Services scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 6 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 20 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$14k – $16k per year (gross) · In office · Full-Time · Randburg
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$21k – $32k per year (gross) · In office · Full-Time · Randburg
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In office · Full-Time · Randburg
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$25k per year (gross) · In office · Full-Time · Randburg
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Hybrid · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Johannesburg
Python
C#
Computer Vision
Design
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In office · Full-Time · Johannesburg
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$25k per year (gross) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Johannesburg
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$25k
Typical range
$7.2k – $800k
Open positions
57
21
Jobs
Junior
9.5%
Middle
19%
Senior
57.1%
Staff
9.5%
Architect
4.8%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $124k | $44k – $204k |
| Middle | 4 | $22k | $18k – $25k |
| Senior | 12 | $31k | $10k – $800k |
| Staff | 2 | $36k | $33k – $40k |
| Architect | 1 | $48k | $48k |
Highest paying role
VJ 19797 - Senior Bulk Material Handling Site Supervisor (Secunda) - 18 Month Contract
$800k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Professional Career Services
By role, level and city, against the market · 57 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
104
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
25 days
faster than 52% of the market
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
20% ▲
Field & Service
17% ▲
Operations
13% ▲
Sales
10% ▲
Finance
8% ▲
Hospitality
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+29 in 30 days)
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Professional Career Services over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
27
Postings analysed
47
Stack modernity
65/100
Languages
SQL13%
Python9%
C#6%
C++2%
Java2%
Frameworks & libraries
WPF4%
Databases
MS SQL4%
Cloud & platforms
Power BI11%
.NET4%
Sophos4%
Windows4%
Windows Server4%
Azure DevOps2%
Tableau2%
Azure2%
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel51%
AutoCAD19%
Git4%
Canva2%
SolidWorks2%
Practices & domains
DNS9%
DHCP4%
ETL/ELT4%
HPC4%
Wi-Fi4%
Computer Vision2%
GD&T2%
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
This company is a staffing agency: the cities below are where its clients hire, not its own offices.
Cities
10
Hiring now
10
Countries
1
Busiest office
Randburg
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Randburg
South Africa
HQ
43 open roles 55 posted in 90 days 5% engineering 5% remote $71k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Sales, Operations
Johannesburg
South Africa
39 open roles 45 posted in 90 days 8% engineering 5% remote $26k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering, Finance
Durban
South Africa
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 25% engineering
hires for Hardware, Legal, Sales
Cape Town
South Africa
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days $36k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Customer Success, Hospitality
Vereeniging
South Africa
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Finance, Operations
Pretoria
South Africa
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days
hires for Finance
Gqeberha
South Africa
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service
Sandton
South Africa
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Sales
Paarl
South Africa
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Administrative
Secunda
South Africa
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Industrial Engineering
Earlier presence
Bloemfontein, South Africa
How to cite this page
Alion, "Professional Career Services: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/professional-career-services-gauteng
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