What Jobs are available in Nigeria?

The average Nigerian is a dreamer with a desire for the good things of life and a job that guarantees the achievement of the material fixtures of his dreams. This is not a bad thing, only that for a vast majority, it hardly goes beyond a dream. Many want jobs, but they do not even know what jobs are available.

Did you know that there are a total of 9,962 job vacancies are listed presently on Efritin.com, Nigeria’s leading marketplace for blue-collar, grey-collar, pink-collar and entry-level jobs, with a majority of them domiciled in Lagos?

According to the National Bureau of Statistics a total of 475,180 new jobs were created in the third quarter of 2015, with a majority of them in the informal sector. Data from Efritin.com shows just how some of these jobs have been distributed. And this makes it easier for you to know exactly where to look.

Accordingly the jobs are broken down as shown in the figure above.

Business/Corporate Management jobs lead the pack with 13.5% while teaching jobs comes a close second with 12.2%. Accounting/Finance jobs take the third place while Medical/Biotech is in a close fourth with 7.18% and 6.18% respectively. 5.91% of the jobs are Secretary/Office Admin, 5.71% are IT/Telco while Media/Advertising/Marketing are 5.39%. Sales and Retail jobs are 5.3% while Customer Service and Manufacturing have 4.3% and 4.1% respectively.

It is certain that what defines an ideal job for the average Nigerian varies from job satisfaction to work hours and then work environment but very importantly, job benefits- salary and non-salary- as well as prestige/ company brand or industry as the case may be. The table below shows the entry level salary range for these jobs. Meanwhile, the salaries and benefits for these jobs are mostly negotiable within this range.

Did you also know that new jobs are added daily? You can log on to Efritin.com to see more and apply for these jobs today here.

This is a feature by Efritin.com