Job Vacancy

 Last updated: 15 June 2009

 
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
 Job Vacancy ('000)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Annual Average
18.3
20.8
27.6
15.9
15.0
12.6
16.5
19.2
29.6
35.6
35.1
n.a.
    As at Mar
26.1
16.8
26.2
19.8
13.9
12.1
15.4
17.5
24.8
32.2
38.2
21.0
    As at Jun
19.1
19.3
29.8
17.3
16.1
12.0
15.4
19.2
31.7
37.4
40.1
n.a.
    As at Sep
15.5
25.1
32.4
14.1
17.2
13.1
18.9
20.1
29.9
35.5
36.0
n.a.
    As at Dec
12.6
22.0
22.1
12.5
12.9
13.1
16.2
19.8
32.0
37.4
26.1
n.a.
 Job Vacancy Rate (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Annual Average
1.9
2.1
2.7
1.5
1.5
1.2
1.6
1.7
2.2
2.4
2.2
n.a.
    As at Mar
2.7
1.8
2.7
1.9
1.4
1.2
1.5
1.6
1.9
2.3
2.5
1.3
    As at Jun
2.0
2.0
3.0
1.7
1.6
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.4
2.6
2.5
n.a.
    As at Sep
1.5
2.5
3.1
1.3
1.6
1.3
1.7
1.7
2.2
2.4
2.2
n.a.
    As at Dec
1.3
2.3
2.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.7
2.3
2.5
1.6
n.a.
Job Vacancy to Unemployed Person Ratio (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Annual Average
0.73
0.65
0.94
0.55
0.36
0.27
0.40
0.47
0.68
1.03
0.84
n.a.
    As at Mar
1.32
0.47
0.83
0.87
0.35
0.29
0.35
0.44
0.64
0.73
1.14
0.31
    As at Jun
0.87
0.57
0.72
0.64
0.40
0.27
0.34
0.44
0.68
0.87
0.90
n.a.
    As at Sep
0.37
0.68
1.30
0.36
0.37
0.21
0.47
0.44
0.63
1.15
0.80
n.a.
    As at Dec
0.35
0.89
0.92
0.32
0.31
0.30
0.42
0.57
0.76
1.35
0.52
n.a.

Source: Labour Market Survey

Time Series Data
 
·          Job Vacancy rate by industry and occupational group (xls, 70 kb)


 

 

Jobs In Demand (As at September 2008)
·          Top Ten Job Vacancies by occupational group (pdf, 26 kb)
 

·          Top Ten Job Vacancies by industry (pdf, 29 kb)

 

·          Top Ten Job Vacancies by minimum qualifications required (pdf, 21 kb)


  

Statistical Charts

 

Notes:

  1. There is a break in the series as demarcated by the vertical dashed line. Before 2006, data on job vacancies pertain to private sector establishments each with at least 25 employees. From 2006 onwards, data also include the public sector. 
  2. Data may not add up to the total due to rounding.
  3. p = Preliminary
  4. n.a. = Not available
  5. Job Vacancy to Unemployed Person Ratio is calculated by taking the ratio of the estimate of the number of job vacancies for the whole economy to the total number of unemployed persons. The estimate of total job vacancies is derived by adding job vacancies in both the private and public sectors. The former is obtained by assuming that all private sector establishments have the same vacancy rate as that obtained from the Labour Market Survey on private sector establishments each with at least 25 employees. Job vacancies for the public sector are obtained from the Public Sector Job Vacancies Survey. Estimates on the total number of unemployed persons are obtained from the Labour Force Survey.

 

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