Job Vacancy

 Last updated: 15 September 2008

 
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
 Job Vacancy ('000)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Annual Average
42.1
18.3
20.8
27.6
15.9
15.0
12.6
16.5
19.2
29.6
35.6
n.a.
    As at Mar
46.9
26.1
16.8
26.2
19.8
13.9
12.1
15.4
17.5
24.8
32.2
38.2
    As at Jun
44.7
19.1
19.3
29.8
17.3
16.1
12.0
15.4
19.2
31.7
37.4
40.1
    As at Sep
44.6
15.5
25.1
32.4
14.1
17.2
13.1
18.9
20.1
29.9
35.5
n.a.
    As at Dec
32.0
12.6
22.0
22.1
12.5
12.9
13.1
16.2
19.8
32.0
37.4
n.a.
 Job Vacancy Rate (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Annual Average
4.3
1.9
2.1
2.7
1.5
1.5
1.2
1.6
1.7
2.2
2.4
n.a.
    As at Mar
5.0
2.7
1.8
2.7
1.9
1.4
1.2
1.5
1.6
1.9
2.3
2.5
    As at Jun
4.7
2.0
2.0
3.0
1.7
1.6
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.4
2.6
2.5
    As at Sep
4.4
1.5
2.5
3.1
1.3
1.6
1.3
1.7
1.7
2.2
2.4
n.a.
    As at Dec
3.3
1.3
2.3
2.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.7
2.3
2.5
n.a.
Job Vacancy to Unemployed Person Ratio (Seasonally Adjusted)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Annual Average
2.62
0.73
0.65
0.94
0.55
0.36
0.27
0.40
0.47
0.68
1.03
n.a.
    As at Mar
2.90
1.32
0.47
0.83
0.87
0.35
0.29
0.35
0.44
0.64
0.73
1.15
    As at Jun
2.74
0.87
0.57
0.72
0.64
0.40
0.27
0.34
0.44
0.67
0.87
0.87P
    As at Sep
2.76
0.37
0.68
1.30
0.36
0.37
0.21
0.47
0.44
0.63
1.16
n.a.
    As at Dec
2.07
0.35
0.89
0.92
0.32
0.31
0.30
0.42
0.57
0.76
1.34
n.a.

Source: Labour Market Survey

Time Series Data
 
·          Job Vacancy rate by industry and occupational group (xls, 68 kb)


 

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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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