Jobs Online

Jobs Online monthly data release

Jobs Online Monthly Unadjusted Series from May 2007 to February 2023 [CSV, 35 KB]

Jobs Online quarterly release

Overview of key trends

• The modest quarterly decline for the December 2022 quarter in job advertising (down 4.2% compared to September 2022) suggests a softening of demand for labour. This is also shown in the latest employment intentions results from the ANZ/Business Outlook and NZIER/Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO).
• The only industry to grow in the December 2022 quarter was the Hospitality industry (up 1.5% compared to the previous quarter), with the strongest growth in the Otago/Southland region. This growth is usually expected over the December holiday period. The biggest falls in vacancies were in IT (down 7.6%) and Construction (down 4%).
• Amongst occupational groups, only Community & personal services saw some growth compared to September 2022 (up 1%), with the largest increase in Canterbury (up 8.3%). The biggest falls were seen in Clerical & administration (down 4.3%), Technicians & trades (down 3.9%) and Labourers (down 3.8%).
• Job vacancies advertised online declined across all 5 skill levels compared to the previous quarter, with the smallest decline (down 0.9%) for Low skilled vacancies.
• Despite the fall in Low skilled job vacancies overall, there was growth in online advertising for Low skilled jobs in 4 regions - Northland, Nelson/Tasman/Marlborough/West Coast,Manawatū-Whanganui/Taranaki and Otago/ Southland.
• The biggest fall in advertised job vacancies was for Unskilled jobs, mainly due to the decrease in Auckland (down 2.7%). Despite this, 7 regions recorded growth in job advertisements for Unskilled vacancies.
• Compared to the previous quarter, there was weak growth in online advertising in 2 out of the 10 regions - Manawatū-Whanganui/Taranaki and Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay.
• Online job advertising saw increases in 7 regions when compared to the same quarter last year. Increases were also seen in all regions compared to the same quarter 3 years ago, indicating a continued return to pre-COVID-19 levels of online job advertising.

Jobs online quarterly report – December 2022 [PDF, 1.4 MB]

Quarterly release data files

Note: The file 'Jobs Online Detailed occupational data – June 2022 quarter' is now a csv file and the formats of the variable names have changed.

Jobs Online Detailed occupational data – December 2022 quarter [CSV, 12 KB]

Jobs Online Seasonally adjusted data – December 2022 quarter [XLSX, 77 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies trend quarterly [XLSX, 86 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies by Industry seasonally adjusted quarterly [XLSX, 162 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies by Industry trend quarterly [XLSX, 162 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies by Occupation seasonally adjusted quarterly [XLSX, 132 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies by Occupation trend quarterly [XLSX, 132 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies by Skilled/Unskilled seasonally adjusted quarterly [XLSX, 42 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies by Skilled/Unskilled trend quarterly [XLSX, 41 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies by Skills seasonally adjusted quarterly [XLSX, 87 KB]

Jobs Online Vacancies by Skills trend quarterly [XLSX, 87 KB]

Jobs Online Quarterly AVI growth charts [CSV, 45 KB]

All the trend data in the above Excel files is available in this consolidated file [CSV, 665 KB]

About Jobs Online

Job vacancies are an important indicator of labour demand and changes in the economy.

Jobs Online measures changes in online job advertisements from 4 internet job boards – SEEK, Trade Me Jobs, Education Gazette and Kiwi Health Jobs. Job vacancies are an important indicator of labour demand and changes in the economy.

The Jobs Online trend series is used as the primary indicator as it reduces the month-to-month volatility. We publish a detailed report every 3 months.

The relationship between job advertisements and labour demand is complex, particularly when disaggregated at an industry, occupation and regional level.

For example, an increase in job advertisements by a particular industry may indicate:

• the industry is expanding and looking for new workers, or
• the industry has a high rate of churn (workers are moving between businesses, but overall employment is not necessarily increasing).

Likewise, declining job advertising can signal:

• reduced headcount in an industry, or
• the industry is using alternatives to advertising in their hiring process (such as word-of-mouth or social networks).

With these caveats in mind, data from Jobs Online tracks well with other labour market indicators, such as the unemployment rate.

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