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Online Job Ads Have Strongly Increased

Job advertisements are now at their highest level since September 2008.

The National Skills Commission Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) preliminary results show online job advertisements increased by 4.4% (10,900 job advertisements) in January 2022, to 259,000. 

January recruitment activity increased across five jurisdictions while the remaining three decreased slightly.

• Western Australia, up by 7.0% (2,000 job ads)
• Australian Capital Territory, up by 5.3% (370 job ads)
• Victoria, up by 5.2% (3,300 job ads)
• Queensland, up by 5.1% (2,500 job ads)
• New South Wales, up by 4.3% (3,500 job ads)
• South Australia, down by 0.4% (60 job ads)
• Tasmania, down by 0.9% (30 job ads)
• Northern Territory, down by 1.5% (40 job ads)

The level of recruitment activity nationally remains significantly elevated compared to pre-COVID-19 levels*, up by 54.0% (90,900 job ads). This growth is reflected across all jurisdictions, with the strongest gains recorded for Western Australia (up by 85.9%), Tasmania (72.6%) and South Australia (71.6%).

The detailed release of the IVI, including occupational, regional and skill level data, will be available on Wednesday 16 February 2022.

Date posted Feb 17, 2022