'Record month' as job ads jump more than 40 per cent

Friday, 4 February 2022

National job ads were up 42 per cent in January this year, compared to the same month last year.

Seek says the number of job advertisements listed on its site increased 9 per cent across the country between December and January, and more than 40 per cent year-on-year.

Seek New Zealand country manager Rob Clark said it was a record-breaking month on the website.

“There was also a 0.4 per cent increase in applications per job ad,” he said.

National job ads were up 42 per cent in January compared to the same month last year.

In the first 10 days of 2022 there were 60 per cent more jobs posted to the site than during the same period in 2021.

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“Information and communications technologies and trades and services roles were responsible for the most new job ads on site, increasing by 9 per cent and 10 per cent respectively in January,” Clark said.

Trade Me Jobs sales director Matt Tolich earlier said the information technology sector was likely to continue to offer the highest paid jobs in 2022.

In the third quarter of 2021, all 10 of the highest paying roles advertised on Trade Me Jobs were in the IT sector, with the average pay of $129,668, up 17 per cent on a year earlier.

Retail and consumer services and tourism were both down by 4 per cent month-on-month.

Canterbury had the biggest increase in job ads, up 13 per cent month-on-month, Clark said.

Advertised roles in Auckland increased by 10 per cent month-on-month, 11 per cent in Northland, and 8 per cent in Waikato.

Roles advertised in Gisborne were down 20 per cent month-on-month, but up 22 per cent compared to 2019.

Taranaki had the biggest increase in advertised roles, up 66 per cent year-on-year.