Latest release - August 2020

In seasonally adjusted terms, the Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) increased by 1.3% (or 1700 job advertisements) in August 2020 to stand at 133,400.

Despite this increase, job advertisements are 19.5% (or 32,400 advertisements) below the level recorded in August 2019.

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Vacancy Report data files

Next month's Vacancy Report will be released on Wednesday 21 October 2020.

Headline results

Recent opportunities in the labour market

A data visualisation is available on the National Skills Commission's Labour Market Information Portal - Tableau Public Channel showing the 10 detailed occupations with the most job advertisements for each state/territory, on the job boards monitored by the National Skills Commission.

Explore regional IVI data by occupation

The Regional Australia Institute have developed an interactive map allowing users to explore occupational IVI data by region.

Background

The IVI is the only publicly available source of detailed data on online vacancies, including for around 350 occupations (at all skill levels), as well as for all states/territories and 37 regions. The IVI is based on a count of online job advertisements newly lodged on SEEK, CareerOne and Australian JobSearch during the month. As such, the IVI does not reflect the total number of job advertisements in the labour market as it does not include jobs advertised through other online job boards, employer websites, word of mouth, in newspapers, and advertisements in shop windows. The IVI also does not take account of multiple positions being advertised in a single job advertisement.