6 October 2016
Kiwi job market powers on through winter
The New Zealand job market had a strong winter according to analysis of more
than 68,000 job vacancies listed on Trade Me Jobs in the three months to
September. The number of new roles across the country rose by 12.4 per cent
when compared to the same period last year.
Head of Trade Me Jobs Jeremy Wade said the New Zealand job market looked to
be swinging back in favour of job seekers. "While the number of applications
completed onsite have increased marginally we''ve seen the number of
applications per listing dip because there''s been such strong growth in the
number of listings.
"There''s a strong number of applicants but with such amazing listing growth
it means that job seekers have a greater choice of roles and less competition
for those roles than we''ve seen over the last year. That doesn''t mean job
seekers can be complacent however, they still need to put their best foot
forward."
Mr Wade did note that average salary growth is relatively benign and Trade Me
had seen a dip of 1.2 per cent compared to last year.
Aucklanders looking at greener pastures
With the cost of living increasing in Auckland Mr Wade said there was a
continuing stream of Aucklanders applying for roles outside the super city.
"We''ve looked at applications completed by Aucklanders for roles across the
country and the Bay of Plenty (13 per cent of applications in the region),
Waikato (15 per cent) and Northland (20 per cent) continue to benefit from
their neighbours looking to escape high house prices.
"These numbers are a continuation of a trend we''ve seen in the last couple of
years. If house prices continue trending upwards we expect to see a large
number of Aucklanders looking over the fence to see if the grass is greener
in other regions."
"Unsurprisingly workers in Hospitality & Tourism and Retail are the most
likely to be looking to make a move outside Auckland. These sectors are
typically lower paid and with the cost of living in the city increasing
dramatically it makes sense that job seekers in these roles would want to try
and get away to areas where their salary will go further."
Mr Wade said that New Zealanders outside Auckland don''t seem to be put off by
the high cost of living in our largest city. In the last quarter 12.1 per
cent of applications for Auckland roles came from outside the region, up from
11.4 per cent on this time last year.
Regional round-up
While there has been concern in some sectors that our regions are in trouble.
Mr Wade said Trade Me Jobs stats weren''t reflecting these issues currently.
"There was excellent growth in listings around the country with just two
seeing a dip in listings on last year.
"The halo regions around Auckland - Waikato (up 28.3 per cent), Northland (up
25.9 per cent) and Bay of Plenty (up 36.5 per cent) - are experiencing
massive growth in job listings and show no signs of slowing down.
Outside these regions there was huge growth all over the country with
Gisborne (29.2 per cent), Hawke''s Bay (24.7 per cent) and Otago (36.2 per
cent) three of the biggest movers. The only regions that saw a dip in
listings were Canterbury (down 5.4 per cent) and Southland (down 2.9 per
cent).
Salaries were strong this quarter in the regions particularly in Gisborne and
Nelson/Tasman which both saw a jump in average salary of 5.6 per cent and 4.5
per cent respectively.
In the sectors
With the continued focus on housing around the country Trades & services
listings jumped 28.2 per cent while Legal (up 29.1 per cent) and Automotive
(up 27 per cent) also saw really positive lifts on this time last year.
Conversely Banking & insurance (down 27.4 per cent) and IT (down 5.5 per
cent) had dips in listings.
IT continues to be the most lucrative career option on Trade Me Jobs with all
five of the top salary spots taken by IT roles. IT Architects were number one
with an average salary of $140,506.
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MORE INFORMATION:
? Interviews and regional data: Jeremy Wade is available for interviews. To
lock in an interview with Jeremy time or for regional data, please contact
Logan Mudge by emailing mediaenquiries@trademe.co.nz or phoning (04) 803
2706.
? National data: The full Trade Me Jobs employment survey results are set out
below. Please let us know if there''s any regional data we can look into for
you.
Table 1: Listings growth by job: Q3 2016 v Q3 2015
Category Year-on-year % change:
Q2 2016 vs Q2 2015
Accounting 0.8 %
Agriculture, fishing & forestry 16.9 %
Architecture - 23.1%
Automotive 27.0 %
Banking, finance & insurance - 27.4%
Construction & roading 24.1 %
Customer service - 0.3%
Education 22.4 %
Engineering - 3.5%
Executive & general management 26.2 %
Government & council - 1.7%
Healthcare 4.5 %
Hospitality & tourism 23.3 %
HR & recruitment 4.7 %
IT - 5.5%
Legal 29.1 %
Manufacturing & operations 19.7 %
Marketing, media & communications 1.8 %
Office & administration 12.2 %
Other 5.3 %
Property 25.3 %
Retail 18.2 %
Sales - 4.5%
Science & technology 2.6 %
Trades & services 28.2 %
Transport & logistics 11.2 %
Total 12.4 %
Table 2: Average pay by job (full-time only): Q3 2016
Highest paid Pay rate ($)
1 IT - Architects 140,506
2 IT - Management 131,436
3 IT - Project management 131,032
4 IT - Functional consultants 127,296
5 IT - Business & systems analysts 117,754
Lowest paid Pay rate ($)
1 Healthcare - Caregiving 37,149
2 Hospitality & tourism - Kitchen staff 37,889
3 Hospitality & tourism - Reception & front desk 38,532
4 Education - Au pairs & nannies 38,654
5 Retail - Retail assistants 38,722
Table 3: Listings growth by region Q3 2016 v Q3 2015
Region Year-on-year % change:
Q2 2016 vs Q2 2015
Auckland 11.5 %
Bay Of Plenty 36.5 %
Canterbury - 5.4%
Gisborne 29.2 %
Hawke''s Bay 24.7 %
Manawatu / Wanganui 19.5 %
Marlborough 47.7 %
Nelson / Tasman 36.4 %
Northland 25.9 %
Otago 36.2 %
Southland - 2.9%
Taranaki 8.4 %
Waikato 28.3 %
Wellington 11.1 %
West Coast 7.8 %
Total 12.4 %
Table 5: Average pay by region (full-time only): Q3 2016
Highest paid Pay rate ($)
1 Wellington City 71,245
2 Auckland City 69,939
3 West Coast 58,544
4 Christchurch City 58,479
5 South Waikato 58,032
Lowest Paid Pay Rate ($)
1 McKenzie (Canterbury) 47,500
2 Horowhenua 48,996
3 Porirua 50,270
4 Southland 50,293
5 Waitaki (Otago) 50,392
End CA:00290364 For:TME Type:GENERAL Time:2016-10-06 08:31:19