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GENERAL: TME: Trade Me Jobs - quarterly jobs report

MEDIA RELEASE
3 October 2014

Kiwi job market has a strong pulse

The New Zealand employment market continued its solid growth over the past
quarter, continuing the growth trend of the past year according to analysis
of almost 60,000 roles advertised on Trade Me Jobs.

Head of Trade Me Jobs, Peter Osborne, said the number of job listings
nationwide was up 16.4% on the same period last year. Every region except
Gisborne and Taranaki saw growth, and most areas experienced double-digit
jumps throughout the quarter.

"It's been wonderful to see job ad numbers go from strength to strength for a
whole year now, and most of New Zealand has benefitted from the ongoing
trend. It's interesting to see the average number of applications has dipped,
meaning that all things being equal, it would have been slightly easier for
people to find work over recent months.

"While that's great news for job hunters, it does make it tougher for
advertisers to find staff, especially in hard to fill sectors like IT where
application rates went down 20% on the previous quarter."

The national picture

Mr Osborne said the three main centres were "full steam ahead" this quarter.
"We've become used to Auckland maintaining trajectory, and there's no change
on that front with job ads rising 18% year-on-year. The recent top form of
both Wellington, up 13%, and Canterbury, up 15%, hasn't abated either."

Nelson/Tasman (up 12.5%), Otago (up 30%), and Southland (up 32%) all achieved
a solid increase in jobs advertised, but the highest lift over the quarter
was a stellar 54% increase in Marlborough.

In the sectors

The ongoing demand for skilled technology workers is "as strong as ever",
with more than 6,000 IT roles advertised on Trade Me Jobs, but Mr Osborne
said a structural skills shortage meant employers were often left unable to
fill vacancies.

"IT ads went up 20% year on year, but some of our advertisers say they simply
can't find the staff to fill them. While it's blue skies for qualified IT
boffins negotiating a good package - for employers, finding quality staff is
proving a real challenge."

The effects of a burgeoning job market were reflected in some administrative
sectors. "A lift in jobs also means a lift in processing applications and
wrangling interviews, so unsurprisingly the demand for HR and recruitment
staff is also on the rise, up 25% on last year."

Roles in construction and architecture (up 41%), property (up 40%), and
agriculture, fishing and forestry (up 29%) made the highest jump in jobs
listed compared to this time last year.

Mr Osborne said the national average pay ticked up 3% year on year to
$62,736. "We've seen pay levels hold firm for most of the past year only to
rise in the past quarter. This may be a reflection of upwards wage pressure
caused by a growing job market, and jobs being slightly harder to fill."

Looking ahead

Mr Osborne said the lead-up to the holiday season will change the nature of
jobs advertised. "The tail-end of the year typically sees the number of
temporary and seasonal jobs ramp up substantially, and the number of
permanent roles begins to ease off. This is a normal cycle.

"Anyone looking for work over the holidays should think about looking soon,
because that's when we see the vacancies open up. Starting to look a week out
from Christmas is too late.

"If you are looking for a permanent role, don't stop just because the market
slows down. It's easy to think the job search might be futile until the new
year, but while there are fewer roles being advertised leading up to the
holiday season, there will still be opportunities."

-ends-

Contact: Jeff Hunkin, Trade Me - 04 803 2601 or [email protected]

More info: The full Trade Me Jobs employment survey results are set out
below.

Trade Me Jobs employment survey results: July - September
1. Listings growth by job: Q3/2014

Job % change
Q3/2014 vs Q3/2013
 Accounting - 9.3
 Agriculture, fishing & forestry 28.7
 Banking, finance & insurance - 7.8
 Construction & architecture 41.5
 Customer service 24.6
 Education 20.3
 Engineering 22.7
 Government & council - 20.7
 Healthcare - 1.0
 Hospitality & tourism 17.8
 HR & recruitment 24.7
 IT 19.9
 Legal - 18.5
 Manufacturing & operations 26.0
 Marketing, media & communications - 6.1
 Office & administration 7.7
 Property 40.1
 Retail  19.4
 Sales 9.1
 Science & technology 19.5
 Trades & services 21.3
 Transport & logistics 17.0
Overall 16.4

2. Average rates of pay by job (full-time jobs only): Q3/2013

  Highest paid Pay rate ($)

1 IT architects 139,206
2 IT project managers 132,420
3 IT managers 129,530
4 IT sales & pre-sales 116,331
5 IT data warehousing & business intelligence 115,529
  Lowest paid Pay rate ($)

1 Kitchen staff 36,892
2 Caregivers 37,056
3 Bar staff & baristas 37,358
4 Reception & front desk 38,214
5 Cleaners 38,519

3. Listings growth by region for Q3/2013
Region % change vs Q3/2012
 Auckland 18.3 %
 Bay Of Plenty 13.0 %
 Canterbury 15.1 %
 Gisborne - 10.7%
 Hawke's Bay 15.3 %
 Manawatu / Wanganui 16.7 %
 Marlborough 54.0 %
 Nelson / Tasman 29.5 %
 Northland 19.9 %
 Otago 30.0 %
 Southland 32.0 %
 Taranaki - 7.6%
 Waikato 12.5 %
 Wellington 12.9 %
 West Coast 17.3 %
 Grand Total 16.4 %

4. Average rates of pay by region (full-time jobs only): Q3/2013

  Highest paid Pay rate ($)

1 Wellington City 77,772
2 Auckland City 75,020
3 Waikato 62,986
4 Whakatane 60,966
5 New Plymouth 59,026
   Lowest paid Pay rate ($)

1 Mackenzie (Canterbury) 46,587
2 Hurunui  (Canterbury) 47,730
3 Porirua 48,278
4 Upper Hutt 48,534
5 Waitaki (Otago) 48,817

NB: Segments with less than 50 jobs excluded.

About Trade Me Jobs
More New Zealanders have visited Trade Me Jobs (www.trademe.co.nz/jobs) than
any other NZ job site over the past year (August 2013 to July 2014) according
to Nielsen Online.

Full details of pay by profession for full-time jobs listed between January
and June 2014 are in the Trade Me Jobs Salary Guide.

*Nielsen NetView: Monthly Unique Audience Report
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