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GENERAL: TME: Trade Me Jobs - quarterly jobs report

MEDIA RELEASE
11 July 2013

Construction drives Kiwi job numbers up

The New Zealand employment market is fizzing again with the number of
vacancies advertised in the quarter to June up 11 per cent on a year ago,
according to an analysis of almost 50,000 roles listed on Trade Me Jobs.

Head of Trade Me Jobs, Ginny Ryder, said the market had picked up in the
second quarter after advertised job vacancies eased to 5.3 per cent
year-on-year growth in March. "The buoyancy has been driven by robust growth
in Auckland City and Canterbury, with listings in these areas up 15 per cent
and 14 per cent respectively on a year ago."

She said Auckland's resurgent market was underpinned by strong activity in
the construction sector with employers chasing builders and carpenters in
particular, with advertised roles up 149%. "Employment sectors with close
ties to the Super City's well-publicised craving for residential property are
screaming out for workers and the construction industry is scrambling to meet
the insatiable demand."

Christchurch City, which accounts for the bulk of Canterbury's listing
volumes (88%), saw advertised roles grow by 15 per cent year-on-year.
"Activity in the trades and construction sectors of the employment market are
providing a large chunk of the growth," Ms Ryder said. "Advertised vacancies
for building and carpentry roles are up 63 per cent on a year ago and this
may point to a transition in the rebuild from planning into reality," Ms
Ryder said.

Ms Ryder said Wellington also looked to have turned the corner. "There are
promising signs in the capital, and it was good to see a smidgen of
year-on-year growth in job listings this quarter which is a far cry from the
seven per cent decline we reported for the March quarter." Wellington-based
roles in trades (+40%), transport (+52%) and banking (+46%) all saw solid
year-on-year increases.

In the sectors

Looking at the sectors of the Kiwi employment market, trades and services
demonstrated the strongest year-on-year growth for the quarter with
advertised roles up 34 per cent. "Across the country, the number of
advertised roles for builders and carpenters was up a massive 119 per cent on
a year ago, and employer demand for these workers is accelerating," Ms Ryder
said. "It's definitely a good time to be a worker with these skills,
especially in one of the three large metropolitan areas."

The number of roles advertised in the construction and architecture sector
had also swelled by 25 per cent but Ms Ryder said demand in this area was
decelerating. On the flipside, the number of transport and logistics roles
was up 30 per cent and "still growing".

Hospitality had also grown strongly in the quarter, with advertised roles up
25 per cent on 2012. "The chatter about reductions in opening hours in places
like Wellington and Christchurch doesn't seem to have put a dampener on this
sector of the employment market."

Ms Ryder said IT roles remain "top of the pops" when it comes to the best
paid jobs, filling four of the top five highest salaried roles advertised
onsite. "The feedback we're hearing from advertisers is that there's
increased demand for highly specialised IT roles. We know the market is very
tight and good people continue to be as as rare as the proverbial hen's
teeth."

In terms of vacancies, listings for IT roles dipped one per cent on a year
ago.

The outlook

Ms Ryder said while there was no evidence of wage inflation yet, it was on
the cards. "The continued rise in NZ employment confidence reported by
Westpac McDermott Miller, coupled with the trends around competition for top
talent, means wage growth looks likely later in the year."

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Contact:
To tee up an interview with Ginny Ryder, please contact Jeff Hunkin on 04 803
2601 or email [email protected].

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

Trade Me Jobs employment survey results: April - June 2013
1. Listings growth by job: Q2/2013

Job % change
Q2/2013 vs Q2/2012 % change
Q2/2013 vs Q1/2013
Accounting - 16.7 20.1
Agriculture, fishing & forestry  16.0 12.9
Banking, finance & insurance 10.0 14.3
Construction & architecture 24.6 6.9
Customer Service 14.4 15.9
Education 13.1 24.5
Engineering - 1.7 1.7
Government & council 12.6 2.8
Healthcare 12.6 15.9
Hospitality & tourism 25.4 1.6
HR & recruitment - 3.6 10.7
IT - 10.1 15.6
Legal - 9.3 16.1
Manufacturing & operations 25.2 19.1
Marketing, media & comms 6.8 27.0
Office & administration  - 8.6 8.6
Property [new category] n/a 30.6
Retail 11.3 7.8
Sales 3.3 15.7
Science & technology - 10.8 - 0.6
Trades & services 33.7 17.9
Transport & logistics 30.4 12.0
Overall 11.2 12.7

2. Average rates of pay by job (full-time jobs only): Q2/2013

  Highest paid Pay rate ($)

1 IT Architects 134,589
2 IT Functional consultants 125,466
3 IT Data warehousing & business intelligence 124,434
4 IT Project management 124,395
5 Doctors & specialists 121,605
  Lowest paid Pay rate ($)

1 Kitchen staff 32,509
2 Caregiving 33,736
3 Waiting staff 35,259
4 Retail assistants 35,336
5 Labourers 36,532

3. Listings growth by region for Q2/2013
Region % change vs Q2/2012 % change vs Q1/2013
Auckland 14.6 18.9
Bay of Plenty 14.9 17.1
Canterbury 13.8 15.0
Gisborne 40.5 - 1.0
Hawke's Bay 5.2 - 9.1
Manawatu / Wanganui 25.7 5.8
Marlborough 20.1 - 1.1
Nelson / Tasman  10.1 - 7.3
Northland 17.2 5.4
Otago 11.4 3.6
Southland - 0.6 - 0.4
Taranaki 11.0 6.5
Waikato  7.9 7.8
Wellington 0.3 9.3
West Coast - 24.8 - 2.5
National 11.2 12.7

4. Average rates of pay by region (full-time jobs only): Q2/2013

  Highest paid Pay rate ($)

1 Wellington City  74,441
2 Auckland City 72,661
3 South Taranaki 59,745
4
5 New Plymouth
Central Otago 58,576
58,339

   Lowest paid Pay rate ($)

1 Selwyn 46,716
2 Masterton 47,522
3 Franklin 48,254
4 Marlborough 48,347
5 Waimakariri 48,434

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 in 2013 according to Nielsen Online.

Full details of pay by profession for full-time jobs listed between January
and June 2013 are in the Trade Me Jobs Salary Guide.

*Nielsen NetView: Monthly Unique Audience Report
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