The job vacancy rate for this period was estimated at 0.69%, higher by 0.04 percentage points than in the previous quarter. However, when compared to the same quarter of 2023, the number of job vacancies decreased by 12.1 thousand, and the job vacancy rate dropped by 0.24 percentage points.
Therefore, in the first quarter 2024, the highest job vacancy rates were registered in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (1.53%), financial and insurance activities (1.51%), respectively water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities and arts, entertainment and recreation (1.36% each), INS data show.
Over 23% of the total number of job vacancies was concentrated in manufacturing (8.1 thousand job vacancies) and the value rate was 0.74%. The public sector summed up over 19% of the total number of job vacancies. Thus, in human health and social work activities, as well asin public administration, the number of job vacancies stood at 3.0 thousand each, and at 0.7 thousand in the education sector.
At the opposite side, the job vacancy rate registered the lowest values in education (0.20%), mining and quarrying (0.25%), respectively in agriculture, forestry and fishing (0.37%). The fewest job vacancies were found in real estate activities and in mining and quarrying (0.1 thousand job vacancies each), respectively in other service activities (0.2 thousand job vacancies).
Compared to the previous quarter, the most relevant increases in the job vacancy rate were in construction (+0.28 percentage points), followed by water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, respectively human health and social work activities (+0.18 percentage points each). As regards the number of job vacancies, the most relevant increases were recorded in construction (+1.3 thousand job vacancies), human health and social work activities (+0.7 thousand job vacancies), followed by transportation and storage, respectively administrative and support service activities (+0.4 thousand job vacancies each).
On the other hand, when it comes to the job vacancy rate, the most significant decreases were recorded in real estate activities (-0.14 percentage points) and in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (-0.13 percentage points). The latter also saw the most significant drop in the number of job vacancies, with a decrease of 1.1 thousand. Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the largest declines in job vacancy rates were in real estate activities (-0.84 percentage points), public administration (-0.80 percentage points), and administrative and support service activities (-0.58 percentage points).
The steepest declines in the number of job vacancies were reported in manufacturing (-2.9 thousand), public administration (-2.2 thousand), and administrative and support service activities (-1.8 thousand). In contrast, the job vacancy rates saw the highest increases in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (+0.31 percentage points) and other service activities (+0.17 percentage points). In terms of the number of job vacancies, the largest increases were recorded in accommodation and food service activities (+0.4 thousand) and in construction (+0.3 thousand).