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Australian IT job ad listings have kept growing this year with advertisements rising by 4 per cent, month-on-month, during February.
This is according to job advertising website SEEK’s latest Employee Dashboard report, which recorded growth of 3.8 per cent for the sector in January.
The growth in the sector came from Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, which recorded listings growth of 10.8 per cent, 6 per cent and 4.6 per cent, respectively.
Meanwhile, Queensland led the listings decline with a drop of 11.5 per cent, followed by the Northern Territory with 6.3 per cent, the ACT with 4.4 per cent, Victoria with 3 per cent and NSW with 2.9 per cent.
Despite the rise however, SEEK Australia and New Zealand managing director Kendra Banks said volumes have been falling since April 2020.
“The tech sector in particular is seeing plenty of upheaval at the moment, both globally and locally, and job ads are at their lowest point in two years,” she said.
The continued monthly growth in IT job ad listings comes as overall job ads in the country fell by 1.6 per cent.
In response to the overall decline, Banks said there was a notable increase in health and service-related positions.
“While job ad volumes declined in several industries, roles within healthcare and medical, education and training and community services and development in the public sector were on the rise,” she added.
“Aged and disability support workers, childcare workers and aged care nurses were some of the most in-demand roles on SEEK last month.”
