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Job Market Insights and My Job Profile is quarterly releases based on the job
vacancies advertised online by popular private recruitment websites. The report contains principal information on job vacancies namely by type of occupation, economic activity, state, skills and field of studies. These statistics must
be interpreted with caution due to data limitation as this does not represent the whole
population of job vacancies in Malaysia.
Job Vacancies Advertised
Online, Fourth
Quarter of 2022
The number of job vacancies advertised online surged
7.5 per cent in Q4 2022 (Q3
2022: -5.9%), resulting in 204,420 vacancies. In the meantime, job vacancies
registered a year-on-year increase of 7.3 per cent in Q4 2022 compared to a 143.2
per cent in Q4 2021.
Job Vacancies Advertised
Online by Occupation
Professionals made
up the largest composition of 42.8 per cent to record 87,494 vacancies.
Technicians and Associate Professionals posted a share of 18.1 per cent,
equivalent to 37,066 vacancies while Managers encompassed a share of 12.5 per
cent or 25,586 vacancies. In terms of the hottest jobs, Advertising and
Marketing Professionals, Administrative Associate Professionals, Accountants
and Auditors, Managing Directors and Chief Executives, and Software Developers
were the most in-demand occupation during the quarter.
Job Vacancies Advertised
Online by Economic Activity
Observing the job vacancies by economic activity, Wholesale and Retail
Trade dominated the vacancies with 30.4 per cent or 62,113 jobs. Manufacturing
recorded a total of 26,974 vacancies (13.2%), followed by Accommodation and
Food Service Activities (17,261) and Professional, Scientific and Technical
Activities (15,252).
Job Vacancies Advertised
Online by State
Thirteen states observed increases of
vacancies as compared to Q3 2022 with W.P. Kuala Lumpur posted the highest
vacancies at 77,326. Another state with high vacancies was Selangor which
recorded 30,176, followed by Johor at 16,397. Meanwhile, W.P. Labuan recorded
the lowest vacancies at 153.
The time series of the number of job vacancies advertised online by industry, occupation and state is shown in Summary Table. The detailed information and interactive data visualisation can be obtained through Job Market Insights (https://www.dosm.gov.my/v1/index.php?r=column/cone&menu_id=MEg4ZXhiSkhZQml6UnBMYlZraHR0QT09) and My Job Profile (https://www.dosm.gov.my/v1/index.php?r=column/cone&menu_id=TVRVSXp1M2cvNEEwaGdNaHpBL2ZjZz09) portal.
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