Vacancy rate 3.2%
The number of job vacancies in the first quarter of 2022 amounted to 12,874. The number of job vacancies increased by 6,113 (90.4%) compared to 6,761 in the same quarter last year. Compared to Q4 2021, there was an increase of 3,231 positions (33.5%). (Table 1)
The overall vacancy rate in Q1 2022 was 3.2%, compared to 2.4% and 2.0% in the previous quarter and the corresponding quarter of 2021, respectively. The highest vacancy rates in Q1 2022 were in the Accommodation and Food Service Activities (10.2%), Administrative and Support Activities (4.3%), Human Health and Social Assistance Activities (3.4%) and Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities (3.3%). (Table 2)
| Table 1 | |
| Nace Rev.2 |
[TD]
Economic Activity
[/TD] [TD]Number of Vacancies
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]% Change
[/TD][TR] [TD]
1st Trim. 2021
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]4th Trim. 2021
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]1st Trim. 2022
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]1st Trim. 2022/
2021
[/TD] [TD]1st Trim. 2022/
4th Trim. 2021
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]B
[/TD] [TD]Mining and Quarries
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]n.a.
[/TD] [TD]-33.3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]C
[/TD] [TD]Manufacturing
[/TD] [TD]822
[/TD] [TD]1.071
[/TD] [TD]613
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-25.4
[/TD] [TD]-42.8
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]D
[/TD] [TD]Power Supply, Natural Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]19
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [TD]10
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-47.4
[/TD] [TD]n.a.
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]E
[/TD] [TD]Water Supply, Wastewater Treatment, Waste Management and Remediation Activities
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [TD]34
[/TD] [TD]75
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]1.150.0
[/TD] [TD]120,6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]F
[/TD] [TD]Construction
[/TD] [TD]277
[/TD] [TD]374
[/TD] [TD]374
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]35.0
[/TD] [TD]0,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]G
[/TD] [TD]Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]1.564
[/TD] [TD]2,277
[/TD] [TD]2.033
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]30.0
[/TD] [TD]-10,7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]H
[/TD] [TD]Transport and Storage
[/TD] [TD]229
[/TD] [TD]251
[/TD] [TD]526
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]129,7
[/TD] [TD]109.6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]I
[/TD] [TD]Accommodation and food service activities
[/TD] [TD]885
[/TD] [TD]1.541
[/TD] [TD]4.452
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]403.1
[/TD] [TD]188,9
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]J
[/TD] [TD]Update and Contact
[/TD] [TD]765
[/TD] [TD]585
[/TD] [TD]386
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-49,5
[/TD] [TD]-34,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]K
[/TD] [TD]Financial and Insurance Activities
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]217
[/TD] [TD]324
[/TD] [TD]553
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]154,8
[/TD] [TD]70,7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]L
[/TD] [TD]Real Estate Management
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [TD]22
[/TD] [TD]57
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]2.750,0
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]159,1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]M
[/TD] [TD]Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
[/TD] [TD]450
[/TD] [TD]857
[/TD] [TD]1.155
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]156.7
[/TD] [TD]34,8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]N
[/TD] [TD]Administrative and support Activities
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]79
[/TD] [TD]369
[/TD] [TD]665
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]741,8
[/TD] [TD]80.2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]O
[/TD] [TD]Public Administration and Defence, Compulsory Social Security
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]478
[/TD] [TD]671
[/TD] [TD]452
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-5.4
[/TD] [TD]-32,6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]P
[/TD] [TD]Education
[/TD] [TD]177
[/TD] [TD]653
[/TD] [TD]442
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]149.7
[/TD] [TD]-32,3
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Q
[/TD] [TD]Activities Related to Human Health and Social Care
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]576
[/TD] [TD]434
[/TD] [TD]794
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]37,8
[/TD] [TD]82.9
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]R
[/TD] [TD]Τέχνες, Entertainment and Recreation
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]92
[/TD] [TD]101
[/TD] [TD]112
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]21.7
[/TD] [TD]10,9
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]S
[/TD] [TD]Other Service Activities
[/TD] [TD]123
[/TD] [TD]76
[/TD] [TD]173
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]40,7
[/TD] [TD]127.6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]
Total
[/TD] [TD]6.761
[/TD] [TD]9,643
[/TD] [TD]12.874
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]90.4
[/TD] [TD]33,5
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR]
n.a.: Not applicable/Not applicable
| Table 2 |
[TR] [TD]
Nace Rev.2
[/TD] [TD]Economic Activity
[/TD] [TD]Vacancy Rate
(%)
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
1o Quarter 2021
[/TD] [TD]4o Quarter 2021
[/TD] [TD]1o Quarter 2022
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]B
[/TD] [TD]Mining and Quarrying
[/TD] [TD]0,0
[/TD] [TD]0,7
[/TD] [TD]0,3
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]C
[/TD] [TD]Manufacturing
[/TD] [TD]3,2
[/TD] [TD]3,0
[/TD] [TD]1,8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]D
[/TD] [TD]Electricity Supply, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]1,3
[/TD] [TD]0,0
[/TD] [TD]0,7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]E
[/TD] [TD]Water Supply, Wastewater Treatment, Waste Management and Remediation Activities
[/TD] [TD]0,4
[/TD] [TD]1,1
[/TD] [TD]2,4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]F
[/TD] [TD]Construction
[/TD] [TD]1,0
[/TD] [TD]1,1
[/TD] [TD]1,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]G
[/TD] [TD]Wholesale and retail trade, Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]2,3
[/TD] [TD]3,1
[/TD] [TD]2,8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]H
[/TD] [TD]Transport and Storage
[/TD] [TD]1,6
[/TD] [TD]1,5
[/TD] [TD]3,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]I
[/TD] [TD]Accommodation and food service activities
[/TD] [TD]2,5
[/TD] [TD]3,3
[/TD] [TD]10,2
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]J
[/TD] [TD]Information and Communication
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]5,5
[/TD] [TD]4,2
[/TD] [TD]2,8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]K
[/TD] [TD]Financial and Insurance Activities
[/TD] [TD]1,2
[/TD] [TD]1,5
[/TD] [TD]2,6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]L
[/TD] [TD]Property Management
[/TD] [TD]0,1
[/TD] [TD]0,7
[/TD] [TD]1,8
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]M
[/TD] [TD]Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]1,5
[/TD] [TD]2,5
[/TD] [TD]3,3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]N
[/TD] [TD]Administrative and Support Activities
[/TD] [TD]0,8
[/TD] [TD]2,8
[/TD] [TD]4,3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]O
[/TD] [TD]Public Administration and Defence, Compulsory Social Security
[/TD] [TD]2,1
[/TD] [TD]2,1
[/TD] [TD]1,5
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]P
[/TD] [TD]Education
[/TD] [TD]0,6
[/TD] [TD]2,0
[/TD] [TD]1,3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Q
[/TD] [TD]Activities Related to Human Health and Social Care
[/TD] [TD]2,9
[/TD] [TD]2,1
[/TD] [TD]3,4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]R
[/TD] [TD]Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
[/TD] [TD]1,5
[/TD] [TD]1,5
[/TD] [TD]1,7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]S
[/TD] [TD]Other service activities
[/TD] [TD]1,2
[/TD] [TD]0,7
[/TD] [TD]1,6
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]2,0
[/TD] [TD]2,4
[/TD] [TD]3,2
[/TD] [/TR] [/TR]
METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Definitions
A vacant job is a paid position that is either newly created, or has not been filled or is about to be filled, and for which the employer is taking active action to find a candidate outside the enterprise concerned and intends to fill it either immediately or within a specified period of time.
Vacancy rate is the ratio of vacancies to total employees and vacancies.
Data coverage
The survey covers enterprises with one or more persons classified in all economic activities according to the NACE Rev. 2 of the European Union, except Sections A (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing), T (Activities of Households as Employers; Undifferentiated goods and services activities of households for own use) and U (Activities of Unincorporated Enterprises).
Data collection
Data are collected by a telephone survey of enterprises, conducted on a quarterly basis.
For more information:
Statistics Service Portal, Labour Market
CYSTAT-DB (Database)
Predefined Tables (Excel)
The Predefined Tables in Excel format include data up to Q4 2021. For data from the 1st Quarter 2022 onwards, the update is done only in the CYSTAT-DB
Contact
Maria Koussiis: Tel:+357-22602235, Tel. mkkoushi@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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