The quarter-on-quarter job vacancy rate was 0.67%, down by 0.11 percentage points, with the highest rates recorded in electricity, gas, electricity, hot water and air conditioning supply (1.52%), public administration (1.46%) and entertainment, cultural and recreation activities (1.43%).

Also, about 18% of the total number of vacancies was concentrated in manufacturing (6,300 vacancies) and the rate was 0.59%.

Overall, the budgetary sector accounted for almost a quarter of total job vacancies. This included 4,000 vacancies in public administration, 3,300 in health and social care and 1,200 in education.

At the other end of the scale, the vacancy rates were lowest in real estate (0.17%), other service activities (0.18%) and mining and quarrying (0.22%), while the same economic activities recorded the lowest vacancy rates (below 100 vacancies each).

In comparison with the previous quarter, the most relevant decreases in the job vacancy rate were in education (-0.55 percentage points) and in water distribution; sanitation, waste management and remediation activities (-0.42 percentage points).

In terms of job vacancies, the largest decreases were observed in education (-1,900 jobs) and manufacturing (-1,600).

On the other hand, the most important increase was in hotels and restaurants (+0.08 percentage points), while in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, the increase was 400 jobs.

”Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, there were predominantly increases in both the rate and number of job vacancies. Thus, the most significant increases in both indicators were in public administration (+0.30 percentage points, respectively +0.8 thousand vacancies), health and social work (+0.25 percentage points, respectively +1.0 thousand vacancies) and administrative and support service activities (+0.17 percentage points, respectively +0.6 thousand vacancies). At the other end of the scale, the job vacancy rate fell most significantly in real estate (-0.44 percentage points) and financial intermediation and insurance (-0.38 percentage points). The number of job vacancies fell most sharply in manufacturing (-1.5 thousand vacancies),” notes the NSI press release.

According to the official statistics, in Q4 2024, the highest values of both the rate and the number of job vacancies were reported among the occupations of service workers - major group 5 (0.84%, or 6,900 vacancies) and specialists in various fields of activity - major group 2 (0.81%, or 9,800 vacancies).

In contrast, the lowest values of the two indicators were observed for skilled workers in agriculture, forestry and fishing - major group 6 (-0.17%), and members of the legislature, the executive, senior officials, managers and senior civil servants - major group 1 (-0.39%).