The Second Quarter 2022 saw the number of job vacancies advertised online edging up by 27.0 per cent quarter-on-quarter to record 202,102 vacancies (Q1 2022: 159,148 vacancies). In the meantime, job vacancies posted a stronger year-on-year increase of 123.3 per cent in Q2 2022 (Q2 2021: 90,502 vacancies).
The information was released today by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) in its reportrt dubbed the ‘Job Vacancies Landscape in Malaysia, Second Quarter of 2022’
Job Market Insights and My Job Profile are quarterly releases based on the job vacancies advertised online by private popular 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, Second Quarter of 2022 by Occupation
In comparison with the previous quarter, job vacancies in all eight occupation categories recorded increases.
Professionals’ category registered the highest gain by 15.1 thousand to record 86,495 vacancies. This was followed by Technicians and Associate Professionals at 36,811 with an addition of 8.6 thousand vacancies.
Based on the ranking, the five most popular jobs offered during the reference period were Advertising and Marketing Professionals, Administrative Associate Professionals, Accountants and Auditors, Managing Directors and Chief Executives, and Waiters.
Job Vacancies Advertised Online by Economic Activity
Looking at the job vacancy situation by economic activity, most of the job vacancies in Q2 2022 were in the Services sector with a share of 57.3 per cent (115,861 vacancies).
Manufacturing posted the highest job vacancies during the quarter with 42,188 vacancies. In the meantime, job vacancies in the Wholesale and Retail Trade encompassing 18.9 per cent of overall job vacancies with 38,236 which ranked second after Manufacturing.
This was followed by Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities at 19,011 while Accommodation and Food Service Activities recorded 15,944 vacancies during the quarter.
Job Vacancies Advertised Online by State
Most of the states recorded an increase except for Perlis and Federal Territory of Putrajaya in Q2 2022. During the quarter, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur posted the highest number with 88,500 job vacancies. This was followed by Selangor and Johor which registered 30,033 and 16,046 vacancies respectively.
