11.10.2023

WHERE IS THE GREATEST HUNGER FOR PERSONNEL IN OUR COUNTRY?

After an increase in the supply of work was observed in August, in September it remained almost at the same level.

The number of job advertisements at the end of September increased by 1% or about 500 more offers. Considering the dynamics of the labor market in Bulgaria, this is a relatively small change and it can be considered that the supply remains unchanged.

According to the monthly analysis of the HR company and career site JobTiger, fewer offers continue to be observed year-on-year. The announcements are 3,600 fewer (-7%) compared to September 2022, and this is mainly due to their smaller number in the "Information Technologies" sector.

The sectors with the greatest growth in offers are "Trade and sales" (650 offers more, 6% growth), "Production" (210 offers more, 3% growth), "Accounting, audit, finance" (130 offers more, 7 % growth) and "Administrative and service activities" (110 offers more, 2% growth).

The number of advertisements remains unchanged in the sectors "Construction", "Healthcare and Pharmacy", "Marketing and Advertising" and "IT".

A decline was observed in the sectors "Logistics and transport" (80 offers less, 2% drop) and "Hospitality and catering" (150 offers less, 2% drop).

Share distribution

According to the analysis of the HR company and career site JobTiger, the "Trade and Sales" sector already occupies 1/4 of the job offers in the country. It retains the first place with a share of 25%, followed by the "Manufacturing" (17%) and "Hospitality" sectors and restaurant business" (15%).

The share distribution in the other sectors is also unchanged compared to the previous month: "Logistics and transport" (11%), "Administrative and service activities" (10%), "IT" (8%) "Construction" (6%), "Healthcare" and Pharmacy" (4.8%), "Accounting, Auditing, Finance" (4.6%), "Marketing and Advertising" (3%) and "Art" (1%).

Work from home

The number of offers for work from home and/or remote work also remained unchanged compared to August. Although there is a 2% drop here, this type of offer is only 50 less than the previous month, with a total of 3550. As a share, they form 9% of all listings.

The distribution of this type of offer by sector also remains unchanged: 56% in the "IT" sector, followed by "Administrative and service activities" (17%), the sectors of the outsourcing industry (16%) and "Trade and sales" (6%).

Offer by cities

The total number of advertisements in the leading regional cities increased by 3%. Not all of them, however, saw growth. The dynamics are as follows: Sofia (6%), Plovdiv (7%), Varna (-9%), Burgas (-4%), Ruse (-1%) and Stara Zagora (3%).

As for share distribution in the city of Sofia, the ads are 44%, and in the other cities they are: Plovdiv (11%), Varna (8%), Burgas (4%), Ruse (3%) and Stara Zagora (3%).