09.05.2024

JOB POSTINGS RISE IN APRIL

Job offers increased by 5 percent in April, or by nearly 2,300 compared to the previous month, according to the career site "JobTiger".

The company's monthly analysis said this was due almost entirely to increased supply in the Trade and Sales and Hospitality and Restaurant sectors, where offers were a total of 2,200 more than in March.

On a year-over-year basis, there are still fewer job postings compared to the same period in 2023, with about 800 fewer offers, or a 2 percent decline.

Ads in "Trade and Sales" rose by 1,200 (up 12 percent) in April, and in "Hospitality and Restaurant" by 1,025 (up 11 percent), the data show.

An increase in offers is also observed in the sectors "Administrative and service activities" (270 offers more, 5 percent growth), "Logistics and transport" (150 offers more, 3 percent growth) and "Manufacturing" (50 offers more, 1 percent growth).

The number of postings remained unchanged in the Health and Pharmacy, Construction and Accounting, Auditing and Finance sectors, while the Information Technology and Marketing and Advertising sectors reported declines of 4 percent in each sector, or about 40 offers less.

On an annual basis, in recent months there has been a decline in most sectors, in April, however, growth was reported in most sectors, according to "Job Tiger". A decline was observed in the "Manufacturing", "Marketing and Advertising", "Hospitality and Restaurant" and "Information Technology" sectors, and for the first time in the last 12 months the decline in "Information Technology" was below 30 percent.

The analysis of "Job Tiger" shows that traditionally for the season with the largest share of advertisements are the sectors "Trade and Sales" (26 percent) and "Hospitality and Restaurant" (19 percent), these two sectors alone make up almost half (45 percent) of the work offered in the country. They are followed by the sectors "Production" (15 percent), "Administrative and service activities" (11 percent), "Logistics and transport" (10 percent), "Information technologies" (7 percent), "Construction" (5.4 percent), "Accounting, Auditing, Finance" (4.9 percent), "Healthcare and Pharmacy" (4.8 percent), "Marketing and Advertising" (3 percent) and "Art" (1 percent).

A slight increase of 2 percent (100 more offers) is reported in the offers for work from home or remote work, and as a share of the total number of ads, this type of offer occupies 8 percent of the offer in April. The largest number of telework announcements are in "Information Technology" - 49 percent, followed by "Administrative and service activities" (19 percent), outsourcing industry sectors (16 percent) and "Trade and sales" (9 percent).

The analysis also reports a positive trend of job offers in the leading regional cities. In Sofia, the increase in offers is 2 percent, in Plovdiv - 6 percent, Varna - 5 percent, Burgas - 10 percent, Ruse - 5 percent, Stara Zagora - 2 percent. As a share distribution, the job advertisements in Sofia are 40 percent, in Plovdiv - 10 percent, Varna - 10 percent, Burgas - 5 percent, Ruse - 3 percent, Stara Zagora - 3 percent.