Job Market Insights and My Job Profile is quarterly releases based on the job
vacancies advertised online by popular private 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, First Quarter of 2023
The number of job vacancies advertised online posted an increase of 3.5
per cent in Q1 2023 (Q4 2022: 7.5%)
to record a total of 211,509 vacancies (Q4 2022: 204,420). On a year-on-year
basis, the number of job vacancies registered a double digit growth of 32.9 per
cent as against 7.3 per cent in Q4 2022.
Job Vacancies Advertised
Online by Occupation
Almost half of the job vacancies were concentrated in the
Professionals with 47.9 per cent or 101,214 vacancies. This was followed by
Technicians and Associate Professionals (17.5%), Managers (13.8%) and Clerical
Support Workers (8.7%). On the other hand, the hottest jobs during the quarter
with higher demand were Advertising and Marketing Professionals, Managing
Directors and Chief Executives, Accountants and Auditors, Administrative
Associate Professionals and Software Developers.
Job Vacancies Advertised
Online by Economic Activity
Concerning the analysis of job vacancies by economic activity, the
highest number was posted by Wholesale and Retail Trade (35,956),
followed by Manufacturing (21,499), Professional, Scientific and Technical
Activities (13,852) and Financial and Insurance/Takaful Activities (13,326).
Job Vacancies Advertised
Online by State
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur continued
to record the highest job vacancies at 62,727. This was followed by Selangor
and Johor which registered 39,990 and 12,150 vacancies respectively. Federal
Territory of Labuan recorded the lowest number of job vacancies with 125
advertisements.
The time series of the number of job vacancies advertised
online by industry, occupation and state is shown in Summary Table. The detailed
information and interactive data visualisation can be obtained through Job Market Insights (https://www.ilmia.gov.my/index.php/en/bda-jmi) and My Job Profile (https://www.ilmia.gov.my/bda-myjobprofile/) portal.
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