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Job Vacancy Rate by Industry and Occupational Group, Quarterly

Job Vacancy Rate by Industry and Occupational Group (Level2)

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Job Vacancy Rate by Industry and Occupational Group (Level2)

Data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 19 Mar 2025, 13:35 SGT

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)

Source: Labour Market Survey, Manpower Research & Statistics Department, MOM

Before 2006, the Labour Market Survey covers private sector establishments each with at least 25 employees. From 2006 onwards, the survey also covers the public sector.

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JobVacancyRatebyIndustryandOccupationalGroupLevel2.csv (8.7K rows, 775.1 KB)

Quarter
Quarter (Q)
Industry1
Text
Industry2
Text
Occupation1
Text
Job Vacancy Rate
Text
(Null)0.0%
2000-Q11.1%
2000-Q21.1%
2000-Q31.1%
2000-Q41.1%
(Null)0.0%
services43.8%
manufacturing41.2%
total5.0%
others5.0%
(Null)0.0%
total5.0%
others5.0%
construction5.0%
transport equipment5.0%
(Null)0.0%
total25.0%
clerical, sales and services workers25.0%
professional, managers, executive and technicians25.0%
production and transport operators, cleaners and labourers25.0%
(Null)11.3%
1.93.3%
2.33.3%
2.13.3%
1.63.2%
1998-Q1totaltotaltotal2.7
1998-Q1totaltotalprofessional, managers, executive and technicians2.4
1998-Q1totaltotalclerical, sales and services workers3.2
1998-Q1totaltotalproduction and transport operators, cleaners and labourers2.5
1998-Q1manufacturingfood, beverages and tobaccototal1.6
1998-Q1manufacturingfood, beverages and tobaccoprofessional, managers, executive and technicians-
1998-Q1manufacturingfood, beverages and tobaccoclerical, sales and services workers2.3
1998-Q1manufacturingfood, beverages and tobaccoproduction and transport operators, cleaners and labourers1.3
1998-Q1manufacturingtextile and wearing appareltotal5.1
1998-Q1manufacturingtextile and wearing apparelprofessional, managers, executive and technicians-

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
QuarterquarterQuarter (Q)--
Industry1industry1Text--
Industry2industry2Text--
Occupation1occupation1Text--
Job Vacancy Ratejob_vacancy_rateText--
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_60ba5027f80aef9a07d747067a948bfc"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Manpower. (2022). Job Vacancy Rate by Industry and Occupational Group (Level2) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_60ba5027f80aef9a07d747067a948bfc/view

About this dataset

Contact

NG_Li_Mei@mom.gov.sg

Created on

23 Jun 2022

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MOM (Ministry of Manpower)