Jobs and Skills Australia · Internet Vacancy Index · July 2026

What each place advertises more of

Every state advertises across the whole range of work. These are the occupations each one devotes a larger share of its advertising to than the country does.

Reference period: July 2026
Advertisements: 205,954
Areas compared: 8
Basis: Share of local advertising

How to read this

The figure beside each group is its share of that state’s advertising, divided by its share of Australia’s. 1.00 means the state advertises the group in the national proportion. 1.80 means nearly twice that proportion.

A high figure is not more jobs. It is a statement about mix. A small state concentrating on one trade will rank above a large state advertising many more of those roles, and the advertisement count is printed beside it so the two are never confused.

New South Wales

60,675 advertisements. The groups it devotes the largest share of them to, relative to the country.

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Occupation groups that New South Wales advertises a larger share of than Australia as a whole, July 2026.
Occupation group	Concentration	Share here	Ads
Medical Practitioners and Nurses (2H)	1.24	7.6%	4,594
Legal, Social and Welfare Professionals (27)	1.23	5.2%	3,156
Sales, Marketing & Public Relations Professionals (2C)	1.21	1.6%	963
Hospitality Workers (43)	1.19	1.9%	1,144

Queensland

49,296 advertisements. The groups it devotes the largest share of them to, relative to the country.

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Occupation groups that Queensland advertises a larger share of than Australia as a whole, July 2026.
Occupation group	Concentration	Share here	Ads
Mobile Plant Operators (72)	1.35	2.3%	1,146
Other Labourers (89)	1.29	3.2%	1,596
Drivers and Storepersons (7A)	1.27	3.9%	1,928
Construction and Mining Labourers (82)	1.24	1%	496

Victoria

44,937 advertisements. The groups it devotes the largest share of them to, relative to the country.

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Occupation groups that Victoria advertises a larger share of than Australia as a whole, July 2026.
Occupation group	Concentration	Share here	Ads
Sales, Marketing & Public Relations Professionals (2C)	1.30	1.7%	763
ICT Professionals (26)	1.21	3.6%	1,604
Education Professionals (24)	1.20	1.6%	719
Numerical Clerks (55)	1.19	3.2%	1,433

Western Australia

26,759 advertisements. The groups it devotes the largest share of them to, relative to the country.

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Occupation groups that Western Australia advertises a larger share of than Australia as a whole, July 2026.
Occupation group	Concentration	Share here	Ads
Science Professionals and Veterinarians (2F)	2.12	1.3%	339
Construction and Mining Labourers (82)	2.08	1.7%	454
Machine and Stationary Plant Operators (71)	2.06	3.1%	834
Automotive and Engineering Trades (32)	1.90	8.2%	2,199

South Australia

14,058 advertisements. The groups it devotes the largest share of them to, relative to the country.

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Occupation groups that South Australia advertises a larger share of than Australia as a whole, July 2026.
Occupation group	Concentration	Share here	Ads
Health and Welfare Support Workers (41)	1.56	1.9%	268
Sales Support Workers (63)	1.32	0.7%	102
Medical Practitioners and Nurses (2H)	1.26	7.7%	1,077
Construction and Mining Labourers (82)	1.25	1%	143

Australian Capital Territory

4,393 advertisements. The groups it devotes the largest share of them to, relative to the country.

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Occupation groups that Australian Capital Territory advertises a larger share of than Australia as a whole, July 2026.
Occupation group	Concentration	Share here	Ads
ICT Professionals (26)	3.83	11.2%	494
Office Managers, Administrators and Secretaries (5A)	1.53	3.4%	151
Construction, Production and Distribution Managers (1B)	1.37	4%	174
General-Inquiry Clerks, Call Centre, Receptionists (5B)	1.12	7.3%	320

Tasmania

3,078 advertisements. The groups it devotes the largest share of them to, relative to the country.

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Occupation groups that Tasmania advertises a larger share of than Australia as a whole, July 2026.
Occupation group	Concentration	Share here	Ads
Health Diagnostic and Therapy Professionals (2G)	1.62	5.5%	168
Medical Practitioners and Nurses (2H)	1.59	9.7%	298
Legal, Social and Welfare Professionals (27)	1.54	6.5%	200
Sales Assistants and Salespersons (62)	1.20	5.8%	178

Northern Territory

2,758 advertisements. The groups it devotes the largest share of them to, relative to the country.

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Occupation groups that Northern Territory advertises a larger share of than Australia as a whole, July 2026.
Occupation group	Concentration	Share here	Ads
Health Diagnostic and Therapy Professionals (2G)	1.45	4.9%	135
Legal, Social and Welfare Professionals (27)	1.37	5.8%	160
Drivers and Storepersons (7A)	1.33	4.1%	113
Medical Practitioners and Nurses (2H)	1.30	7.9%	219

Notes

The concentration figure is calculated here, not published by Jobs and Skills Australia. It is a group’s share of a state’s advertising divided by its share of the country’s, computed from the figures the publisher released by region.
Only the finest groups the release carries are compared. A parent group is its children added together, so including both would report one specialism twice at two levels of detail.
A group is only shown where the state advertised at least 100 of them. A quotient built from a handful of advertisements moves on a single posting, and without the floor this page would rank the smallest samples in the country.
Only groups above the national proportion are listed. A state whose most distinctive group still sits below it has no specialism, and printing its least under-represented group as one would invent a finding.
These are counts of advertisements on a defined set of job boards, not of vacancies, and not of people employed. A state may specialise in advertising work it also imports labour to do.
One reference period. This says what the mix is, not that it is changing. The month’s movements are on the occupations page.