Austin Job Postings Report August 2016
Posted on 09/07/2016 by Kwee Lan Teo
AUSTIN JOB POSTINGS REPORT AUGUST 2016
AUSTIN - ROUND ROCK - SAN MARCOS MSA
(JULY 14, 2016 to AUGUST 13, 2016)
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The following job market report is designed to provide insight into current employer demands, skills and occupations in the Austin MSA.
INSIGHTS
- Approximately 41,500 Available Job Postings during the monthly reporting period, a decrease of 5,300 postings compared to the same period last year.
- Largest year-to-year decreases in the Computer and Mathematical Occupations, followed by Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, Office and Administrative Support Occupations and Sales and Related Occupations.
- Several companies recently announced new location or expansion plans in Austin, involving more than 1,700 jobs. The list includes Apple, Abel Design Group, Aliya Financial, Best Buy, Data Foundry, FloSports, Magic Leap, Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Seed Sumo, TenantCloud, ThousandEyes, Twitch, uShip, Alpine Consulting, C3 Presents, Convey,Facebook, Indeed, Ketra,Kuka Robotics, National Domestic Violence Hotline, Outdoor Voices, ProCore Technologies, Q2 Holdings, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, ShipStation, TriNet, World First, WP Engine.
TOP JOB POSTINGS
The chart and table below lists the available unique ads in major occupation groups from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016, a mid-monthly timeframe closely associated with federal jobs numbers.
| Major Occupational Groups | Ad Volume | Year-to-Year Percentage Change | Year-to-Year Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer & Mathematical Occupations | 6,959 | -17.40% | -1,466 |
| Office & Administrative Support Occupations | 4,411 | -11.70% | -583 |
| Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations | 4,372 | -13.90% | -705 |
| Sales & Related Occupations | 3,982 | -11.70% | -530 |
| Management Occupations | 3,649 | -5.30% | -206 |
| Business & Financial Operations Occupations | 2,435 | -7.50% | -197 |
| Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations | 2,268 | 6.60% | 140 |
| Transportation & Material Moving Occupations | 1,913 | -12.00% | -261 |
| Installation, Maintenance & Repair Occupations | 1,661 | -13.50% | -260 |
| Construction & Extraction Occupations | 1,525 | -6.80% | -111 |
| Others (12) | 8,352 | -12.10% | -1,148 |
| Total (22) | 41,527 | -11.40% | -5,327 |
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
There were approximately 41,500 Available Job Postings during the August 2016 monthly reporting period, a decrease of about 5,300 Available Job Postings compared to August of 2015. About 7,000 or 17 percent of the available postings during the August reporting period fell under Computer and Mathematical Occupations.
USA Today ranked Austin 9th on the "American Cities Adding The Most Jobs". The Kauffman Foundation named Austin 1st in the "Top 25 Cities For Startup Activity, 2016". According to CBRE, Austin is ranked 5th in the "Scoring Tech Talent" list for 2016.
According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the Austin MSA reported an unemployment rate of 3.6% or 39,800 unemployed in July 2016. The Austin MSA reported an annual job growth rate of 3.9% or 37,800 net new jobs in July 2016, making Austin the 3rd fastest growing major metro in the nation. Professional and Business Services added the most jobs (7,900 or 4.9%) in the past year. The fastest growing industries are Construction and Natural Resources (12.1%) and Wholesale Trade (8.9%).
Approximately 65% of unemployment insurance (UI) claimants that are actively seeking a job in Travis County have less than an associate's degree, according to Workforce Solutions Capital Area.
MONTHLY AD TRENDS
The line chart below shows the monthly total volume of online ads posted in the Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos MSA from August 2012 through August 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
Note: The data for August 2016 would be the sum of all posted ads from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016. This reference period is aligned to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) unemployment job search time period to provide a more accurate comparison of labor supply and labor demand.
The total number of Available Job Postings was roughly 32,700 in August 2012 and have risen to 41,500 in August 2016. Of the 41,500 job postings, about half are New Job Postings.
TOP 20 JOB POSTINGS
The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Management Analysts and Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners were the few occupations that saw a slight year-to-year increase in postings.
About 340 or less than 1% of the available job postings, not reflected in this report, are for internship positions. The top internship postings are for Electricians, Registered Nurses, Public Relations Specialists, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists and Pharmacists. Companies like Walmart have posted internships for Pharmacists while several non-profit organizations have posted for Public Relations Specialists. The occupational group, Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, posted the most internship positions.
TOP 20 JOB POSTINGS AND HIRING DIFFICULTY
The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings and its hiring difficulty in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
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Source: Wanted Technologies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Hiring Scale views the difficulty-to-fill indicator on market conditions. It calculates a score for each position that the employer is trying to fill. Several factors affect the hiring scale score that include the supply of available candidates, the overall demand for employers for people in the position, the location, the occupation, local unemployment rates, job site source, offered pay level, etc. The Hiring Scale scores jobs from 1 to 99 based on their projected difficulty-to-recruit.
Half of the occupations on the Top 20 Job Postings list require less than an associate's degree. The hiring difficulty for most these occupations are also lower. The hiring difficulty for jobs that require a bachelor's degree, with or without related work experience, is higher in the region.
TOP 20 TECH JOB POSTINGS
The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings under Computer and Mathematical Occupations in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
The Computer and Mathematical Occupations saw almost 1,500 less Available Job Postings compared to the same period last year. Software Developers, Applications, Web Developers and Computer Systems Analysts saw most of the decrease in postings. Approximately 90 percent of the postings under this category are for full-time positions.
TOP 20 TECH JOB POSTINGS AND HIRING DIFFICULTY
The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings and its hiring difficulty under Computer and Mathematical Occupations in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
Source: Wanted Technologies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Hiring Scale views the difficulty-to-fill indicator on market conditions. It calculates a score for each position that the employer is trying to fill. Several factors affect the hiring scale score that include the supply of available candidates, the overall demand for employers for people in the position, the location, the occupation, local unemployment rates, job site source, offered pay level, etc. The Hiring Scale scores jobs from 1 to 99 based on their projected difficulty-to-recruit.
Almost all the occupations in this category require a bachelor's degree or more and have a higher hiring difficulty. Companies such as DELL, IBM, Amazon,ACCENTURE, Visa, General Motors Corporation, Charles Schwab Corporation, The University of Texas Systems, Apple, Inc., and Deloitte have posted for positions under Computer and Mathematical Occupations.
Both the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield MSA and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA have a higher hiring difficulty in this occupational category compared to the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA while Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue MSA and Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA have a lower hiring difficulty.
TOP 20 HEALTHCARE JOB POSTINGS
The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings under Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
Registered Nurses remain the top occupation in both the region and in this category. Surgical Technologists saw the largest year-to-year increase in postings. Approximately 77 percent of postings under this category are for full-time positions.
TOP 20 HEALTHCARE JOB POSTINGS AND HIRING DIFFICULTY
The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings and its hiring difficulty under Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
The Hiring Scale views the difficulty-to-fill indicator on market conditions. It calculates a score for each position that the employer is trying to fill. Several factors affect the hiring scale score that include the supply of available candidates, the overall demand for employers for people in the position, the location, the occupation, local unemployment rates, job site source, offered pay level, etc. The Hiring Scale scores jobs from 1 to 99 based on their projected difficulty-to-recruit.
Half of the top Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations require an associate's degree or less. Companies that saw a year-to-year increase in available job postings in this category are HCA-The Healthcare Company, MSA Travel Nursing, Unitedhealth Group, BROOKDALE, Scott & White and Trinity Health. Surgical Technologists is the hardest to fill occupation, followed closely by Physician Assistants.
TOP HARD SKILLS IN DEMAND
The table below lists the top hard skills in demand for the available jobs in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
| Top 20 Hard Skills in Demand by Employers | Required Skill by Volume | Year-to-Year Difference |
Top Related Skills (If 30% or more of the skill also reflects other required/optional skills) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Assurance (QA) | 2,205 | -477 | |
| Java | 2,105 | -605 | JavaScript (JS) |
| Bilingual | 1,796 | -261 | |
| Linux | 1,733 | -653 | UNIX, Java, Python |
| Structured Query Language (SQL) | 1,687 | -527 | Java |
| JavaScript (JS) | 1,467 | -305 | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Java, jQuery |
| Python | 1,356 | -261 | Java, Linux, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) |
| Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | 1,290 | -344 | |
| Quality Control | 1,223 | -35 | |
| Pediatrics | 1,194 | +96 | |
| Technical Support | 1,112 | -347 | |
| User Experience Design (UX) | 1,069 | -318 | |
| Web Services | 953 | -330 | Java, JavaScript (JS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Representational State Transfer (REST), Structured Query Language (SQL), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
| C/C++ | 934 | +586 | Java, Python, Linux, C# |
| Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) | 930 | -262 | Java |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | 923 | -273 | JavaScript (JS), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java, jQuery, Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| UNIX | 915 | -364 | Linux, Java |
| Salesforce CRM SFDC | 900 | -302 | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) |
| Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) | 894 | -131 | JavaScript (JS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), jQuery, Java, HTML5 |
| Software as a Service (SaaS) | 887 | -156 |
Source: Wanted Technologies
Skills in Demand provides a real-time view of skills currently in demand by employers. For example, of the available jobs posted from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016, 2,105 job postings required “Java” as a skill and 30% or more of those 2,105 job postings also had other required/optional skill(s) such as “JavaScript (JS)”.
C/C++ saw the largest year-to-year increase in demand with companies such as Amazon and Advanced Micro Devices posting jobs requiring this skill.
TOP CERTIFICATIONS IN DEMAND
The table below lists the top certifications in demand for the available jobs in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
| Top 20 Certifications in Demand by Employers | Required Certification by Volume | Year-to-Year Difference |
Top Related Certifications (if 30% or more of the skill also reflects Other required/optional skills) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver's License | 5,228 | -204 | |
| Certified Registered Nurse (RN) | 4,124 | +59 | Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| Basic Life Support (BLS) | 2,572 | -77 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) |
| Commercial Driver's License (CDL) | 1,851 | +757 | |
| Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) | 1,520 | -87 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) | 1,259 | +240 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) |
| Continuing Education (CE) | 979 | -109 | |
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration Certification (OSHA) | 903 | -115 | |
| HAZMAT | 782 | -27 | |
| Food Safety Programs (HACCP) | 688 | +11 | |
| Special Education (SPED) | 586 | -543 | |
| First Aid Certification | 529 | -73 | |
| Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA) | 497 | +129 | Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Basic Life Support (BLS), Patient Care Technician (PCT), Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) |
| Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) | 480 | +186 | Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Patient Care Technician (PCT), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Personal Care Attendant (PCA), |
| Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) | 467 | +67 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Basic Life Support (BLS), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Patient Care Technician (PCT), Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) |
| Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) | 453 | +16 | Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | 395 | -65 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) | 390 | +359 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Project Management Professional (PMP) | 367 | -99 | |
| Certified Public Accountant (CPA) | 353 | -127 |
Source: Wanted Technologies
Certifications in Demand provides a real-time view of certifications currently in demand by employers. For example, of the available job postings from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016, 4,124 job postings required “Certified Registered Nurse” as a certification and 30% or more of those 4,124 job postings also had other required/optional certification(s) such as “Basic Life Support (BLS)”.
Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA) saw an increase of 100 or more postings year-to-year. There was a significant increase in the postings for Associate Science of Nursing (ASN) due to an increase of job postings for traveling nursing jobs.
TOP EMPLOYERS
The table below lists the employers in the Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos MSA that posted available unique ads from July 14, 2016 to August 13, 2016.
| Employer | Ad Volume |
|---|---|
| Ascension Health | 973 |
| HCA - The Healthcare Company | 659 |
| DELL | 579 |
| IBM | 555 |
| The University of Texas System | 400 |
| ACCENTURE | 360 |
| Goodwill Industries of Central Texas | 359 |
| Austin Independent School District | 337 |
| Robert Half International | 289 |
| Compass Group | 256 |
| Amazon | 236 |
| Apple, Inc. | 229 |
| Deloitte | 221 |
| Scott & White | 215 |
| Apex Systems, Inc. | 213 |
| Visa | 195 |
| Kforce Professional Staffing, Inc. | 189 |
| St. David's Medical Center | 189 |
| Randstad | 177 |
| North Austin Medical Center | 169 |
| Unitedhealth Group | 163 |
| BROOKDALE | 159 |
| Aerotek | 145 |
| General Motors Corporation | 144 |
| Austin Medical Center | 138 |
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
Amazon, Compass Group, Apex Systems, Inc. and Visa are the top employers on this list that have a 100 or more increase in postings, compared to the same time last year.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) Program (with data collection by Wanted Technologies)
Related Categories: Education and Talent, Job Postings Report