Austin Job Postings Report July 2016
Posted on 08/10/2016 by Kwee Lan Teo
AUSTIN JOB POSTINGS REPORT JULY 2016
AUSTIN - ROUND ROCK - SAN MARCOS MSA
(JUNE 14, 2016 to JULY 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 40,400 Available Job Postings during the monthly reporting period, a decrease of 3,800 postings compared to the same period last year.
- Largest year-to-year decreases in the Computer and Mathematical Occupations, followed by Office and Administrative Support Occupations, Sales and Related Occupations and Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations.
- Companies such as HeartFlow, Crime Tech Solutions, Blueshift, Axa Advisors, Wonderwall Studio, TrueCar, Ride Fare, Luminex Corp., Lightspeed Systems, ePatientFinder, Duo Security, Dominion Payroll Services, Certain Affinity, Baker Tilly and Automic Software have recently announced new location or expansion plans in Austin.
TOP JOB POSTINGS
The chart and table below lists the available unique ads in major occupation groups from June 14, 2016 to July 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 | 7,053 | -12.40% | -994 |
| Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations | 4,468 | -6.00% | -286 |
| Office & Administrative Support Occupations | 4,024 | -14.30% | -674 |
| Sales & Related Occupations | 3,852 | -12.70% | -558 |
| Management Occupations | 3,551 | -3.10% | -113 |
| Business & Financial Operations Occupations | 2,450 | -1.10% | -27 |
| Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations | 2,115 | 7.10% | 140 |
| Transportation & Material Moving Occupations | 1,909 | -4.40% | -88 |
| Installation, Maintenance & Repair Occupations | 1,663 | -8.50% | -154 |
| Construction & Extraction Occupations | 1,374 | -9.00% | -136 |
| Others (12) | 7,933 | -10.00% | -883 |
| Total (22) | 40,392 | -8.50% | -3,773 |
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
There were approximately 40,400 Available Job Postings during the July 2016 monthly reporting period. About 7,000 or 17 percent of the available postings during the July reporting period fell under Computer and Mathematical Occupations.
The Huffington Post ranked Austin 5th on the "Main Reasons Millennials Are Moving To These Cities". The Wallet Hub ranked Austin 9th on its 2016's Most Educated Cities". Austin is also the 4th on the list of "U.S. Cities for Raising Startup Capital", according to Tech.Co.
According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the Austin MSA reported an unemployment rate of 3.3% or 37,200 unemployed in June 2016. The Austin MSA reported an annual job growth rate of 4.0% or 38,400 net new jobs in June 2016, making Austin the 4th fastest growing major metro in the nation.
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 July 2012 through July 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
The total number of Available Job Postings was roughly 31,800 in July 2012 and have risen to 40,400 in July 2016. Of the 40,400 job postings, about half are new Job Postings.
Note: The data for July 2016 would be the sum of all posted ads from June 14, 2016 to July 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.
TOP 20 JOB POSTINGS
The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2016 to July 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants made it to this list in July 2016. The University of Texas System, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Ascension Health, Texas State University, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Insurance and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality have posted for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants positions.
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, Public Relations Specialists, Registered Nurses, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Plumbers and Web Developers. The occupational group, Construction and Extraction 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 June 14, 2016 to July 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 June 14, 2016 to July 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
The Computer and Mathematical Occupations saw almost 1,000 less available job postings compared to the same period last year. Software Developers, Applications and Computer Systems Analysts saw most of the decrease in postings.
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 June 14, 2016 to July 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, Visa, General Motors Corporation, ACCENTURE, Amazon, Charles Schwab Corporation, Apple, Inc., Home Depot and Deloitte have posted for positions under Computer and Mathematical Occupations.
The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont MSA, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta MSA and Denver-Aurora-Broomfield MSA all have a higher hiring difficulty in this occupational category compared to the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA while Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue MSA and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 June 14, 2016 to July 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 healthcare. The Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations did see a year-to-year decrease in available job postings but the decrease is considerably less than Computer and Mathematical Occupations, Office and Administrative Support Occupations and Sales and Related Occupations. Only Hays County and Bastrop County saw a year-to-year increase in available job postings in this category.
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 June 14, 2016 to July 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.
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 Ascension Health, HCA-The Healthcare Company, MSA Travel Nursing, Unitedhealth Group, BROOKDALE, Norfolk Southern and Trinity Health.
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 June 14, 2016 to July 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) | 2,251 | -204 | |
| Java | 2,149 | -493 | JavaScript (JS) |
| Bilingual | 1,877 | -242 | |
| Structured Query Language (SQL) | 1,779 | -356 | Java |
| Linux | 1,662 | -600 | UNIX, Java, Python |
| JavaScript (JS) | 1,450 | -222 | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Java, jQuery, Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| Python | 1,310 | -196 | Java, Linux, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) |
| Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | 1,223 | -442 | |
| Technical Support | 1,209 | -182 | |
| Quality Control | 1,147 | -24 | |
| Pediatrics | 1,110 | +95 | |
| User Experience Design (UX) | 1,035 | -316 | |
| Web Services | 987 | -236 | Java, JavaScript (JS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Representational State Transfer (REST) |
| UNIX | 955 | -322 | Linux, Java, Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| Salesforce CRM SFDC | 915 | -307 | |
| Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) | 911 | -312 | |
| C# | 910 | -58 | Microsoft .NET Framework, Java, JavaScript (JS), ASP .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Web Services |
| Bilingual Spanish | 871 | -164 | |
| Software as a Service (SaaS) | 866 | -72 | |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | 866 | -291 | JavaScript (JS), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java, jQuery |
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 June 14, 2016 to July 13, 2016, 2,149 job postings required “Java” as a skill and 30% or more of those 2,149 job postings also had other required/optional skill(s) such as “JavaScript (JS)”.
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 June 14, 2016 to July 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 | 5,157 | -132 | |
| Certified Registered Nurse (RN) | 4,017 | +415 | Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| Basic Life Support (BLS) | 2,495 | +267 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) |
| Commercial Driver's License (CDL) | 1,646 | +735 | |
| Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) | 1,495 | +70 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) | 1,078 | +152 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) |
| Continuing Education (CE) | 892 | -20 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration Certification (OSHA) | 836 | -1 | |
| HAZMAT | 708 | -21 | |
| Food Safety Programs (HACCP) | 637 | +99 | |
| Special Education (SPED) | |||
| First Aid Certification | 516 | -45 | Driver's License |
| Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA) | 481 | +145 | Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) | 434 | +172 | Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Patient Care Technician (PCT), Personal Care Attendant (PCA), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) |
| Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) | 431 | +66 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Basic Life Support (BLS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Patient Care Technician (PCT), Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA) |
| Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) | 419 | +66 | Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) |
| Certified Public Accountant (CPA) | 363 | -130 | |
| Project Management Professional (PMP) | 353 | -96 | |
| Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) | 333 | +313 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | 327 | -23 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
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 June 14, 2016 to July 13, 2016, 4,017 job postings required “Certified Registered Nurse” as a certification and 30% or more of those 4,017 job postings also had other required/optional certification(s) such as “Basic Life Support (BLS)”.
TOP EMPLOYERS
The table below lists the employers in the Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos MSA that posted available unique ads from June 14, 2016 to July 13, 2016.
| Employer | Ad Volume |
|---|---|
| Ascension Health | 1,219 |
| IBM | 652 |
| HCA - The Healthcare Company | 645 |
| DELL | 545 |
| The University of Texas System | 407 |
| Goodwill Industries of Central Texas | 352 |
| Austin Independent School District | 345 |
| ACCENTURE | 273 |
| Kforce Professional Staffing, Inc. | 255 |
| Apple, Inc. | 244 |
| Robert Half International | 240 |
| Compass Group | 236 |
| Visa | 235 |
| Randstad | 224 |
| MSN Travel Nursing | 222 |
| General Motors Corporation | 209 |
| Scott & White | 191 |
| Apex Systems, Inc. | 181 |
| BROOKDALE | 180 |
| Unitedhealth Group | 179 |
| Amazon | 178 |
| Deloitte | 151 |
| Pflugerville ISD | 148 |
| Charles Schwab Corporation | 141 |
| Wells Fargo | 127 |
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) Program (with data collection by Wanted Technologies)
Related Categories: Education and Talent, Job Postings Report