Austin Job Postings Report November 2016
Posted on 12/08/2016 by Kwee Lan Teo
AUSTIN JOB POSTINGS REPORT NOVEMBER 2016
AUSTIN - ROUND ROCK - SAN MARCOS MSA
(OCTOBER 14, 2016 to NOVEMBER 13, 2016)
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INSIGHTS
- Approximately 40,550 Available Job Postings during the monthly reporting period, a decrease of 4,000 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 and Sales and Related Occupations.
- Several companies recently announced new location or expansion plans in Austin, involving more than 700 jobs. The list includes Amazon, Express Scripts, Fluence Bioengineering, GE Aviation, Logical Postition, Phunware and TrusourceLabs.
The following job market report is designed to provide insight into current employer demands, skills and occupations in the Austin MSA.
TOP JOB POSTINGS
The chart and table below lists the available unique ads in major occupation groups from October 14, 2016 to November 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 | 7,078 | -13.70% | -1,120 |
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 4,369 | -10.70% | -523 |
| Sales & Related Occupations | 4,152 | -16.10% | -799 |
| Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations | 4,114 | -5.10% | -223 |
| Management Occupations | 3,594 | -6.00% | -231 |
| Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations | 2,476 | 5.60% | 132 |
| Business & Financial Operations Occupations | 2,443 | -16.20% | -472 |
| Transportation & Material Moving Occupations | 2,093 | 8.30% | 160 |
| Installation, Maintenance & Repair Occupations | 1,471 | -7.10% | -113 |
| Construction & Extraction Occupations | 1,272 | 2.50% | 31 |
| Others (13) | 7,487 | -10.50% | -880 |
| Total (23) | 40,549 | -9.10% | -4,038 |
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
There were approximately 40,550 Available Job Postings during the November 2016 monthly reporting period, a decrease of about 4,000 Available Job Postings compared to November 2015. About 7,100 or 17 percent of the Available Job Postings during the November reporting period fell under Computer and Mathematical Occupations.
Other occupational groups not reflected in this report that account for another 5,600 Available Job Openings are Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations (3%), Healthcare Support Occupations (3%), Architecture and Engineering Occupations (2%), Education, Training, and Library Occupations (2%), Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (2%) and Personal Care and Service Occupations (2%).
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations (3%), Transportation and Material Moving Occupations (5%) and Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations (6%) were the three occupational groups that saw an increase of 100 or more postings compared to the same time last year.
According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the Austin MSA reported an unemployment rate of 3.2% or 35,300 unemployed in October 2016. The Austin MSA reported an annual job growth rate of 2.2% or 21,200 net new jobs in October 2016, down from 3.0% or 28,900 net new jobs in September 2016, making Austin the 20th fastest growing major metro. Education and Health Services added the most jobs (3.4% or 3,800) in the past year. The fastest growing industries are Financial Activities (5.7% or 3,100) and Wholesale Trade (5.6% or 2,800). Manufacturing lost 7.5% or 4,300 jobs.
Austin's total personal income grew by 7.2% in 2015 and has the 4th fastest growth rate among major metros, after San Jose, Denver and San Francisco. Austin has seen strong gains in average earnings per job at $60,805 in 2015, which is up 4.4% over 2014.
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 November 2012 through November 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
Note: The data for November 2016 would be the sum of all posted ads from October 14, 2016 to November 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 31,900 in November 2012 and have risen to 40,550 in November 2016. Of the 40,550 job postings, about half are New Job Postings. Of the Available Job Postings, about 80% are for full-time positions, 12.5% are part-time positions, 7% are contract positions and less than 1% are for internships.
TOP 20 JOB POSTINGS
The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from October 14, 2016 to November 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners is the only occupation on this list that saw 100 or more increase in year-to-year in postings. Nursing Assistants, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand and Surgical Technologists are the other three occupations that saw similar year-to-year increases. All these occupations require either a postsecondary nondegree award or no formal educational credentials as the typical education needed for entry. Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, Software Developers, Applications and Computer Systems Analysts all saw a 200 or more year-to-year decrease in postings.
Less than 1% or 460 of the Available Job Postings, not reflected in this report, are for internship positions. This is an approximate 25 percent year-to-year decrease. The top internship postings are for Registered Nurses, Electricians, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Computer Programmers, Civil Engineers and Plumbers. Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations saw a slight increase in internship postings while the Computer and Mathematical Occupations, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media Occupations and Business and Financial Operations Occupations saw a decline.
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 October 14, 2016 to November 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, except Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers and Web Developers, that indicate a difficulty-to-fill level of 80 or more would require a Bachelor's degree as the typical education needed for entry.
Compared nationally, it is still easier to hire Computer Systems Analysts and Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in our 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 October 14, 2016 to November 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
The Computer and Mathematical Occupations saw 1,120 less Available Job Postings compared to the same period last year.
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 October 14, 2016 to November 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.
Companies such as Amazon have seen a 200 or more year-to-year increase in postings under this category. Most of the year-to-year decreases in this occupational category are from Computer Systems Analysts, Software Developer, Applications, Web Developers, Computer User Support Specialists and Computer Systems Engineers/Architects.
The Denver-Aurora-Broomfield MSA, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont MSA has a slightly higher hiring difficulty in this occupational category compared to the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA while the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue MSA has 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 October 14, 2016 to November 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
The Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations saw a 380 decrease in postings compared to the same time last year. Surgical Technologists continues to see the largest year-to-year increase in postings, followed by Radiologic Technologists, Respiratory Therapists and Pharmacy Technicians.
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 October 14, 2016 to November 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.
Companies such as Austin Medical Center have seen a 100 or more year-to-year increase in postings under this category. Most of the year-to-year increases in this occupational category are for Surgical Technologists, Radiologic Technologists and Pharmacy Technicians, all of which require an entry level education of an Associate's degree or less. However, the demand for Pharmacy Technicians is easier to fill in our region.
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 October 14, 2016 to November 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java | 2,404 | -250 | Python |
| Quality Assurance (QA) | 2,117 | -506 | |
| Linux | 1,799 | -402 | UNIX, Java, Python |
| Structured Query Language (SQL) | 1,783 | -218 | Java |
| Bilingual | 1,647 | -479 | |
| Python | 1,477 | -27 | Java, Linux, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL), C/C++ |
| JavaScript (JS) | 1,443 | -317 | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), jQuery |
| Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | 1,360 | -349 | Java |
| Quality Control | 1,164 | -47 | |
| Pediatrics | 1,104 | +179 | |
| Software as a Service (SaaS) | 1,089 | +115 | |
| C/C++ | 1,050 | +637 | Java, Python, Linux, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL), C# |
| Technical Support | 1,039 | -479 | |
| Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) | 1,011 | -168 | Java |
| C# | 935 | -169 | Microsoft .NET Framework, Java, JavaScript, Microsoft SQL Server, C/C++, ASP .NET, Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| Salesforce CRM SFDC | 929 | -258 | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) |
| Web Services | 907 | -310 | Java, JavaScript (JS), Structured Query Language (SQL), Representational State Transfer (REST), Extensible Markup Language (XML) |
| UNIX | 904 | -248 | Linux, Java, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) |
| Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) | 884 | -237 | JavaScript (JS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), jQuery, Java, HTML5, Graphical User Interface Design (UI), MVC |
| Scrum Agile Methodology | 870 | +51 | Python, Linux, Java, C/C++, UNIX, Scripting Languages |
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 October 14, 2016 to November 13, 2016, 870 job postings required “Scrum Agile Methodology” as a skill and 30% or more of those 870 job postings also had other required/optional skill(s) such as “Python, Linux, Java, C/C++, UNIX, Scripting Languages”.
Scrum Agile Methology made it to the list this month and companies like Advanced Micro Devices, Amazon, Deloitte, IKEA, Perfect Bar and 3M have posted positions requiring this skill. ther hard skills that are not on this list but have seen an increase of 100 or more postings are D Language, DevOps, Internet of Things (IoT), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Atlassian JIRA, Jenkins and MongoDB.
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 October 14, 2016 to November 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 | 4,805 | -946 | |
| Certified Registered Nurse (RN) | 3,678 | +446 | Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| Basic Life Support (BLS) | 2,737 | +603 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Commercial Driver's License (CDL) | 1,720 | +698 | |
| Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) | 1,293 | -211 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) | 1,079 | +267 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration Certification (OSHA) | 899 | +14 | |
| Continuing Education (CE) | 837 | -234 | |
|
HAZMAT |
701 | -21 | |
| Food Safety Programs (HACCP) | 648 | -253 | |
| First Aid Certification | 454 | -133 | |
| Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA) | 416 | +91 | Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Basic Life Support (BLS), Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Patient Care Technician (PCT) |
| Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) | 402 | +62 | 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) |
| Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) | 401 | +67 | Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) |
|
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) |
382 | -101 | Occupational Safety & Health Administration Certification (OSHA) |
|
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) |
381 | +148 | 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) |
|
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) |
355 | -98 | |
|
Board Certified (BC) |
325 | +35 | |
| Project Management Professional (PMP) | 320 | -155 | |
| Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) | 307 | +60 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) |
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 October 14, 2016 to November 13, 2016, 3,678 job postings required “Certified Registered Nurse” as a certification and 30% or more of those 3,678 job postings also had other required/optional certification(s) such as “Basic Life Support (BLS)”.
Certifications that saw an increase of 200 or more postings are Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Basic Life Support (BLS), Secret Clearance,Certified Registered Nurse (RN) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
TOP EMPLOYERS
The table below lists the employers in the Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos MSA that posted available unique ads from October 14, 2016 to November 13, 2016.
| Employer | Ad Volume |
|---|---|
| Ascension Health | 812 |
| IBM | 786 |
| DELL | 618 |
| HCA - The Heathcare Company | 602 |
| ACCENTURE | 484 |
| Amazon | 357 |
| Goodwill Industries of Central Texas | 318 |
| Deloitte | 292 |
| Austin Medical Center | 286 |
| Compass Group | 283 |
| Scott & White | 248 |
| St. David's Medical Center | 247 |
| Target Corporation | 231 |
| The University of Texas System | 230 |
| Austin Independent School District | 225 |
| Robert Half International | 223 |
| Army National Guard | 218 |
| North Austin Medical Center | 208 |
| BROOKDALE | 180 |
| Apex Systems, Inc. | 174 |
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
Amazon, Target Corporation, Compass Group, St. David's Medical Center, St. David's Surgical Center and Whole Foods are the employers that have seen increase of more than 90 job postings year-to-year.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) Program (with data collection by Wanted Technologies)
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