Austin Job Postings Report October 2016
Posted on 11/07/2016 by Kwee Lan Teo
AUSTIN JOB POSTINGS REPORT OCTOBER 2016
AUSTIN - ROUND ROCK - SAN MARCOS MSA
(SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 to OCTOBER 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 40,750 Available Job Postings during the monthly reporting period, a decrease of 3,350 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 340 jobs. The list includes Aliya Financial, Able Design Group, SpeachMe, SolarCity, Innowave RF, Hello Soda, Deep Eddy Vodka, Cognitive Scale, CipherLoc and Aceable.
TOP JOB POSTINGS
The chart and table below lists the available unique ads in major occupation groups from September 14, 2016 to October 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 | 7,466 | -9.20% | -753 |
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 4262 | -9.80% | -464 |
| Sales & Related Occupations | 4,188 | -10.10% | -469 |
| Healthcare Practitioners & Technical Occupations | 4,155 | -8.40% | -383 |
| Management Occupations | 3,652 | -1.30% | -49 |
| Business & Financial Operations Occupations | 2,473 | -7.30% | -194 |
| Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations | 2,290 | -2.40% | -56 |
| Transportation & Material Moving Occupations | 1,873 | -7.50% | -152 |
| Installation, Maintenance & Repair Occupations | 1,520 | -6.10% | -99 |
| Construction & Extraction Occupations | 1,307 | -5.70% | -79 |
| Others (13) | 7,561 | -7.90% | -649 |
| Total (23) | 40,747 | -7.60% | -3,347 |
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
There were approximately 40,750 Available Job Postings during the October 2016 monthly reporting period, a decrease of about 3,350 Available Job Postings compared to October 2015. About 7,500 or 18 percent of the available postings during the October reporting period fell under Computer and Mathematical Occupations.
Other occupational groups not reflected in this report that accounts for another 5,000 Available Job Openings are Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations (3%), Architecture and Engineering Occupations (3%), Healthcare Support Occupations (2%), Education, Training, and Library Occupations (2%) and Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (2%). Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations and Healthcare Support Occupations were the two occupational groups that saw a very slight increase in postings compared to the same time last year.
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 3.5% or 39,100 unemployed in September 2016. The Austin MSA reported an annual job growth rate of 3.0% or 28,900 net new jobs in September 2016, making Austin the ninth best performing among the 50 largest metro areas. Professional and Business Services added the most jobs (6,000 or 3.7%) in the past year. The fastest growing industries are Wholesale Trade (8.8%) and Construction and Natural Resources (8.6%).
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 October 2012 through October 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)
Note: The data for October 2016 would be the sum of all posted ads from September 14, 2016 to October 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 31,600 in October 2012 and have risen to 40,750 in October 2016. Of the 40,750 job postings, about half are New Job Postings. About 81% are for full-time positions, 12% are part-time positions, 6% are contract positions and about 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 September 14, 2016 to October 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, Management Analysts, Sales Managers, Network and Computer Systems Administrators, Medical and Health Services Managers and Maintenance and Repair Workers, General were the few occupations that saw a very slight year-to-year increase in postings.
About 1% or 480 of the available job postings, not reflected in this report, are for internship positions. The top internship postings are for Registered Nurses, Electricians, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Civil Engineers and Public Relations Specialists. Both the Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations and Architecture and Engineering Occupations saw a slight increase in internship postings while the Computer and Mathematical Occupations and Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media 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 September 14, 2016 to October 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 20 occupations in our region require a Bachelor's degree while almost all the rest require an educational qualification of less than an Associate's degree.
Registered Nurses remain the top occupation and a significant increase in postings are from Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals. Software Developers, Applications saw an increase in postings from All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores).
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 September 14, 2016 to October 13, 2016.
Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2015
The Computer and Mathematical Occupations saw almost 750 less Available Job Postings compared to the same period last year. Software Developers, Applications, Computer User Support Specialists, Web Developers, Computer Systems Analysts, Computer Programmers and Computer Systems Engineers/Architects saw its postings decrease by 80 or more.
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 September 14, 2016 to October 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, Visa, TexcelVision Inc., Advanced Micro Devices, BAE Systems Group, Whole Foods, Wipro Ltd., RedSalsa, Austin Fraser USA, innoSoul, Inc., Solarwinds, Social Solutions and Trend Micro have increase their postings under Computer and Mathematical Occupations.
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 September 14, 2016 to October 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 September 14, 2016 to October 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 St. David's Surgical Hospital, Heart Hospital of Austin, HCA - The Healthcare Company,Scott & White, RehabCare, HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, US Oncology - Corporate, Kindred at Home and Satellite Healthcare have seen an increase in postings under this category.
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 September 14, 2016 to October 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 | 2,505 | -250 | |
| Quality Assurance (QA) | 2,213 | -429 | |
| D Language | 2,021 | +1,844 | |
| Linux | 1,872 | -384 | UNIX, Java, Python |
| Structured Query Language (SQL) | 1,790 | -307 | Java |
| Bilingual | 1,692 | -496 | |
| JavaScript (JS) | 1,638 | -128 | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), jQuery |
| Python | 1,516 | -45 | Java, Linux, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) |
| Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | 1,394 | -305 | |
| Pediatrics | 1,225 | +7 | |
| Software as a Service (SaaS) | 1,190 | +195 | |
| Quality Control | 1,174 | -174 | |
| Technical Support | 1,152 | -285 | |
| C/C++ | 1,093 | +728 | Java, Python, Linux, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) |
| Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) | 1,062 | -63 | Java |
| Web Services | 1,025 | -214 | Java, JavaScript (JS), Structured Query Language (SQL) |
| Salesforce CRM SFDC | 1,025 | -156 | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) |
| UNIX | 1,007 | -162 | Linux, Java, Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | 979 | -208 | JavaScript (JS), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java |
| Practical Extraction and Reporting Language (PERL) | 960 | -50 | 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 September 14, 2016 to October 13, 2016, 1,638 job postings required “JavaScript (JS)” as a skill and 30% or more of those 1,638 job postings also had other required/optional skill(s) such as “Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and jQuery”.
D Language is a hard skill that Wanted Technologies is beginning to track. C/C++ saw the largest year-to-year increase in demand and other notable increases not on this list are DevOps, Amazon Web Services and Node.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 September 14, 2016 to October 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 | 4,959 | -445 | |
| Certified Registered Nurse (RN) | 4,181 | 83 | Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| Basic Life Support (BLS) | 3,011 | 280 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Commercial Driver's License (CDL) | 2,058 | 1,131 | |
| Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) | 1,431 | -192 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN) |
| Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) | 1,144 | -9 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) |
| Continuing Education (CE) | 893 | -218 | |
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration Certification (OSHA) | 880 | -59 | |
| Food Safety Programs (HACCP) | 749 | -89 | |
| HAZMAT | 715 | -134 | Commercial Driver's License (CDL) |
| Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA) | 526 | 203 | 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) |
| First Aid Certification | 461 | -57 | |
| Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) | 460 | 151 | 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) |
| Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) | 445 | 213 | 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) |
| Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) | 437 | -80 | Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) |
| Certified Public Accountant (CPA) | 427 | -47 | |
| Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) | 408 | 97 | Certified Registered Nurse (RN), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | 403 | -92 | |
| Board Certified (BC) | 342 | 47 | |
| Special Education (SPED) | 341 | -115 |
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 September 14, 2016 to October 13, 2016, 4,181 job postings required “Certified Registered Nurse” as a certification and 30% or more of those 4,181 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), Accounting, Basic Life Support (BLS), Secret Clearance, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Patient Care Technician (PCT) and Certified in Nursing Administration (CNA).
TOP EMPLOYERS
The table below lists the employers in the Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos MSA that posted available unique ads from September 14, 2016 to October 13, 2016.
| Employer | Ad Volume |
|---|---|
| Ascension Health | 890 |
| IBM | 861 |
| DELL | 673 |
| HCA - The Heathcare Company | 572 |
| ACCENTURE | 450 |
| Amazon | 344 |
| The University of Texas System | 322 |
| Goodwill Industries of Central Texas | 308 |
| Deloitte | 287 |
| Austin Medical Center | 276 |
| Compass Group | 271 |
| St. David's Medical Center | 251 |
| Robert Half International | 244 |
| Scott & White | 243 |
| Aerotek | 233 |
| Austin Independent School District | 220 |
| North Austin Medical Center | 213 |
| Randstad | 199 |
| Apex Systems, Inc. | 190 |
| Target Corporation | 174 |
| Hilton Worldwide | 161 |
| Apple, Inc. | 161 |
| BROOKDALE | 155 |
| Kforce Professional Staffing, Inc. | 154 |
| Visa | 138 |
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)
Related Categories: Education and Talent, Job Postings Report