The labor market continues to grow for the fourth month in a row: the number of vacancies in June increased by 4% to May and reached almost 94 thousand, but the dynamics of growth has slowed down a little, such results of regular research of the labor market released the company Work.ua.
“Slightly decreased growth rates and reduced the number of job seekers. However, salaries have increased, which is a natural reaction of employers to the competition for candidates. In general, the labor market continues to recover,” the document says.
According to it, the lower dynamics of growth in June compared to previous months (May +9%, April +14%, March +11%) can be explained by the onset of a low business season.
It is noted that Kyiv region became the leader in the number of vacancies and for the first time crossed the mark of 30.1 thousand, which is almost a third of the total number. The second place is occupied by Lviv region – 9 thousand vacancies or 10% of all offers, the third – Dnipropetrovsk region (8.9 thousand), the fourth – Odessa region (almost 6.9 thousand). Kharkiv region closes the top five with 3.4 thousand job offers.
Kharkiv region is also among the five regions with the largest increase in vacancies (+10%) along with Ivano-Frankivsk region (+10%, up to 3.1 thousand), Zaporizhzhya region (+9%, up to 1.7 thousand), Odessa region (+7%) and Volyn region (+6%, up to 1.9 thousand).
Specialists emphasized that in June there was more work in Kherson region: the increase in vacancies for the month amounted to 12%, but there are still few offers there – only 156.
As for the most demanded positions, the top five traditionally include sales consultant (8.2 thousand vacancies), sales manager (6.4 thousand), driver (3.3 thousand), cook (3.5 thousand) and accountant (3.2 thousand).
The biggest growth in June was shown by the vacancy of elementary school teacher (+44%, up to 187 vacancies).
“Predominantly private schools and kindergartens are looking for staff to prepare children for school during the summer vacation,” – according to Work.ua.
According to the data of the system of hiring management (SUN) Work.ua, the number of job seekers who created and updated resumes in June, decreased compared to a month earlier – by 4%, to 351 thousand. The vast majority of job seekers are women (57%). The largest proportion, 35% of the total, are candidates aged 16-24.
Among job seekers, 36% have no experience, 31% have minimal to 5 years of experience, and 33% have more than 5 years of experience.
The rate at which job seekers are competing for jobs has slowed from 20% in May to 17% in June. Jobs for digital specialists, mainly IT programmers, are in high demand. For example, the competition of applicants for the vacancy of Front-end programmer in June increased almost half as much as in May. Highly competitive vacancies also include chat specialist, video editor, copywriter, graphic designer.
Low competition and, accordingly, better chances to find a job in the positions of medical workers: gastroenterologist, hirudotherapist, ultrasound doctor.
The average salary in Ukraine for the first half of 2023, according to Work.ua, increased by 13% – from 15 thousand UAH to 17 thousand UAH.
In the regional context, the salary increased in Kyiv region – from 18.2 thousand UAH to 18.75 thousand UAH, Lviv region – from 16 thousand UAH to almost 16.78 thousand UAH, Odessa region – from 16 thousand UAH to almost 16.26 thousand UAH and Kharkiv region from 15 thousand UAH to 16 thousand UAH.
The highest salaries are offered to media barber – 55 thousand UAH, driver-international 40 thousand UAH, endodontist, construction project manager, supermarket manager – 35 thousand UAH, business analyst – 34 thousand UAH, as well as straightener and realtor – 32.5 thousand UAH.
The smallest salaries from 7 thousand UAH to 10 thousand UAH are offered to concierge, orderly, cleaner, dishwasher and porter.
