This paper measures changes in job vacancies in New Zealand advertised by businesses on the two main internet job boards – SEEK and Trade Me Jobs.

In seasonally adjusted terms, that skilled job vacancies fell by 2.0% in February, following a 7.4% increase in January. All job vacancies also decreased down 1.3% from last month. Over the year to February, skilled vacancies increased by 16.4%, while all vacancies increased by 18.1%.