Conversely, the number of applicants per job fell 1%, the first fall since January 2022, in nearly four years, suggesting an easing in demand and less competition for positions.<\/p>\n
Wages rose just under 1% in the three months ended November, the fastest quarterly growth in 18 months.<\/p>\n
\u201cA relatively broad pick up in advertised salaries across the country points to a more positive outlook for the labour market as we head into 2026,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnnual average advertised salary growth has begun to accelerate, with a notable increase in the most recent quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n
The annual wage growth was 2.5%, with the strongest rate in the South Island.<\/p>\n
The biggest annual rise of 9.7% was for Real Estate and Property positions, which Clark said might reflect firms hiring in anticipation of a pick-up in the housing market.<\/p>\n
Other sectors in demand were healthcare, legal staff, mining and resources, and media \u2013 all showing 4% or more rises in salaries.<\/p>\n
Stats NZ data showed wages grew 2.1% in the year ended September.<\/p>\n
The Seek surveys mirrored other economic indicators that showed the South Island leading activity and recovery.<\/p>\n
The strongest annual job advert growth rates were in the south \u2013 Southland up 27%, Otago up 17%, and Canterbury up 16%, with strong growth in construction, trades, manufacturing, and transport.<\/p>\n
Wellington and Waikato had double-figure growth but Auckland continued to languish with no monthly growth and 1% annual growth.<\/p>\n
Canterbury outpaced the country in annual salary growth at 3.2%, with the North Island outside of Auckland and Wellington at 3%.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor candidates, the message is one of cautious optimism \u2013 the market is clearly improving, but that improvement is uneven across regions and sectors,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conversely, the number of applicants per job fell 1%, the first fall since January 2022, in nearly four…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3113,95,806,138,4596,3105,60827,3112,111,139,69,15407,1436,11925,418,810,33281],"class_list":["post-184758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-ads","tag-and","tag-as","tag-business","tag-competition","tag-data","tag-eases","tag-job","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pick","tag-rise","tag-seek","tag-shows","tag-up","tag-wages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}