{"id":439376,"date":"2026-05-22T03:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439376\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:12:08","slug":"seek-data-shows-4-1-monthly-increase-in-ai-related-skills-in-job-ads-for-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/439376\/","title":{"rendered":"Seek data shows 4.1% monthly increase in AI-related skills in job ads for April"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seek country manager Rob Clark said references to AI job ads had been steadily increasing over time in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe increases we\u2019re seeing likely reflects the broader evolution in demand for AI-related skills and the ability to use AI in day-to-day work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been seeing a shift toward more generalised use of AI, with growing emphasis on the ability to apply AI tools in practical settings and support productivity improvements across a wider range of roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, AI-related skills in job ads still account for a relatively small share of total job ads, Clark said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on historical trends and continued adoption of AI-related tools and capabilities across industries, we can expect references to AI in job ads will likely continue to steadily rise \u2013 albeit from a lower share of total job ads,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced the Government would slash 8700 public sector jobs<\/a>, while increasing AI use.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Newstalk ZB\u2019s Mike Hosking Breakfast, Willis said she wanted the public service to \u201cget out of the 80s\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She said AI was \u201cincredible\u201d at slashing the amount of time needed for mundane tasks, revealing her staff used it to write a report on public service reform.<\/p>\n

Clark said the rise in overall April job ads \u201csuggest the market remains in a steady, if unspectacular, upward trend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe increased activity through early 2026 is holding its shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Infrastructure, trades, logistics and operational roles remain strong, Clark said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe South Island continues to be where the numbers are most striking. The region has been a consistent performer throughout this cycle, driven by a concentration of goods-producing industries, infrastructure activity and operational roles that have proven relatively resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monthly job ad volumes in Auckland and Wellington rose 1.6% and 0.4% respectively.<\/p>\n

Job ad volumes in construction rose 2.5% month on month and led annual gains at 44.8%.<\/p>\n

There were also strong monthly increases for trades and services (+3.4%) and manufacturing, transport and logistics (+2.8%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seek country manager Rob Clark said references to AI job ads had been steadily increasing over time in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[35025,3113,365,224522,54170,9556,363,364,13982,3105,4190,2082,17240,78,5345,9557,3112,48299,111,139,69,67666,11925,418,16708,145,10119,17708],"class_list":["post-439376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-35025","tag-ads","tag-ai","tag-airelated","tag-april","tag-artificial","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-continues","tag-data","tag-demand","tag-for","tag-grow","tag-in","tag-increase","tag-intelligence","tag-job","tag-monthly","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rapidly","tag-seek","tag-shows","tag-skills","tag-technology","tag-within","tag-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439376","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=439376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}