Survey reveals services sector driving job vacancy increase

A FÁS/ESRI survey released today has shown a modest increase in job vacancies last month with the services sector the main factor in the growth.

It shows that 16% of firms in the private sector reported vacancies in April compared to 15% in the previous month.

The increase in vacancies was driven solely by an increase in vacancies in the services sector with the percentage of firms reporting vacancies in this sector increasing by 2% to 25%.

For the third consecutive month vacancies in the industry sector remained unchanged at 15%, while reported vacancies in the retail sector fell by 1% to 1%.

The percentage of firms reporting vacancies in the construction sector remained stable at 10%.