Common measuregrowth_12m
12-month change
Ads in the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.
SkillsRolesIndustriesDefault for roles
Definition
Exactly what it counts
- Unit
- Percent change, with the ad counts
- Out of
- Ads in the previous 12 months
- Time window
- 728 days, ending with the latest complete week
- Sample
- At least 30 ads, otherwise we say “not enough ads” and draw nothing
- Available after
- 730 days of tracking for an item
- How it’s measured
- Roles: official occupation-level vacancy series. Skills: our own snapshots once two years are available.
- Known limits
- Occupation series are counted by the government agency, not by us, and can be revised.
- Source
- Job ad aggregatefor skillsOfficial statisticsfor rolesJob ad aggregatefor industries
Examples
What it looks like
Across Australia, all levels, this week.
Signals
How signals use it
Shown next to roles in lists for context. It does not trigger alerts: official series are revised, and a year is too slow to act on.