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March 2026 data were released on 15 April 2026.
What is IVI?
The Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) is a monthly count of online job advertisements compiled by Jobs and Skills Australia. Data are available by occupational groups, skill level groups, state or territory and by regional areas.
What can IVI be used for?
IVI results can provide insights into the Australian labour market by answering questions such as:
- Is labour demand broadly increasing or decreasing?
- Which regions of Australia have the highest demand for a particular occupation?
- Which skill levels are in high demand by state and territories?
- How are occupational trends changing over time?
IVI data provides a detailed and timely picture of online job advertisement activity. These can inform employment, education, and economic policy decisions. These data can help identify trends, acting as a proxy for recruitment activity, and can complement other economic indicators to assess the overall health of the labour market.
Key points
In seasonally adjusted terms, job advertisements increased by 1.2% (or 2,600 job advertisements) in March 2026 to stand at 214,800. Advertisement numbers continue at elevated levels, with around 25% more advertisements in the labour market presently than compared with the monthly average for 2019.
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The monthly Vacancy Report includes spotlights on key facets of the Australian labour market. These bring together the wider breadth of data produced by Jobs and Skills Australia and our external stakeholders to provide an overarching summary of a particular labour market segment.
This month’s spotlight is ‘Supporting communities, sustaining workforces: Labour demand for Welfare Support Workers’.
Methodology
The IVI methodology outlines how online job advertisement data are collected, processed and classified to produce reliable labour market indicators. It explains the sources of data, seasonal adjustment techniques and the regional and occupation structures used for analysis. The page also includes important guidance on interpreting IVI results. For full details, see the Internet Vacancy Index Methodology page.
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DownloadFuture release dates
The Vacancy Report is published on the third Wednesday of the month.
| For data covering | Release date |
|---|---|
| April 2026 | 20 May 2026 |
| May 2026 | 24 June 2026 |
| June 2026 | 22 July 2026 |
Caveats
Jobs and Skills Australia publishes seasonally adjusted IVI data to better show monthly fluctuations in job advertisements, which can be affected by seasonal factors and economic shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. There is some volatility in the IVI series month-on-month, particularly for results post-COVID-19, and as such results should be interpreted carefully.
Contact
The Internet Vacancy Index is an ongoing project that seeks to continuously improve the accounting of online job advertisements.1 Please email any enquiries or feedback to JSA-Nowcasting@jobsandskills.gov.au.
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Acknowledgements
Jobs and Skills Australia thanks Seek, CareerOne and Workforce Australia for their ongoing contribution to the IVI.
Footnotes
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