Table 3 : Vacancies (other than those in the Civil Service)
by major occupation category

Number of vacancies

Percentage change
Major occupation category Mar.
2002
Dec.
2002
Mar.
2003
Mar. 2003
over
Mar. 2002
Mar. 2003
over
Dec. 2002
Managers and administrators 410 410 510

+25.5

+26.4

Professionals 1 270 1 140 1 100

-12.9

-2.8

Associate professionals 7 470 5 480 5 640

-24.5

+2.9

Clerks 4 070 3 350 3 590

-11.9

+7.0

Service workers and shop sales 3 890 3 010 2 260

-41.9

-25.0

    workers
Craft and related workers 590 460 560

-4.9

+22.8

Plant and machine operators 870 540 400

-54.4

-26.9

    and assemblers
Elementary occupations 2 220 1 840 1 860

-16.0

+1.5

Notes : (1) Figures relate only to those industries covered in the Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies and the Quarterly Employment Survey of Construction Sites.
(2) All figures are not seasonally adjusted.