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

Number of vacancies

Percentage change
Major occupation category Dec.
1999
Sep.
2000
Dec.
2000
Dec. 2000
over
Dec. 1999
Dec. 2000
over
Sep. 2000
Managers and administrators 380 630 500 +33.9 -19.7
Professionals 2 340 3 510 2 360 +0.9 -32.7
Associate professionals 9 320 12 540 8 650 -7.2 -31.0
Clerks 3 870 6 320 5 490 +41.8 -13.1
Service workers and shop sales
    workers
4 280 5 760 3 870 -9.5 -32.8
Craft and related workers 890 1 320 940 +6.3 -28.2
Plant and machine operators
    assemblers
1 320 1 240 790 -40.4 -36.4
Elementary occupations 2 890 4 480 2 680 -7.3 -40.3
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.