The number of job vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2025 stood at 28,400, down by 3,300 compared with the previous quarter and by 5,900 compared with the same period in 2024, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Thursday.
The job vacancy rate was estimated at 0.55%, decreasing by 0.07% quarter-on-quarter and by 0.12% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024, agerpres reports.
In Q4 2025, the highest job vacancy rates were recorded in electricity and heat production and supply, gas, hot water and air conditioning (1.86%), public administration (1.19%) and professional, scientific and technical activities (1.03%).
More than 15% of the total number of vacancies was concentrated in manufacturing (4,400 vacancies), where the vacancy rate stood at 0.42%.
The public sector accounted for around a quarter of the total number of vacancies: 3,200 in public administration, 2,800 in healthcare and social work, and 1,100 in education.
At the opposite end of the scale, the lowest vacancy rates were recorded in real estate activities (0.17%), other service activities (0.18%) and mining and quarrying (0.21%). These same sectors also recorded the fewest vacancies (fewer than 100 each).
Compared with the previous quarter, the most significant declines in the vacancy rate were observed in financial and insurance activities (-0.29%), administrative and support service activities (-0.18%), and manufacturing (-0.15%).
In terms of the number of vacancies, more notable decreases were recorded in manufacturing (-1,600 vacancies), administrative and support service activities, and wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (-600% vacancies in each case).
Conversely, the most significant increases, both in terms of rate and number of vacancies, were recorded in accommodation and food service activities (+0.15% and +400 vacancies), followed by professional, scientific and technical activities (+0.12% and +200 vacancies) and public administration (+0.09% and +200 vacancies).
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, the most marked declines in the vacancy rate were seen in arts, entertainment and recreation (-0.56%), wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, and public administration (-0.27% each), as well as financial and insurance activities (-0.26%).
In terms of vacancy numbers, more substantial decreases were observed in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (-2,200 vacancies) and manufacturing (-1,900 vacancies).
By contrast, the most notable increases in both the vacancy rate and number of vacancies were recorded in electricity and heat production and supply, gas, hot water and air conditioning (+0.34% and +200 vacancies), professional, scientific and technical activities (+0.30% and +500 vacancies), and constructions (+0.15% and +700 vacancies).
In Q4 2025, the highest vacancy rates were recorded among professionals (major group 2 - 0.74%) and clerical support workers (major group 4 - 0.66%).
The highest numbers of vacancies were registered among professionals (major group 2 - 9,000 vacancies) and service and sales workers (major group 5 - 4,200 vacancies).
The lowest values for both indicators were observed among skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (major group 6 - 0.24% and fewer than 100 vacancies) and legislators, senior officials and managers (major group 1 - 0.34% and 1,300 vacancies).
Compared with the previous quarter, with the exception of service and sales workers (major group 5), where the vacancy rate remained unchanged and the number of vacancies increased by only 100, all other major occupational groups recorded declines in both indicators.
Thus, the most significant decreases in both the vacancy rate and the number of vacancies were recorded among elementary occupations (major group 9 - down 0.14 percentage points and 1,000 vacancies) and craft and related trades workers (major group 7 - down 0.12 percentage points and 800 vacancies).
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, the most pronounced decline in both the vacancy rate and the number of vacancies was recorded among service and sales workers (major group 5 - down 0.33% and 2,700 vacancies).
Slight increases in both indicators were recorded only among skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (major group 6) and clerical support workers (major group 4).
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