Fewer job vacancies in 2024 than one year earlier

Characteristics of job vacancies

On average, 30,600 or 70 per cent of job vacancies in 2024 were offered by establishments owned by private enterprises, while the corresponding share in the previous year was 71 per cent. In all, 6,900 or 16 per cent of job vacancies were in establishments of municipalities, joint municipal authorities or wellbeing services counties, while one year earlier the share was 17 per cent.

Job vacancies decreased especially in the industry groups public administration, education, human health and social work activities (O to Q), and in trade, transportation and storage, accommodation and food service activities (G to I). The number of job vacancies also went down in industry (B to E) and information and communication (J). The number of job vacancies increased in the industry group of other service activities (R, S). Changes from one year ago were fairly small in the other industry groups.

Examined on the annual level, the share of part-time jobs in job vacancies has decreased compared to the previous year, while the share of fixed-term jobs has grown. The share of job vacancies considered hard-to-fill has decreased. Nineteen per cent of job vacancies were part-time in 2024, while the corresponding share was 22 per cent in 2023. The share of fixed-term jobs was 37 per cent of all job vacancies, while one year earlier the corresponding figure was 35 per cent. Employers estimated that an average of 42 per cent of the job vacancies were hard-to-fill, while the share was 56 per cent one year earlier.

The number of job vacancies decreased on the annual level in all major regions and in all size categories of establishments. The number of job vacancies decreased in every quarter of 2024 compared to the corresponding period in the previous year.