Accounting jobs are up around 20 per cent compared to the same time last year, despite a slight dip in the month of June, according to Ambition’s Accounting Jobs Index.
Contract and permanent accounting jobs for June 2011 were up nationally year on year by 19.3 per cent, indicating the underlying stability of the improving jobs market, Ambition stated.
The increase was led by Melbourne (up 25.6 per cent) and Brisbane (up 23.1 per cent) with national growth strongest from November 2010 to March 2011 before a large dip in April.
That stall corresponded with a recent dive in the stock market, said Gavin Houchell, managing director of Ambition Finance & Accounting.
“The supply of candidates is there but this is a demand-driven hesitation,” he said.
“We’ve seen the trend towards new job creation cooling off. Demand is the key driver at the moment but it’s currently a ‘wait and see’ scenario for employers,” Houchell said.
The June 2011 dip in accounting job numbers is more like a temporary correction and Ambition is still optimistic about the second half of 2011, he said.
