PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 11 June 2015

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1 PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 11 June 2015 Job vacancies in paid employment in Belgium in 2014 In 2014, there were 83,010 job vacancies and 3,645,420 occupied posts in Belgian enterprises according to Eurostat definitions. This means that 2.23% of jobs in paid employment were vacant (see table 1). This information is derived from the ly Job Vacancy Survey (also called 'JVS' or 'Job Vacancy Statistics'). Since 2012, 11,000 enterprises have completed on average the online questionnaire on the number of occupied posts and job vacancies by status (fixed or temporary) and region. Two new features have been introduced compared to 2013: 1) economic O (public administration and defence; compulsory social security), P (education) and Q (human health and social work ) have been added (1,349,180 additional posts, of which 20,880 are vacant); 2) the ly data are now estimated by region. Compared to the results of 2013 (excluding sectors O, P and Q), the survey indicates a stagnation in the number of job vacancies (61,620 in 2013 and 62,130 in 2014) and in the job vacancy rate (2.58% in 2013 and 2.61% in 2014) (see table 1). However, the ly data show a significant decrease in the number of job vacancies (-0.7%) at the end of the year (from 59,690 to 55,710 between the fourth s of 2013 and 2014, see table 2). Even though it was limited to a number of sectors (trade, construction, manufacturing and business support service ), the National Bank of Belgium's business survey among enterprises also shows that the business environment was gradually declining at the end of 2014 (see Moreover, most of the job vacancies in 2014 were concentrated in a number of sectors: 80.9% of these vacancies were in trade (G-I), construction (F), industry (B-E), non-market services (O-Q), scientific and administrative service (M-N) (see chart 1). However, the sectors that most often require technical skills had the highest job vacancy rates: 3.9% in scientific and administrative service (M-N) and 4.14% in information and communication (J) (see table 1). The majority of these job vacancies were recorded in the Flemish Region (61.2% of job vacancies, see chart 2). The Brussels-Capital Region and the Flemish Region had the highest job vacancy rates: 2.45% in the Brussels- Capital Region and 2.27% in the Flemish Region, compared to 2.00% in the Walloon Region. A higher job vacancy rate for the Walloon Region was only registered for industry (B-E): 2.46% for the Walloon Region compared to 1.97% for the Flemish Region and 1.51% for the Brussels- Capital Region (see table 3).

2 2/6 Finally, these job vacancies were often aimed at temporary workers: 14.6% of the job vacancies in However, this share increased to 19.3% if the jobs in non-market sectors (O-Q) are excluded from the analysis (see chart 3). They even represented 34.6% of job vacancies in industry (B-E), 17.4% in scientific and administrative service (M-N) and 17.1% in trade, transportation and accommodation and food service (G-I) (see table 1). Temporary employment also had the highest job vacancy rate (12.8% in 2014) especially due to the legally limited duration of the activity. Table 1: Number of occupied posts and job vacancies in 2013 and 2014 by NACE economic activity (B to S) B-E Industry Economic activity F Construction G-I Trade, transportation and accommodation and food service J Information and communication K Financial and insurance L Real estate M-N Scientific and administrative service O-Q Non-market sectors R-S Other service Year Occupied posts Job vacancies Job vacancy rate Fixed Tempora Total Fixed Tempo Total Fixed Tempo Total ry rary rary ,490 22, ,460 7,260 3,510 10, % 13.27% 1.90% ,740 22, ,560 7,470 3,910 11, % 14.64% 2.07% ,510 4, ,010 5, , % 15.67% 2.92% ,210 4, ,170 4, , % 16.14% 2.53% ,310 26, ,680 16,940 3,330 20, % 11.21% 2.40% ,720 29, ,540 17,220 3,560 20, % 10.67% 2.37% ,660 1,510 99,170 3, , % 11.29% 3.38% ,580 1,410 95,990 3, , % 14.61% 4.14% ,670 1, ,080 1, , % 8.20% 1.38% , ,100 1, , % 13.41% 1.51% , , % 13.10% 1.60% , , % 24.79% 2.41% ,810 31, ,040 11,620 4,490 16, % 12.57% 3.87% ,180 18, ,050 13,010 2,740 15, % 12.68% 3.90% ,326,420 1,880 1,328,300 20, , % 6.79% 1.55% ,600 1,920 89,520 1, , % 25.58% 2.80% ,590 1,980 90,570 2, , % 17.06% 2.59% B-N and R-S combined ,237,980 90,070 2,328,050 48,450 13,170 61, % 12.76% 2.58% B-S combined ,236,120 81,000 2,317,120 50,120 12,010 62, % 12.93% 2.61% ,562,540 82,880 3,645,420 70,860 12,150 83, % 12.80% 2.23% Source: Quarterly Job Vacancy Survey (JVS), 2013 and 2014

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4 Table 2: Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rates in 2013 and 2014 by and NACE economic activity (B to S) Economic Year Job vacancies Job vacancy rate activity 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th B-E Industry ,300 10,690 10,710 11, % 1.89% 1.90% 2.02% ,660 12,440 12,040 10, % 2.25% 2.19% 1.91% F Construction G-I Trade, transportation and accommodation and food service J Information and communication K Financial and insurance L Real estate M-N Scientific and administrative service O-Q Non-market sectors R-S Other service B-N and R-S combined ,750 5,640 7,390 5, % 2.59% 3.41% 2.54% ,980 6,730 4,690 5, % 3.13% 2.22% 2.40% ,670 22,130 18,120 20, % 2.62% 2.12% 2.40% ,160 22,860 20,740 20, % 2.63% 2.39% 2.36% ,010 3,850 3,730 3, % 3.69% 3.48% 3.32% ,040 4,090 4,310 4, % 4.21% 4.22% 4.06% ,980 2,070 1,880 1, % 1.66% 1.30% 1.04% ,500 1,910 2,210 2, % 1.48% 1.71% 1.65% % 1.80% 1.92% 1.18% % 2.65% 3.51% 1.88% ,220 18,780 17,420 15, % 4.45% 4.19% 3.52% ,960 15,360 23,080 11, % 3.90% 5.73% 2.74% ,530 22,430 19,990 14, % 1.61% 1.51% 1.08% ,150 3,140 2,310 2, % 3.36% 2.49% 3.01% ,990 2,650 2,240 1, % 2.77% 2.41% 1.92% ,310 66,580 61,870 59, % 2.79% 2.56% 2.49% ,520 66,470 69,860 55, % 2.81% 2.94% 2.34% B-S combined ,050 88,900 89,850 70, % 2.36% 2.43% 1.88% Source: Quarterly Job Vacancy Survey (JVS), 2013 and /6

5 Table 3: Number of occupied posts and job vacancies in 2013 and 2014 by region and NACE economic sector (B to S) Economic activity Year Occupied posts Job vacancies Job vacancy rate Brussels Flemish Walloon Brussels Flemish Walloon Brussels Flemish Walloon Region Region Region Region Region Region B-E Industry , , , ,280 2, % 1.82% 2.17% , , , ,680 3, % 1.97% 2.46% F Construction G-I Trade, transportation and accommodation and food service J Information and communication K Financial and insurance L Real estate M-N Scientific and administrative service O-Q Non-market sectors R-S Other service , ,250 64, ,060 1, % 3.00% 2.74% , ,690 59, ,830 1, % 2.80% 1.81% , , ,420 2,960 13,820 4, % 2.64% 2.25% , , ,320 3,180 13,180 4, % 2.42% 1.98% ,960 52,270 15, , % 4.20% 2.46% ,640 51,270 15, , % 5.06% 2.96% ,250 57,210 18, % 1.60% 0.68% ,460 56,790 16, % 1.60% 0.92% ,450 6,840 4, % 1.79% 1.04% ,540 7,350 4, % 2.10% 1.83% , ,930 89,080 2,850 10,320 2, % 4.09% 3.19% , ,010 86,490 2,660 10,140 2, % 4.31% 3.30% , , ,150 4,050 10,980 5, % 1.43% 1.55% ,030 43,810 23, , % 3.06% 2.15% ,800 44,730 24, , % 2.55% 2.61% B-N and R-S combined ,830 1,436, ,220 9,130 40,210 13, % 2.72% 2.38% B-S combined ,400 1,431, ,390 9,210 39,820 13, % 2.71% 2.30% ,400 2,189, ,540 13,260 50,800 18, % 2.27% 2.00% Source: Quarterly Job Vacancy Survey (JVS), 2013 and /6

6 6/6 Additional information For more information, please contact Stephan Moens: +32 (0)2/ Source Additional figures Tables with detailed data can be found on: More information at European level: