JOB MARKET REVIEW – KSA (FEBRUARY 2016)

Monster Employment Index KSA declines three percent on the year
Consumer Goods/ FMCG, Food & Packaged Food , Home Appliance, Garments/ Textiles/ Leather, Gems & Jewellery continues to chart the steepest growth, year-on-year
Hospitality records the steepest fall in online recruitment activity on an annual basis
Among job roles, Health Care registers the most notable growth in demand on the year

UAE Top Growth Industries						UAE Lowest Growth Industries
Year-over-year Growth	Feb15		Feb16		% GrowthY-o-Y	Year-over-year Growth	Feb15	Feb16	% Growth Y-o-Y
Health Care	139		245		76%	Hospitality	109	106	-3%
Education	127		218		72%	Advertising, Market Research, Public Relations, Media and Entertainment	96	92	-4%
IT and Telecom/ISP	90		142		58%	Oil and Gas	79	73	-8%
UAE Top Growth Occupations						UAE Lowest Growth Occupations
Year-over-year Growth	Feb15	Feb16		% Growth Y-o-Y		Year-over-year Growth	Feb15	Feb16	% Growth Y-o-Y
Sales and BD	107	187		75%		Purchase / Logistics / Supply Chain	121	133	10%
Health Care	149	247		66%		Hospitality and Travel	99	93	-6%
Software, Hardware, Telecom	99	158		60%		Finance and Account	110	100	-9%

	2015											2016
	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
Engineering, Construction and Real Estate	146	151	156	149	151	140	131	143	147	154	158	142	147
BFSI	192	201	217	218	217	214	183	187	214	195	188	167	156
Production/ Manufacturing, Automotive and Ancillary	78	80	83	72	84	82	76	83	82	92	78	74	83
Retail/Trade and Logistics	162	163	166	177	174	174	172	178	173	182	155	139	140
Oil and Gas	83	83	75	80	83	84	75	71	78	75	73	70	74
IT and Telecom/ISP	110	116	120	123	131	132	121	122	134	136	131	118	127
Hospitality	205	212	220	230	226	210	203	203	223	192	191	183	167
Education	199	197	203	203	209	202	197	197	198	177	174	173	178
Chemicals/ Plastic/ Rubber, Paints, Fertilizer/ Pesticides	81	81	91	88	95	99	93	89	96	93	100	96	91
Consumer Goods/ FMCG, Food & Packaged Food , Home Appliance, Garments/ Textiles/ Leather, Gems & Jewellery	78	81	91	77	76	78	77	78	84	89	93	95	71
Health Care	151	151	152	165	169	149	166	159	172	182	161	163	175
Advertising, Market Research, Public Relations, Media and Entertainment	148	155	157	164	163	153	144	132	136	133	127	118	106

	2015											2016
	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
Engineering and Production	131	136	140	145	151	140	142	147	142	148	152	128	125
Finance and Account	172	169	190	176	173	170	155	155	156	147	174	167	142
HR & Admin.	174	179	183	192	191	185	182	181	200	202	169	159	163
Sales and BD	213	232	232	246	249	249	236	250	253	252	212	201	202
Purchase / Logistics / Supply Chain	104	98	109	112	114	115	115	110	97	102	107	105	105
Hospitality and Travel	198	200	205	213	211	190	193	197	184	179	152	147	134
Health Care	140	140	140	161	164	134	159	166	190	204	179	187	206
Software, Hardware, Telecom	141	174	174	174	189	196	170	151	166	191	175	162	180
Marketing & Communications /Arts /Creative	202	212	222	234	232	216	205	194	183	190	158	154	150
Customer service	54	55	70	60	72	69	74	76	99	108	75	71	73
Legal	119	120	128	120	115	123	111	107	97	95	100	91	103