Figures for Destination Perth cover ABS region Greater Perth (GCCSA 5GPER). Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads.
Figure 1: Online trades job ads a month, Greater PerthTrades occupations: automotive and engineering trades, construction trades, and electrotechnology and telecommunications trades. Three-month average, September 2025 to September 2026.
Automotive and engineering trades
Construction trades
Electrotechnology and telecommunications trades
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
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Online trades job ads a month, Greater Perth
Month
Automotive and engineering trades
Construction trades
Electrotechnology and telecommunications trades
Total
September 2025
1,563
492
664
2,719
October 2025
1,565
503
687
2,755
November 2025
1,502
478
667
2,647
December 2025
1,396
406
618
2,420
January 2026
1,404
413
639
2,456
February 2026
1,456
455
658
2,569
March 2026
1,619
516
737
2,872
April 2026
1,508
475
682
2,665
May 2026
1,504
466
690
2,660
June 2026
1,501
481
667
2,649
July 2026
1,646
506
719
2,871
August 2026
1,714
519
727
2,960
September 2026
1,756
519
727
3,002
Unemployment rate
4.3%
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · down 0.1 points on September 2025[3][4]
Employed people
1,385,451
ViewJobs analysis of ABS, September 2026 · up 4.0% since September 2025[3][4]
Online job ads a month (all jobs)
23,190
JSA, September 2026 · up 8.6% since September 2025[1]
People in Workforce Australia employment services
65,940
ViewJobs analysis of DEWR, June 2026 · up 4.3% since June 2025[5][6]
Figure 2: People employed in trades occupations in Destination PerthAn estimated 124,984 people employed in September 2026: up 2.0% on September 2025, and up 19.3% on September 2021. One point each September, 2021 to 2026.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[7]; ViewJobs[8].
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People employed in trades occupations in Destination Perth
Trades & Services work in Destination Perth, answered
How many Trades & Services jobs are there in Destination Perth?
553 Trades & Services jobs are live on ViewJobs in Destination Perth, from 211 employers and recruiters. 103 were posted in the last 7 days. 421 are full-time, 79 casual and 21 apprenticeship.
Is demand for Trades & Services workers in Destination Perth growing?
Demand is rising. Employers in Destination Perth, across the area Greater Perth, placed about 3,002 online ads a month for trades jobs in the three months to September 2026, up 10.4% on a year earlier (2,719). Ads for automotive and engineering trades rose from 1,563 to 1,756 a month. Ads for electrotechnology and telecommunications trades rose from 664 to 727 a month.
Sources: Jobs and Skills Australia[1]; ViewJobs analysis[2].
Who is hiring Trades & Services workers in Destination Perth?
Compass Group has the most live ads of any direct employer (20). Next are Design & Technology (14) and PageUp Results (14). 211 employers and recruiters have live ads in all.
What do Trades & Services jobs pay in Destination Perth?
118 ads state an hourly rate: $23 to $117.45 an hour, with a typical midpoint of $52.50. 54 more state pay in other units, 40 describe pay in words or a form not counted here, and 341 of the 553 ads state no pay.
What is the job market like in Destination Perth overall?
Online job ads for all occupations in Destination Perth, across the area Greater Perth, averaged 23,190 a month in the three months to September 2026, up 8.6% on a year earlier.
What is the unemployment rate in Destination Perth?
The unemployment rate in Destination Perth, across the area Greater Perth, was 4.3% in September 2026, down 0.1 points on a year earlier (ABS modelled estimate).
Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics[3]; ViewJobs analysis[4].
Are Destination Perth Trades & Services jobs mostly full-time?
Most are full-time: 421 of 553 (76%). 79 are casual (14%), 21 apprenticeship (4%), 19 temporary (3%) and 13 part-time (2%).
[2]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/internet-vacancy-index. The three trades occupation groups combined.
[6]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Workforce Australia Caseload by Selected Cohorts, June 2026. dewr.gov.au/employment-services-data/workforce-australia-caseload-data. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.
[7]Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-10/2026-09_nero.zip. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 27 October 2026. Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), September 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
[8]ViewJobs, ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, September 2026. jobsandskills.gov.au/data/nero. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions. The occupation group is an approximation: Jobs and Skills Australia's job-ads groups mapped to ANZSCO unit groups.
[9]ViewJobs, Live job ads on ViewJobs, 30 Oct 2026. viewjobs.com.au.
Method
Online job ads: Jobs and Skills Australia's Internet Vacancy Index is a monthly count of online job ads, compiled from SEEK, CareerOne and Workforce Australia. Regional figures are three-month averages. It is not a count of ViewJobs' own ads. Published under CC BY 4.0.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional Labour Force: monthly unemployment, participation and employment are the ABS's Regional Labour Force modelled estimates: the ABS combines its Labour Force Survey with administrative data to estimate each labour market region. They are in original terms, not seasonally adjusted, so every change here compares a month with the same month a year earlier. The ABS's labour market regions follow the 2011 boundaries of its SA4 regions, which differ slightly from today's in a few areas. Published under CC BY 4.0.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: estimated employment by occupation, published under CC BY 4.0. Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
ViewJobs live ads: ads open on ViewJobs in the Trades & Services classification, placed in Destination Perth, counted on 30 Oct 2026.
ViewJobs analysis: a figure that adds up several occupation groups, industries or areas, and the rates worked out from such a sum. The sources publish the parts; the sum is ViewJobs' own, and its reference says what was combined.
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ViewJobs (2026). Trades & Services jobs in Destination Perth, WA, data to September 2026. https://www.viewjobs.com.au/jobs/wa/regional-rural/destination-perth/trades-and-services
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