In 2016, the number of online job ads grew by 14.7% compared to 2015, according to a report from Jobfeed, a Big Data tool for vacancies for recruitment technology firm Textkernel.

The report, ‘The Belgian online job market in 2016’, vacancies for internships, student jobs, volunteering, freelance and franchises were omitted. 

The West Flanders province saw the largest growth with an increase of 0.7% market share compared with 2015.  Meanwhile, construction and mining saw the largest increase of 0.9% market share compared to last year. While ICT saw a decline of -0.8% market share.

Among the occupations, administrative assistant was the most sought after profession in online vacancies in 2016.