Malta recorded 9,158 job vacancies in the second quarter of 2025, marking a 13.2 % increase compared with the same period in 2024, according to the latest Job Vacancy Survey (JVS). The data points to growing labour demand across multiple sectors, particularly in the private economy and among small enterprises.
The largest share of vacancies originated from the wholesale and retail trade, transportation and storage, accommodation and food services, as well as professional, scientific, technical, administrative and support services. Together, these sectors generated more than half of all vacancies during the quarter. At the other end of the scale, real estate activities accounted for just 1 % of all advertised positions.
Public administration, defence, education, health and social work activities registered the highest year-on-year increase, adding 579 vacancies to reach a total of 1,232. Professional and scientific-related sectors followed with an increase of 256 vacancies. In contrast, information and communication activities saw the sharpest decline, with 191 fewer vacanciescompared to Q2 2024.
The survey highlights a structural pattern in the labour market: small enterprises (1–49 employees) were responsible for nearly half of all vacancies, while large enterprises (250+ employees) accounted for just 24.3 %.
Private sector employers continued to dominate job creation, contributing 92.3 % of all vacancies (8,456 posts), compared to 7.7 % in the public sector (702 posts).
Meanwhile, the total number of occupied posts in Q2 2025 reached 274,247, with over half concentrated in public administration, defence, education, health and social work, as well as in the wholesale and retail trade, transportation, and accommodation sectors. Large enterprises with 250 or more employees accounted for nearly 40 % of all jobs, while medium-sized units (50–249 employees) made up just over one quarter.
The job vacancy rate stood at 3.2 %, up 0.2 percentage points from both the previous quarter and the same quarter in 2024. The highest vacancy rate was observed in arts, entertainment and recreation, and other services (4.6 %). Conversely, the public sector and social services registered the lowest rate at 1.7 %.
Breaking it down by enterprise size, small firms faced the most acute demand for workers, with a vacancy rate of 4.3 %, compared with 2.0 % in large companies. Sectorally, the private economy registered a rate of 3.8 %, significantly higher than the 1.2 % reported in the public sector.
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