Overall posting volumes and trends in Labour Insight remain stable, and the changes described here are limited to how some postings are classified.
Product affected: Labour Insight Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
Overview
What is changing?
Lightcast is investing in Labour Insight by moving it onto our new infrastructure. As part of this, we are aligning classification across our products, so the postings you see in Labour Insight will be classified in the same way as the postings in our data shares and Job Postings API.
Timeline: when will this change take place?
The release is planned for end of business day on 26th October 2026
What are the benefits of this change?
Consistent classification across Labour Insight, Lightcast data shares and the Lightcast Job Postings API.
Access to ongoing classification improvements as soon as they are released across Lightcast products.
Improved coding of skills, education and experience requirements, and Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy (LOT) occupations.
How does this prepare Labour Insight for future improvements?
This move sets up Labour Insight to benefit from wider improvements Lightcast is making to its company and skills data, as these are rolled out across our products.
Lightcast Companies: from 20 November 2026, Lightcast Companies becomes the default company database across job postings and profiles. It brings expanded global company coverage, improved name normalisation, parent and subsidiary hierarchies, and a flag for staffing companies. For Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, more companies will also be classified with a local industry code, giving you a fuller view of industry demand.
Lightcast Skills: Taxonomy, Methodology and Skills v10: Skills v10, adds a dedicated Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning category with 12 subcategories. It also consolidates over 1,000 overlapping skills, so each skill represents one distinct concept and is easier to find and analyse.
Impact
What will this change mean for me?
Total posting volumes are effectively unchanged.
Rankings of top values remain consistent across almost all fields. Most top values move by less than 1%. A small number of categories show larger shifts, which are set out in the section below.
Will any labels or spellings change?
Yes. To keep classification consistent across Lightcast products, some taxonomy labels will now use US spelling. The underlying postings are unchanged; only the label name differs. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, particularly if you have saved searches, filters or reports that reference these labels.
Previous label | New label | Field |
Organisational Skills | Organizational Skills | Skills |
Prioritisation | Prioritization | Skills |
Programme Management | Program Management | Skills |
Valid Driver's Licence | Valid Driver's License | Certifications |
Real Estate Salesperson Licence | Real Estate Salesperson License | Certifications |
Licenced Professional Engineer | Professional Engineer (PE) License | Certifications |
Pharmacist Licence | Registered Pharmacist (RPh) | Certifications |
Neonatal Resuscitation Programme | Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification (NRP) | Certifications |
3A Pesticide Applicator Licence | 3A Pesticide Applicator License | Certifications (Singapore) |
SketchUp (3D Modelling Software) | SketchUp (3D Modeling Software) | Software skills (Singapore) |
We recommend reviewing any saved searches or reports that filter on these labels and updating them to the new names, so your results continue to include the same postings.
Which fields show the most noticeable changes?
The tables below list values that move by around 3% or more, across all years of postings history. All other top values in these fields change by less than 1%.
Advertised education level
Fewer postings are now coded to postgraduate levels, this change is due to better classification of data.
Education level | Australia & New Zealand | Singapore |
Master's or equivalent level | −10.3% | −17.3% |
Doctoral or equivalent level | −0.5% | −4.5% |
Bachelor's or equivalent level | −2.7% | +0.04% |
Secondary Education and Below | +1.0% | Not applicable |
Not specified | +0.7% | +0.4% |
Companies
Outside of staffing or recruitment companies. The largest companies are stable. Some companies gain postings, reflecting updated company classification that groups more postings under the same organisation.
Company | Market | Change |
Accor Group | Australia & New Zealand | +18.8% |
The Warehouse Group | Australia & New Zealand | +14.4% |
Marriott International | Australia & New Zealand | +10.0% |
Fulton Hogan | Australia & New Zealand | +8.6% |
Rio Tinto Group | Australia & New Zealand | +8.5% |
UGL | Australia & New Zealand | +8.3% |
Merck & Co. | Australia & New Zealand | +7.9% |
KPMG | Australia & New Zealand | +7.6% |
University of Queensland | Australia & New Zealand | +7.5% |
Amazon | Australia & New Zealand | +6.9% |
Fletcher Building | Australia & New Zealand | +6.7% |
Bunnings | Australia & New Zealand | +6.4% |
Ernst & Young | Australia & New Zealand | +6.1% |
Mitre 10 | Australia & New Zealand | +5.9% |
BHP | Australia & New Zealand | +5.1% |
GovTech Singapore | Singapore | +11.7% |
NCS Group | Singapore | +7.5% |
Deutsche Bank | Singapore | +7.4% |
Mediacorp | Singapore | +6.0% |
Experience level
More postings are now identified as requiring no experience.
Experience level | Australia & New Zealand | Singapore |
No experience required | +22.7% | +16.3% |
Job type
In Australia and New Zealand, more postings are identified as volunteer roles. Singapore job types are unchanged, with all values moving by less than 0.1%.
Job type | Australia & New Zealand |
Volunteer | +27.5% |
Internship | +0.5% |
Apprenticeship | +0.3% |
Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy career area
The main shift is between Education and Training and Clerical and Administrative. This is largely driven by more postings being coded to Preschool / Childcare Teacher / Nursery Nurse.
LOT career area | Australia & New Zealand | Singapore |
Education and Training | +9.6% | +15.0% |
Clerical and Administrative | −9.6% | −6.2% |
Government occupation (ANZSCO for Australia & New Zealand, SSOC for Singapore)
The same two occupations show the largest movement in both markets: more postings are coded to early childhood teaching and fewer to general receptionist roles. Customers will see movement in the below occupations:
Occupation | Market |
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher | Australia & New Zealand |
Receptionist (General) | Australia & New Zealand |
Occupational Health and Safety Adviser | Australia & New Zealand |
Secondary School Teacher | Australia & New Zealand |
Finance Manager | Australia & New Zealand |
Handyperson | Australia & New Zealand |
Preschool education teacher | Singapore |
Receptionist (general) | Singapore |
Production clerk n.e.c. | Singapore |
Chief operating officer/General manager | Singapore |
Premises/Facilities maintenance officer | Singapore |
Trailer-truck driver | Singapore |
Business consultant | Singapore |
Skill subcategories
Improved skills coding means some skills in the below sub categories now appear in more postings. No subcategory shows a notable decrease.
Skill subcategory |
Health Care: General Medical Tests and Procedures |
Law, Regulation, and Compliance: Regulation and Legal Compliance |
Law, Regulation, and Compliance: Labor Compliance |
Business: Project Management |
Business: Business Strategy |
Physical and Inherent Abilities: Personal Attributes |
Health Care: Mental Health Therapies |
Health Care: Health Care Procedure and Regulation |
Engineering: Drafting and Engineering Design |
Analysis: Data Science |
Business: Product Management |
What does this mean for my analysis?
Overall trends remain consistent, as total volumes and the rankings of most top values are effectively unchanged.
Consistent trends: looking at rankings and distributions, you will see the same or very similar results for most occupations, employers, skills and other data points.
More noticeable changes in specific analyses: where your work focuses on one of the values listed above, such as early childhood teaching, receptionist roles or postgraduate education requirements, you may see larger shifts. In these cases, we recommend rerunning the analysis so that your figures reflect the aligned classification. This is most relevant where the specific volume of postings matters more than trends or relative measures.
Saved searches and reports: please check any filters that use the relabelled values in the spelling table above. Updating them to the new labels will keep your results complete.
Technical notes
Why are these classifications changing?
Labour Insight now uses the same classification as Lightcast data shares and the Lightcast Job Postings API. Where these classifications differed, Labour Insight has been brought into line, which is why a small number of values move noticeably while totals stay stable.
Where can I find out more about the methodology?
Who can I contact with questions?
If you would like help understanding how these changes affect a specific analysis, please get in touch with your Lightcast account manager or our support team on [email protected] who will be happy to help.
Related articles