Lightcast uses "dataruns" to release new countries to our global dataset and to update all the current government sourced data. While online profile and job posting data are updated on consistent cycles, government sourced data deals with different cycles depending on the country and is therefore less consistent. Lightcast always collects and releases the latest available data from government sources and uses it to build out regional administrative areas and granular workforce estimates.
This page contains the latest release notes for each of Lightcast’s global dataruns, also referred to as "Lingua Franca" dataruns. The release notes outline any new country additions, methodology changes, or fixes included with each datarun. You can expect seven different global dataruns in a year.
For a full breakdown of all 34 countries that available in the latest Global datarun, see the Available Countries in Global article.
Current Release Notes
This section lists the changes and updates introduced in the latest datarun.
2024.3
Released: July 22, 2024
Addition of Malaysia & Puerto Rico
Malaysia and Puerto Rico have been added to our repository of countries available in the Global dataset of Talent Analyst. The total number of supported countries is now 34!
Note that we're only launching the postings and profiles data for these two countries. Total workforce estimates are not planned for 2024 due to the lack of sufficient data to make reliable estimates with our current methods in these countries.
Beta Released: June 21, 2024
Final Released: July 1, 2024
Addition of New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, UAE
New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, and the UAE have been added to our repository of countries available in the Global dataset of Talent Analyst. The total number of supported countries is now 32!
Note that Chile, Colombia, and the UAE are only available by the postings and profiles datasets, while New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore are available by postings, profiles, and workforce estimate datasets.
Older Release Notes
This section contains release notes for past dataruns.
2024.2
2024.2
Released: May 22, 2024
Addition of Hong Kong & Argentina
Hong Kong and Argentina have been added to our repository of countries available in the Global dataset of Talent Analyst. The total number of supported countries is now 26!
Note that we're only launching the postings and profiles data for these two countries. Total workforce estimates are not planned for 2024 due to the lack of sufficient data to make reliable estimates with our current methods in these countries.
Released: April 11, 2024
Addition of South Africa, and updated workforce data in India
South Africa has been added to our repository of countries available in the Global dataset. The total number of countries for which Lightcast offers workforce estimates, job posting insights, and online profiles insights is now 24!
India numbers reflect a benching of the latest round of data to the latest release of QLFS data (Quarterly Labour Force Survey) at the national / 3-digit occupation level. Their latest releases are on the basis of NCO 2015, which aligns with ISCO-08, rather than NCO 2004 (ISCO 88 basis). The new data released has dramatically higher level of professionals in information and computer technology across the board, which is now reflected in our data.
2024.1
2024.1
Released: February 26, 2024
Addition of Romania, Sweden, and Denmark
Romania, Sweden, and Denmark are 3 new countries and languages that have been added to the Global dataset. The total number of countries for which Lightcast offers workforce estimates, job posting insights, and online profiles insights is now 23!
2024.0
2024.0
Released: February 13, 2024
Launch of a new Global data within Talent Analyst supporting 20 countries!
Now as its own regional data selector instead of a standalone product, Global now has four reports where users can search for labor market data with 3x the granularity using our proprietary Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy (LOT). This taxonomy has over 1,900+ categories of labor, as opposed to the 33 categories that were previously available in Global. Beginning with 20 countries to start and 30 more countries to be added throughout the year, Lightcast Talent Analyst now empowers global customers with granular workforce data.
Austria
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Switzerland
Czechia
Germany
Spain
France
United Kingdom
Ireland
India
Italy
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
United States
Read more about our Global launch on our Press Release article found here.