What Jobseeker Activity Tells Us About Durham’s Labour Market in Q4 2025
Jobseeker engagement data provides insight into how Durham residents are responding to available employment opportunities. In the fourth quarter of 2025, Durham Workforce Authority tools recorded 32,558 total interactions, with the Job Board accounting for the majority of activity.
Jobseekers most frequently interacted with postings in sales and service, business and administration, and trades and transport. Common keyword searches included warehouse, administrative clerk, personal support worker, retail, and customer service. Filters related to work-from-home, apprenticeship, casual, and seasonal work continued to be used throughout the quarter.
Jobseeker behaviour reflects ongoing demand for accessible, flexible employment and clear pathways into stable work. Aligning job postings, training opportunities, and employment supports with these preferences can help strengthen labour market outcomes.
Check out the Q4 Labour Market Insights Report to find the latest local data on the labour market in Durham Region.
About the DWA:
The DWA creates an annual plan supplying helpful information for community planning. Next month, the DWA will release its annual Labour Market Plan (LMP).
The plan focuses on the following:
- Durham Region demographics change, migration trends in and out, educational attainment of residents, and changes in employers in the local area by employee size and 3-digit NAICs.
- Enhanced Jobs First Durham (JFD) data extracted from the DWA’s boutique job board with hyper-local information.
- An update on Employment Ontario data.
The DWA provides just-in-time custom labour market information and often conducts custom fee-for-service research. If you are interested in local data, please don’t hesitate to contact the DWA.
The Province of Ontario partially funds the DWA to supply Labour Market Information (LMI) to the Region of Durham.