Cyprus job vacancies fall 19.5% year-on-year in second quarter of 2026

Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus recorded 12,930 job vacancies in the second quarter of 2026, down 19.5 per cent from a year earlier, according to the Statistical Service (Cystat). The job vacancy rate stood at 2.6 per cent.

Quarterly and annual decline

The number of job vacancies fell by 3,123 compared with the second quarter of 2025.

The vacancy rate was lower than the 2.8 per cent recorded in the first quarter of 2026 and the 3.3 per cent reported in the second quarter of 2025.

Compared with the first quarter of 2026, vacancies declined by 975, or 7 per cent, from 13,905.

Highest vacancy rates

Accommodation and food service activities recorded the highest job vacancy rate during the quarter, at 4.6 per cent.

Transportation and storage, as well as administrative and support service activities, each recorded a vacancy rate of 3.5 per cent.

Vacancies by sector

Accommodation and food service activities accounted for the largest number of vacancies, with 2,827 openings.

Wholesale and retail trade recorded 2,286 vacancies, followed by construction with 1,330.

Professional, scientific and technical activities reported 874 vacancies, while transportation and storage recorded 859 and manufacturing 854.

Administrative and support service activities had 789 vacancies. Public administration and defence, including compulsory social security, recorded 665 vacancies, while human health and social work activities reported 572.