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OTTAWA PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL SERVICES 2018 SECTOR SPOTLIGHT
OTTAWA
PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL SERVICES
2018 SECTOR SPOTLIGHT
2018 SECTOR SPOTLIGHT – NAICS 54
Local Employment Planning Council – 2018 SECTOR SPOTLIGHT (Published September 2018) 1
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
Report Contents What is this industry sector?
• STATISTICS CANADA DEFINITION • SECTOR STRUCTURE
How does this sector stack up in Ottawa? • OTTAWA DASHBOARD • HIGHLIGHTS
Sector Employment (Jobs) • REGIONAL TRENDS (5-year Job Growth - Ottawa vs. Ontario vs. Canada) • 2017 EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT – INDUSTRY GROUPS • JOB NUMBERS BY INDUSTRY GROUP (Past 5 years and 3-year outlook) • KEY OCCUPATIONS IN THE SECTOR
Sector Self-Employment • SECTOR AT A GLANCE • A CLOSER LOOK AT SHARE OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Sector Business & Employer Counts • SECTOR AT A GLANCE • BUSINESS COUNTS AT INDUSTRY GROUP LEVEL
Online Supply & Demand • ONLINE JOB POSTINGS • ONLINE JOB SEEKER PROFILES
In the News • GAINS • TRENDS/PROJECTIONS
Sample Report – Industry Summaries Note on geography: This report looks at data for the Ottawa Census subdivision. Census subdivision (CSD) is the general term for municipalities (as determined by provincial/territorial legislation).
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What is this industry sector? STATISTICS CANADA DEFINITION
This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in activities in which human capital is the major input. These establishments make available the knowledge and skills of their employees, often on an assignment basis. The individual industries of this sector are defined on the basis of the particular expertise and training of the service provider.
The distinguishing feature of this sector is the fact that most of the industries grouped in it have production processes that are almost wholly dependent on worker skills. In most of these industries, equipment and materials are not of major importance. Thus, the establishments classified in this sector sell expertise. Much of the expertise requires a university or college education, though not in every case. Establishments primarily engaged in providing instruction and training in a wide variety of subjects and those primarily engaged in providing health care by diagnosis and treatment are not included in this sector.
SECTOR STRUCTURE This sector has only one subsector (3-digit level) so below we show the 4-digit level Industry Groups that will be explored in this report to provide more meaningful information.
SUBSECTOR 541 - Professional, scientific and technical services Code Industry group
5411 Legal services
5412 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services
5413 Architectural, engineering and related services
5414 Specialized design services
5415 Computer systems design and related services
5416 Management, scientific and technical consulting services
5417 Scientific research and development services
5418 Advertising, public relations, and related services
5419 Other professional, scientific and technical services
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How does this sector stack up in Ottawa? OTTAWA DASHBOARD The graphic below ranks Ottawa’s Top 13 sectors (based on # of jobs in 2017) and shows how Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (NAICS 54) stacks up against the other sectors on a dashboard highlighting key local labour market information (LMI).
HIGHLIGHTS 10% of Ottawa jobs are in Professional, Scientific and Technical Services. Job growth in this sector over the past three years accounted for 13% of all job gains in Ottawa. Ottawa is 39% above the national average in terms of share of workers in this industry. 2017 average annual salary for jobs in this sector was $78,402; however, it is important to note that this
does not provide a full view, given the high percentage of self-employed in this sector. This sector accounts for 18% of all businesses in Ottawa and 20% of all employers (businesses with at
least one employee). This sector accounted for 22% of all Ottawa online job ads in 2017, with the most ads posted by
employers in Computer Systems Design and Related Services and Architectural, engineering and related services.
31% of active online job seekers in this sector in 2017 identified Management, Scientific and Technical Consulting Services as the most recent occupation group in which they worked.
Unemployment rate in this sector in 2016 was 4%. Unionization rate in this sector in 2017 was 0%.
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Sector Employment (Jobs) REGIONAL TRENDS (5-year Job Growth - Ottawa vs. Ontario vs. Canada)
Region 2012 Jobs 2017 Jobs Change % Change
● Ottawa 55,006 59,511 4,505 8.2%
● Ontario 519,755 576,399 56,644 10.9%
● Canada 1,248,234 1,341,920 93,686 7.5%
2017 EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT – INDUSTRY GROUPS
Source: EMSI Analyst 2018
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JOB NUMBERS BY INDUSTRY GROUP (Past 5 years and 3-year outlook)
Job numbers, growth rate and forecast number of new jobs
NAICS Description 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 % Change
(2012-2017)
Forecast change
(2017-2020)
5415 Computer systems design and related services
15,088 15,564 18,021 19,681 19,620 20,645 37% 2,005
5416 Management, scientific and technical consulting services
8,291 8,860 8,240 8,256 8,964 8,817 6% 334
5413 Architectural, engineering and related services
8,519 8,120 7,520 7,707 7,603 7,761 -9% 305
5417 Scientific research and development services
8,304 8,901 9,835 9,616 7,461 5,746 -31% -1,089
5412 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services
3,853 4,220 4,716 4,498 4,220 4,853 26% 240
5411 Legal services 3,680 4,269 4,140 3,938 4,231 4,587 25% 338
5419 Other professional, scientific and technical services
3,467 3,497 3,433 3,504 3,895 3,561 3% 147
5418 Advertising, public relations, and related services
2,083 1,910 2,005 2,316 1,961 1,791 -14% -49
5414 Specialized design services 1,721 1,427 2,224 1,892 1,622 1,750 2% -22 SECTOR TOTAL 55,006 56,767 60,133 61,407 59,578 59,511 8% 2,209
Source: EMSI Analyst 2018
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KEY OCCUPATIONS IN THE SECTOR The job data shown thus far has focused on number of workers in your sector and its industry groups. Now we take a look at what these workers are doing by focusing on the key occupations in your sector.
Top Ten Occupations (Sector job numbers and growth over past five years) NOC Description Employed in
Industry (2012) Employed in
Industry (2017) Change (2012 -
2017) % Change
(2012 - 2017) % of Total
Industry Jobs (2017)
2171 Information systems analysts and consultants
4,489 7,247 2,758 61% 12%
2174 Computer programmers and interactive media developers
4,320 5,410 1,090 25% 9%
1122 Professional occupations in business management consulting
3,158 3,134 -24 -1% 5%
2173 Software engineers and designers 3,624 2,759 -865 -24% 5%
4112 Lawyers and Quebec notaries 2,034 2,043 9 0% 3%
1311 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers 851 2,020 1,169 137% 3%
1111 Financial auditors and accountants 2,021 1,968 -53 -3% 3%
2147 Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)
619 1,441 822 133% 2%
1123 Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations
1,764 1,296 -46 -27% 2%
5241 Graphic designers and illustrators 1,101 1,275 174 16% 2% Source: EMSI Analyst 2018
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Sector Self-Employment (2017) SECTOR AT A GLANCE
A CLOSER LOOK AT SHARE OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT The chart below shows share of self-employment for the overall sector and for each industry group.
Sector Ranking
Share of workers self-employed in each industry group
Source: EMSI Analyst 2018
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Sector Business & Employer Counts (December 2017) SECTOR AT A GLANCE
BUSINESS COUNTS AT INDUSTRY GROUP LEVEL
Code Description 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 100-199 200-499 500+ None Total
5415 Computer systems design and related services
2,119 118 106 71 33 13 13 5 3,112 5,590
5416 Management, scientific and technical consulting services
906 80 47 33 7 3 4 1 3,885 4,966
5419 Other professional, scientific and technical services
275 51 44 22 2 6 1 0 1,507 1,908
5411 Legal services 389 77 42 27 8 3 0 0 842 1,388
5413 Architectural, engineering and related services
302 61 54 50 17 8 3 2 790 1,287
5412 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services
261 55 15 14 7 6 0 0 802 1,160
5414 Specialized design services 96 19 14 2 1 0 0 0 433 565
5418 Advertising, public relations, and related services
83 23 16 16 2 1 0 0 337 478
5417 Scientific research and development services
60 26 17 22 9 7 6 3 198 348
Source: EMSI Analyst 2018
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Online Supply & Demand (2017) ONLINE JOB POSTINGS
A Closer Look at Skill Level Required in Job Postings (Sector vs. Ottawa overall) The chart below shows skill level requirements for jobs posted in this sector versus those posted for all Ottawa sectors.
Source: Vic inity Jobs 2017
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Job Postings by Employer – Top TEN (identified Employers only) Employers Postings Percentage
APS Aviation Inc. 482 9% CGI, Information And Management Consulting Inc 281 5% Procom 217 4% Accenture 164 3% Alcatel-Lucent Canada 160 3% Kinaxis Inc 132 2% TELUS 122 2% Lixar 113 2% SNC-Lavalin Inc. 96 2% Nortak Software Ltd. 90 2%
Grand Total 5,290 - Source: Vic inity Jobs 2017
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ONLINE JOB SEEKER PROFILES The numbers shown reflect Job Profiles that were either added or updated within a 30-day span by job seekers living in Ottawa between January and December 2017.
A Closer Look at Occupations of those with Active Job Profiles The chart below shows number of job seeker profiles by occupation group most recently worked in.
Source: Vic inity Jobs 2017
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In the News Highlights GAINS Nov 3, 2017 Ottawa Business Journal Ottawa second to Toronto as best tech talent market in Canada: report CBRE Ottawa managing director says the conversation in Ottawa is shifting from government to tech. The city has the highest concentration of tech employment in the country, with 10.9 per cent of workers employed in the field. Ottawa gained 6,300 new tech workers in the past five years, but growth has recently been slowing: New labour pool additions have decreased 8.7 per cent between 2014 and 2016. That’s largely due to a sudden dip between 2014 and 2015.
Oct 19, 2017 Ottawa Business Journal Shopify adding up to 500 jobs, second office in Waterloo An additional 300 to 500 jobs over the next three years and a second office in Waterloo. The firm is also hiring in Ottawa, looking to fill 325,000 square feet of space on Laurier Avenue with 2,500 employees.
Mar 30, 2017 Ottawa Citizen Ford, BlackBerry cap six months of secretive dealings with shift of Ottawa tech talent As many as 400 BlackBerry employees have now been hired by Ford. The aim of the skill transfer is to help supercharge the car company’s research and development initiatives. This collaboration has also created a research and development engineering centre for Ford in BlackBerry’s old Kanata offices. The team will focus on mobility and keeping cars connected to one another through wireless communications. Ford promised to invest as much as $500 million in research and development. The move doubles the number of employees that Ford had working on communications and mobility. TRENDS/PROJECTIONS Oct 21, 2017 Ottawa Citizen The IT Factor, Part 2: Will Ottawa have more tech jobs than it can fill? In the Kanata North Business Park alone— once referred to as Silicon Valley North, at the height of the dot-com boom — there are today 3,000 unfilled positions. “Unemployment in tech right now is almost zero,” says Jenna Sudds, the outgoing executive director of the Kanata North Business Association.
Aug 21, 2017 CBC News Help wanted: Ottawa tech companies recruiting to fill thousands of jobs Ottawa technology companies are facing pressure to hire and keep employees as the sector grows and thousands of new positions are expected to be created in the coming years. Invest Ottawa says 10,000 positions to be filled by 2019. The Kanata North BIA said the tech sector in the region has to fill 3,000 positions in the coming months as BlackBerry QNX and Ford hire for the autonomous vehicle hub and existing companies expand.
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Sample Report – Industry Summaries Below is a sample report that can be requested for any industry at the 3- or 4-digit (subsector or industry group) level. Some of these may also be available on the Labour Market Ottawa web portal.
Industry Summary for Computer systems design and related services
20,645 36.8% Jobs (2017) % Change (2012-2017)
103% above National average Nation: 32.7%
Regional Trends
Region 2012 Jobs 2017 Jobs Change % Change
● Ottawa 15,088 20,645 5,557 36.8%
● Ontario 114,212 150,086 35,874 31.4%
● Canada 240,953 319,632 78,679 32.7%
Top Occupations Employed by this Industry
Description Employed in
Industry (2017)
% of Total Jobs in
Industry (2017)
Information systems analysts and consultants 6,199 30.0%
Computer programmers and interactive media developers 4,613 22.3%
Software engineers and designers 2,049 9.9%
Computer and information systems managers 904 4.4%
Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) 855 4.1% Source: EMSI Analyst 2018
Local Employment Planning Council2018 SECTOR SPOTLIGHT P R O F E S S I O N A L S C I E N T I F I C & TECHNICAL SERVICES
Published August 2018
