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2016 SECTOR SPOTLIGHT – NAICS 54

Local Employment Planning Council – 2016 SECTOR SPOTLIGHT (Published January 2017) 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)

2016 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

LOSSES

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).

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (NAICS 54)


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



How does this sector stack up in Ottawa?

OTTAWA DASHBOARD The graphic below ranks Ottawa’s Top 12 sectors (based on # of jobs in 2016) 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 18% of all job gains in Ottawa.

Ottawa is 47% above the national average in terms of share of workers in this industry.

2016 average annual salary for jobs in this sector was $78,947; 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 19% of all businesses in Ottawa and 19% of all employers (businesses with at

least one employee).

This sector accounted for 24% of all Ottawa online job ads in 2016, with the most ads posted by

employers in Management, scientific and technical consulting services and Architectural, engineering

and related services.

22% of active online job seekers in this sector in Q4 2016 identified Natural and applied sciences and

related as the most recent occupation group in which they worked.



Sector Employment (Jobs)

REGIONAL TRENDS (5-year Job Growth - Ottawa vs. Ontario vs. Canada)

Region 2011 Jobs 2016 Jobs Change % Change

● Ottawa 56,518 61,236 4,718 8.3%

● Ontario 512,008 565,046 53,038 10.4%

● Canada 1,224,603 1,320,558 95,955 7.8%

2016 EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT – INDUSTRY GROUPS

Source: EMSI Analyst 2016



JOB NUMBERS BY INDUSTRY GROUP (Past 5 years and 3-year outlook)

Job numbers, growth rate and forecast number of new jobs

NAICS Description 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 % Change

(2011-2016)

Forecast change

(2016-2019)


18,059 16,461 15,954 17,582 19,605 19,851 10% 843


8,013 8,598 8,160 8,071 9,091 9,263 16% 552


6,931 7,873 7,752 7,601 7,751 7,867 13% 369


8,070 8,665 9,166 7,936 7,708 7,577 -6% -246


3,881 3,926 4,168 4,589 4,636 4,744 22% 263

5411 Legal services 3,981 4,051 4,362 4,234 4,404 4,437 11% 103


3,764 3,756 3,508 3,577 3,694 3,682 -2% 20

5414 Specialized design services 2,051 1,702 1,493 2,162 1,860 1,912 -7% 118


1,768 1,826 1,702 1,706 1,876 1,903 8% 72

SECTOR TOTAL 56,518 56,857 56,267 57,459 60,625 61,236 8% 2,095




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 (2011) Employed in

Industry (2016) Change (2011 -

2016) % Change

(2011 - 2016) % of Total

Industry Jobs (2015)

2171 Information systems analysts and consultants

4,492 6,894 2,402 53% 11%

2174 Computer programmers and interactive media developers

4,766 4,575 -191 -4% 7%

2173 Software engineers and designers 3,034 4,124 1,090 36% 7%

1122 Professional occupations in business management consulting

3,087 3,212 125 4% 5%

1111 Financial auditors and accountants 1,693 2,363 670 40% 4%

1123 Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations

1,623 1,936 313 19% 3%

4112 Lawyers and Quebec notaries 1,862 1,899 37 2% 3%

1311 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers 1,104 1,378 274 25% 2%

0213 Computer and information systems managers

776 1,360 584 75% 2%

2147 Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers)

1,030 1,175 145 14% 2%




Sector Self-Employment (2016)

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




Sector Business & Employer Counts (June 2016)

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


2,001 126 90 63 31 14 10 4 2,994 5,333


888 82 42 29 9 2 3 1 3,909 4,965


283 46 41 22 4 6 1 0 1,478 1,881

5411 Legal services 354 79 35 27 8 3 0 0 942 1,448


276 58 55 55 20 11 3 1 834 1,313


268 51 16 13 6 5 1 0 830 1,190

5414 Specialized design services 80 26 12 4 0 0 0 0 414 536


93 17 20 18 2 1 0 0 317 468


63 27 19 19 12 8 7 3 192 350




Online Supply & Demand (2016)

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: Vicinity Jobs 2016



ONLINE JOB SEEKER PROFILES In October 2016, Ottawa Employment Hub subscribed to newly published data providing insight into local labour

supply. This information is only available from October 2016 onward so we provide below the data for Q4 2016.

The numbers shown reflect Job Profiles that were either added or updated within a 30-day span by job seekers

living in Ottawa between October and December 2016.

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: Vicinity Jobs 2016



In the News Highlights

GAINS Dec 19, 2016 Blackberry Press Release BlackBerry Creates Innovation Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles BlackBerry Ltd., has opened the BlackBerry QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre (AVIC) at its Ottawa facility and plans to hire local software engineers.

Dec 7, 2016 Ottawa Business Journal SurveyMonkey planning significant Ottawa expansion: report SurveyMonkey, a California-based software firm in Ottawa, plans to increase its employee total by up to fifty percent and is planning to build a data centre in the coming year in 2017. The company first arrived in Ottawa in 2014 with 75 employees which has grown to nearly 90 employees.

Nov 21, 2016 Ottawa Business Journal Kanata North rides a perfect storm of opportunity Tech companies in Kanata are working hard to find the best employees to work for the booming tech sector. “The depth and quality of Kanata North’s labour force cannot be denied and yet employers find themselves challenged to find the talent they need fast enough.”

Nov 4, 2016 Ottawa Business Journal Ottawa-Gatineau adds 3,900 jobs in October The national capital region added 10,800 positions in the professional, technical and scientific services sector last year according to Statistics Canada, with 3,900 positions being added by the Federal Government which remains the region’s largest employer. However, many of the positions that were created were part-time, and full-time positions have been declining.

LOSSES Aug 17, 2016 Ottawa Business Journal Internet gear maker Cisco to cut 5,500 jobs Cisco Systems says it will lay off 5,500 employees as the internet gear maker scrambles to adapt to technology changes that have reduced demand for its main products.

TRENDS/PROJECTIONS

Nov 2, 2016 Maclean’s Add tech to a humanities degree to bridge the employment gap Highlights the benefits of having a diversified education and an arts based education when working in technical fields. Arts and humanities emphasizes looking at things holistically and seeing the bigger picture, and has a transcendent quality to learning. Despite these important qualities of having a humanities background, finding a job can still be difficult. Adding technical skills closes this gap. Shopify, headquartered in Ottawa, looks for employees who are able to “learn by osmosis”, that is to say learn by observing people as it will bring a deeper understanding to web development and product delivery.

July 2016 McKinsey and Company Where machines could replace humans—and where they can’t (yet) Discusses the increasing rate of automation and the technical potential for current work tasks to be automated.

Tasks that require applying expertise and those that involve data processing are the types of activities identified

as having the highest potential for automation in the Professional, scientific and technical services sector; those

involving physical work have the lowest potential to be replaced by current technology.

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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

19,605 9.9%

Jobs (2015) % Change (2011-2016)

118% above National average Nation: 18.7%

Regional Trends

Region 2011 Jobs 2016 Jobs Change % Change

● Ottawa 18,059 19,851 1,792 9.9%

● Ontario 117,269 140,637 23,368 19.9%

● Canada 243,608 289,202 45,594 18.7%

Top Occupations Employed by this Industry

Description Employed in

Industry

(2015)

% of Total

Jobs in

Industry (2015)

Information systems analysts and consultants 5,664 28.9%

Computer programmers and interactive media developers 3,674 18.7%

Software engineers and designers 2,500 12.8%

Web designers and developers 875 4.5%

Computer and information systems managers 860 4.4%


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