In the southern Urals began to look for professionals twice as often

Employers of the Chelyabinsk region have become noticeably more active in looking for cutters, track installers and mechanical engineers. In some specialties, the number of vacancies for the year has more than doubled. About changes in the regional labor market told analysts of “Avito Work”.

The largest increase in demand among these professions showed cutters. In the third quarter of 2026, vacancies for them became 119% more than a year earlier. Salaries offered have also increased. On average, employers are willing to pay such specialists 134 thousand rubles a month. This is 62% higher than last year’s figure.

In second place in terms of demand dynamics were track installers. The number of vacancies increased by 104%. Employees of this specialty are engaged in repair and maintenance of railway tracks, check the condition of rails, sleepers and switches. Salary offers for them reached an average of 65 thousand rubles a month, adding 46% over the year.

The third line was taken by mechanical engineers. Searching for them is 90% more frequent. The average salary offer was 110 thousand rubles, which is 47% more than in the third quarter of 2025.

A similar situation is observed in other regions of Russia. The number of vacancies for knitters increased most noticeably in the country - by 158%. Demand for motorists increased by 157%, for drywall workers – by 128%, for engineers of production and technical departments – by 112%.

The rating also included KIPIA engineers, gardeners and cable workers.

At the same time, those who want to get a job in some working specialties are still few. According to the development director of Avito Work, Roman Gubanov, in the third quarter, there was only one response per knitter vacancy on average. For 100 vacancies of KIPIA engineers - about 40 responses.

The service specifies that salary indices are calculated according to the amounts indicated in vacancies. Employees’ real incomes may differ because bonuses, bonuses, and other additional payments were not included in the statistics.