The bar graph depicts data about the numbers of migrants to Australia, categorized by job, from 2009 to 2012.
Overall, accountants constituted the highest number of migrants during the period, followed closely by cooks and software engineers. It is notable that only a modest quantity of computer programmers migrated to Australia.
Regarding the two leading sectors, beginning with 20 thousand, the number of accountants moving to Australia witnessed a surge to a peak of about 27 thousand by 2010 before dropping markedly to 21 thousand towards the final year, maintaining the dominant position throughout. Following this, software engineers saw a slight increase from around 18 to 21 thousand in the first three years, but then decreased considerably to 17 thousand by 2012, which was lower than its initial point.
Concerning the remaining careers, the figure for migrants working as cooks in Australia fluctuated between 15 and 18 thousand over the 4-year period, with the highest level recorded in 2011. As for the least common occupation, the number of skilled migrants working as computer programmers was multiple times lower than other categories, with merely 2 thousand in 2009 and 1011 and 5 thousand in other two years.
