The illustration provides data on employment emigration to Australia from 2009 and 2012.
Overall, the numbers of emigrants working in accounting and computer programming witnessed increases, while the figures for cooking and software engineering slightly went down. Additionally, the figure for migrants pursuing their careers in Australia as accountants exceeded that of others, while coding-related jobs were the least favored among foreigners.
In 2009, 20 thousand accountants were employed, ten times the number of coders. Accountancy reached its peak in 2010, with 28,000 individuals, progressively falling to 21,000 by 2012, yet remaining the most popular occupation among migrants. By contrast, the number of programmers doubled to 4,000 in 2010, followed by a drop back to 2,000 in 2011, before peaking at 5,000 by the end of the period.
The influx for culinary professionals entering Australia started at 17,000, rose to 18,000 in 2011, and ended at 16,000. In 2009, software engineers numbered at 19,000, and this figure rose gradually by 2,000 over the next two years but then decreased to 17,000 in 2012.
