The provided bar chart compares the quantities of workers in various jobs migrating to Australia from 2009 to 2012.
Overall, there was an upward trend in the number of computer programmers entering Australia, while there were fluctuations in the remaining occupations. Moreover, the accountants maintained the highest position in terms of the rate of migration.
In 2009, the number of accountants took the lead, accounting for 20 thousand workers. In the next year, this figure then experienced a significant growth, hitting its peak at 28 thousand employees. Having attained the highest point in 2010, the rate of migration of accountants underwent a sharp decline, dropping to 21 thousand workers, which was 1% higher than the initial figure by the end of the period. In contrast, initially, there were a mere 2 thousand computer programmers moving to Australia. This rate increased dramatically with a substantial fluctuation between 2 thounsand and 5 thousand workers until 2012.
At the outset, the level immigration of software engineers was 2 thousand higher than that of cooks, representing 19 thousand and 17 thousand workers respectively. Neither of these data exhibited a modest decrease, the former number increased gradually to its highest point at 21 thousand employees in 2011, before declining to 17 thousand software engineers by the end of the period. Besides the figure for cooks declined with minor fluctuation, reaching 16 thousand employees in 2012.