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TRADIES and tech workers have been Victoria’s luckiest jobseekers of 2017, with their sectors leading the charge in the state’s job growth.

New data from employment website SEEK revealed a 12.5 per cent increase in job ads across the state between 2016 and 2017 and that jobs in trades and services and information and communication technology (ICT) grew the fastest at 26 per cent and 12 per cent, respectively.

Nationally, SEEK job ads increased 13 per cent year on year, led by the smaller job markets of Tasmania (up 24.9 per cent) and Western Australia (up 22 per cent). New South Wales was at the bottom of the list, growing 9.3 per cent.

Across Australia, miners and tradies were the most indemand workers of 2017.

Jobs in mining, resources and energy and trades and services had the strongest advertisement growth and accounted for the top six occupations between them.

Mining’s drill and blast roles topped the list with an 84.4 per cent increase in job advertisements on SEEK when comparing January to November 2017 with the same period the previous year.

These roles had an average advertised salary of $117,601 in November.

Mining’s engineering and maintenance roles (up 84.3 per cent, averaging $124,453), oil and gas’ engineering and maintenance roles (77.8 per cent, $115,550), mining’s operations roles (72.9 per cent, $117,593), welders and boilermakers (75.6 per cent, $62,380) and fitters, turners and machinists (67.9 per cent, $75,713) rounded out the top six occupations for the year.

In 2016, the list was dominated by information and communications technology and health care roles.

Overall as an industry, mining, resources and energy experienced a 54 per cent increase in job ads year on year.