The wider field
Momentum — which pools moved fastest
One month of change is noise; a year of it is a trend. Momentum ranks occupations by how far their pools moved across a window you choose, which filters out the single odd month that dominates a monthly view.
What this view measures
Choose a window — three, six or twelve months — and the view ranks occupations by the change across it, growth in one direction and shrinkage in the other, on your selected subclass.
Reading the chart
Check the absolute counts beside the movement. Small pools generate large percentage moves easily, so a dramatic mover with 60 EOIs is less interesting than a steady one with 6,000.
A twelve-month window and a three-month window can disagree, and that disagreement is itself information: it usually means a trend recently turned.
What the figure represents
Sustained growth means arrivals have been outpacing everything that clears the pool. Sustained shrinkage means the reverse, though expiry and invitations are indistinguishable here.
In the dashboard
Set the visa, then try the same occupation across all three windows before drawing a conclusion. Click through to Occupation Trends to see the shape behind the number.
Momentum is behind sign in. Monthly Flows, which shows the same idea one month at a time, is open in the guest trial.
Momentum is behind sign in. Occupation Trends and Monthly Flows for 189 and 190 are open in the guest trial.
For applicants
If your occupation appears among the fast growers, the useful response is to check the invited side and your points position — not to panic about the ranking itself.
For migration professionals
Momentum is the honest version of “is this occupation getting harder?”. It answers with direction over a stated window instead of a feeling.
Limits of this view
It cannot separate invitations from expiry, cannot see rounds, and can be distorted by a revision at either end of the window.
Common questions
Which window should I use?
Twelve months for a stable picture, three months to see whether something changed recently. Reading both is more informative than picking one.