Your occupation
Occupation Trends — check EOI data by occupation
This is the chart people mean when they search for EOI data for accountants, or for any other occupation: how many Expressions of Interest are sitting in the pool for that job, month by month, on one visa subclass. It is the default view in EOI Insights and the one the guest trial opens.
What this view measures
Each line is one occupation. The vertical axis is how many EOIs sit in the status you chose — usually submitted — for the subclass you chose: 189, 190 or 491. Time runs along the bottom across the published SkillSelect months, typically about two years.
Higher means a larger count in that month. It does not mean more people lodged that month, because the snapshot includes every EOI still in the pool, however long ago it was lodged.
Reading the chart
In the example above, one occupation drifts up and the other drifts down. The rising line means more interest forms remained in the pool at each later snapshot; the falling line means invitations, withdrawals and expiry together removed more than arrived. The chart cannot say which of those did the work.
Comparing two occupations is only fair on the same subclass and the same status. A 189 line and a 190 line for the same job title describe different pools with different rules.
Faint or hollow points mark months where the published count was under 20 and part of the figure is estimated. Read those as approximate.
What the figure represents
Pool size is crowding, not speed. A large pool can still move quickly if invitations are frequent, and a small pool can sit almost still if they are rare. To separate the two, read this chart next to an invitation-oriented view.
Because counts are of EOIs rather than people, a jump of eighty is eighty forms, which may represent more or fewer humans. For pool talk, the direction and persistence of the line matter far more than the last integer on it.
In the dashboard
Lock the visa first, then choose the status, then add occupations last. One line is a briefing, two or three is a comparison you can still read, and ten lines is noise.
The guest trial opens this view on subclasses 189 and 190 for five occupations, including Accountant (General) — enough to answer most first questions without an account.
The guest trial covers 189 and 190 plus five occupations. Every ANZSCO code and subclass 491 open once you sign in.
For applicants
Use this view to answer one question: has my occupation on my subclass been building, easing or holding steady? That is the same question as “check the EOI results for my job”, and eligibility sits outside the chart entirely.
Do not read the last point as your place in line. This view has no personal rank at all; Queue by Points and Points Ladder are where a score gets located, and even they promise nothing about a round.
For migration professionals
This is the client-meeting chart. Show a two-year submitted line on the correct subclass, say aloud that it is a monthly snapshot of EOIs, and decline to convert the slope into “you will be invited in N months”.
If the client’s occupation is frequently under 20 in the detailed splits, stay on this totals line — it is the published total — and resist over-reading the faint inner segments.
Limits of this view
It cannot show invitation rounds, nomination decisions or processing times, and it cannot separate the causes behind a fall. SkillSelect also revises earlier tables occasionally, so a historical point can move between visits.
Common questions
How do I check EOI data for accountants?
Open Occupation Trends, set the visa filter to 189, 190 or 491, then search for Accountant (General), ANZSCO 221111. The line is the number of EOIs in that pool each published month. The same steps work for any other occupation.
Does a jump mean more people lodged EOIs that month?
Not necessarily. The line counts everyone still submitted at that snapshot, so it can rise because more people lodged or because fewer invitations cleared the pool.
Can I compare my occupation across 189 and 190 on one chart?
No, and deliberately so. They are separate pools with different rules, so the dashboard shows one subclass at a time. Read 189, then switch the filter and read 190.