Non-IT related field here. Been applying for jobs on and off for easily a decade. I have had a total of 2 interviews and one call back, nearly a year later after applying and had already moved to the other side of my country.

It's been a struggle. I have more luck securing work cold calling businesses within my field. Online applications are a joke from my experience.

I don't really know about the current state of hiring in the different sectors. What I can say from my experience doing some IT projects for manufacturing, is that the one thing they surely would never do was over-hiring of IT people and other support functions.