A report from the Regional Australia Institute found 1135 job vacancies in the Riverina Murray region during October, up by 23 per cent compared to the same time period two years ago.

The Riverina Murray region covers numerous local government areas including Wagga, Albury, Coolamon, Griffith, Gundagai, Snowy Valleys, Greater Hume, Lockhart and Junee.

Institute co-chief executive Dr Kim Houghton says new figures showed thousands of professional jobs on offer across regional NSW.

"Despite the fact that many areas in NSW are enduring the worst drought in history, these new figures show there are still some fantastic work prospects," he said.

"Additionally, if you move away from the coast, job vacancy rates are growing, with the Riverina-Murray area increasing by 23 per cent in just two years."

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The Dubbo and Western NSW area saw a 10.3 per cent increase, with the Blue Mountains, Bathurst and Central West area recording an 11.3 per cent increase in job vacancies from 2017 to 2019.

The job types with the most vacancies in the Riverina Murray region was medical practitioners and nurses, with 143 roles advertised, followed by automotive and engineering trades workers with 70 roles.

More than 31 per cent of the jobs advertised in the Riverina Murray were for 'professional' roles, which was above the average for Regional NSW at 25 per cent.

About 9 per cent of the roles were for labourers, less than 7 per cent for sales workers and less than 6 per cent for machinery operators.