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Insurance vacancies hit record levels as jobs surge outside London—new report with Harrison Holgate
Insurance vacancies hit record levels as jobs surge outside London! The latest report in partnership with Harrison Holgate! Outside London, vacancies for the rest of England and Wales experienced a buoyant 2022, up 48.2% from 2021 Overall insurance vacancies in the...
Accounting & Finance – UK Finance Labour Trends, March 2023
Accounting & Finance - UK Finance Labour Trends, March 2023 Accountancy vacancies saw significant rises in vacancies in 2022, with London top of the table again. But what big name firm pushed Barclays all the way for hiring the hottest talent? Written In...
Change & Transformation — UK Tech Market Trends, February 2023
Change & Transformation — UK Tech Market Trends, February 2023 IT jobs across the UK saw record levels in 2022, with London topping the table! Do you want to know which other top firms besides Barclays are leading the hiring for IT talent? Written in partnership...
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Northern England — Regional Labour Market Trends, April 2023
Northern England — Regional Labour Market Trends, April 2023 A comprehensive analysis of professional recruitment across various sectors in the Northern regions of England & Wales! Massive surge across the Northern regions in England and Wales, with the North West...
Tax – UK Finance Labour Trends, April 2023
Tax - UK Finance Labour Trends, April 2023 Tax vacancies falling in 2022 as London publishes most UK jobs! Do you want to know which Big Four firms besides Ernst & Young were the busiest? —Discover everything in our new report with Morgan McKinley! Written in...
The Golden Triangle – UK Life Sciences Labour Trends, March 2023
How are scientific vacancies faring in the Golden Triangle’s life sciences industry? Which sector had the best performance? Which are the skills most in-demand and which firms are the busiest? Download our new report to find out.
Tech Within Consumer Goods & Services – UK Tech Labour Market Trends, March 2023
Tech Within Consumer Goods & Services - UK Tech Labour Market Trends, March 2023 2022 was a great year for Tech within Consumer Goods & Services, but what roles in the sector proved to be the most popular in this terrific year for vacancies? Have you been...
Regionalisation – UK Insurance Labour Market Trends, March 2023
Regionalisation - UK Insurance Labour Market Trends, March 2023 2022 saw record levels for Insurance vacancies, but what roles were the most popular across the UK that helped Insurance levels soar? What were the most popular Insurance roles? What firms are the...
Surveyor – UK Real Estate Labour Trends, March 2023
Surveyor - UK Real Estate Labour Trends, March 2023 London was the most popular for Surveyor Vacancies across 2022, but what other regions gave the capital some competition over the course of the year? Looking for insights into the future of real estate recruitment in...
ZDNet: Tech investment is hitting new highs – and everyone wants to hire developers
ZDNet published a story using Vacancysoft data on how UK tech companies posted more IT vacancies in 2021 than all British businesses combined in 2020. Read it here.
Pharmaceutical Executive: UK Life Sciences Jobs at “Record Levels” with AstraZeneca Dominant Hirer
Pharmaceutical Executive published a story using Vacancysoft data on how jobs in the UK life sciences sector hit all-time highs in 2021. Read the article here.
UKTN: IT job vacancies surpass pre-pandemic levels in the UK
UKTN published a story using Vacancysoft data on how IT job vacancies in England and Wales surpassed pre-pandemic levels in a sign of the UK’s recovery. Read the article here.
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Why team building matters
Having a high level of employee engagement remains one of the biggest challenges facing business managers. There are countless studies showing how engaged employees will result in higher productivity and improved retention and will enable recruitment, innovate and...

Key person dependency, how exposed is your business?
Recruitment firms that lose key staff soon find out how resilient their processes really are. Especially when there is a market downturn, the barrier to exit for existing consultants drop, making it more likely they start to think about the potentially moving firm or...

When could a move abroad make sense?
With the UK experiencing a record cold snap, the idea of moving country to escape from the weather certainly has an appeal, that being the case, what are the implications for working abroad for a period? Working in a different country and culture requires you to adapt...
