How are IT vacancies faring in England and Wales? What are the leading sectors and professions? Which regions have the highest activity, and which firms are the busiest?
Written in partnership with Robert Walters, this Year in Review report analyses the recruitment of IT roles within Fintech and other industries in England and Wales. It provides a comparison of monthly and annual totals trends, an analysis of the most wanted specialist roles, a regional breakdown of recruitment, and the hiring activity of top firms.
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E-Commerce – UK Tech Labour Market Trends, November 2023
As Europe’s most advanced e-commerce market, the UK has approximately 60 million e-commerce users. With that, shopping online has become the norm, which has had implications for retailers on the high street, especially outside of main shopping hubs, where the pandemic period had resulted in a significant surge in activity. Now, post-pandemic, there has been a slowdown as the market has normalized, which has meant that when looking at e-commerce, there has been a drop of 42.5% in IT vacancies compared to 2022, according to the latest UK Tech Report by Talent Alpha and Vacancysoft.
Tax – UK Finance Labour Market Trends Report, November 2023
The transition from the post-pandemic strategy of emphasising rapid talent acquisition and growth to prioritising efficiency and client service has resulted in a significant drop in recruitment for tax specialists this year, with vacancies forecast to be 31.1% down on 2022 according to a recent report by recruitment specialists Morgan Mckinley and market data providers, Vacancysoft.
Commerce & Industry – UK Legal Labour Market Trends, October 2023
Looking at this year by business quarter, we can see that there was a 6.8% increase in legal vacancies across commerce and industry in Q3 compared to Q2, which bodes well for the remainder of the year. Q4 is typically the busiest quarter of the year for vacancies overall, so we would expect to see that translate into vacancies for legal counsel. This is according to the latest UK Legal Labour Market Trends report by Search, and labour market data analysts Vacancysoft.

