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We partner with leading recruitment firms to produce thought leadership reports highlighting key labour market trends.
Employment – UK Legal Labour Market Trends, March 2025
Employment law hiring saw sharp contrasts in 2024, with leading firms significantly expanding recruitment to meet rising demand, while others scaled back amid declining legal aid and fewer trade union disputes.
Regulatory Affairs – UK Life Sciences Labour Market Trends, March 2025
The UK Life Sciences labour market is undergoing major shifts, with AI adoption, regulatory reforms, and regional realignment driving demand for new skills. London leads the resurgence, while nationwide hiring trends reflect growing confidence in the MHRA’s post-Brexit innovation agenda.
Tax – UK Finance Labour Market Trends Report, April 2025
Britain’s tax job market is surging amid sweeping 2025 policy changes, with tax vacancies up 14% year-over-year as employers race to adapt to rising NI contributions, new VAT rules, and the end of the remittance basis. Regional demand now outpaces London, accounting for 61% of projected openings nationwide.
Quick insights on hiring trends, industry shifts, and key sector developments to keep you informed in today’s dynamic job market.
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Solicitor’s Journal: Private client job boom
The Solicitor’s Journal published a story using Vacancysoft and APSCo data showing how legal sector hiring is already at 60% of last year’s total. Read the full article now.
Reuters: Looming staff shortages set to stretch reopened British pubs
Vacancysoft labour market data features in a Reuters story about British pubs and restaurants face potential staffing crunches after months of lockdown. Read the full article here.
London Loves Business: Remote working fuels huge growth in IT vacancies
Vacancysoft and APSCo labour market data features in a story about how remote working has fuelled growth in IT vacancies in London Loves Business. Read the full article here.
Our CEO, James Chaplin, provides insight into business, operations and thought leadership at Vacancysoft.
Has Putin’s Trump card now been played?
Trump has spoken. Not only to Putin, but in Munich, to the European community also. For European leaders, the notion that a resolution on Ukraine could be negotiated solely between the United States and Russia—without their involvement—is entirely untenable. This is particularly concerning given that the U.S. has explicitly stated it does not perceive itself as a military guarantor post conflict.
Martech and the future of the Marketing profession
Automation through technology is not a new phenomenon. Every generation can cite its own case study of how jobs have been replaced by people. However, historically, the segments of the workforce most likely to be disrupted, have been the blue collar workers, and office based work, has proven resilient against that change.
Is a trade war between the EU and USA now inevitable?
With former President Trump moving to implement his policy agenda, initial measures have already been set in motion. He has declared a state of emergency at the border, leveraging his executive powers to impose tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico, with the European Union (EU) now in his sights.
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Read the latest news on the recruitment and staffing industry through stories powered by Vacancysoft’s labour market data, analysis and our thought leadership pieces.
Clinical jobs rocket as R&D and lab roles in UK life sciences experience record growth
Life sciences firms in England and Wales are hiring R&D and laboratory scientists in record numbers as the government continues to champion the UK as a global life sciences hub, new research shows.
Software engineers & UX/UI experts most in-demand as UK tech jobs continue surging into 2022
Vacancies for IT professionals continue growing unabated in 2022 as UK tech firms urgently search for developers and engineers to maintain their record-breaking momentum of the last 12 months, a new report says.
Risk & compliance jobs soar as banks brace for new financial regulation in 2022
Banks are publishing record numbers of risk and compliance jobs in the UK following an unprecedented year of regulatory initiatives and a flurry of upcoming changes expected in 2022, a new report says.
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