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Scotland – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, August 2024
In the first seven months of 2024, Scotland recorded 12,766 professional vacancies, which accounted for 5.3% of the UK’s total of 226,708 vacancies. Scotland’s job market has seen a modest year-on-year increase of 0.5%, significantly lagging behind the UK’s national average growth of 2.5%.
London – UK Real Estate Labour Market Trends, Summer 2024
The first half of 2024 has demonstrated market resilience despite ongoing economic challenges. While sectors like banking and real estate face pressures from new government policies and global uncertainties, strategic adjustments are evident.
London – UK Finance Labour Market Trends Report, August 2024
The banking sector continued its slump in 2024, with vacancies down 3% compared to last year. However, recent analysis suggests UK securities are undervalued, and with a new government, the sector might rebound – July has shown record performance. Tax has been a key focus for hiring, especially with Labour’s tax-raising agenda. As a result, tax roles have performed strongly, making the upcoming Autumn budget particularly significant.
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SIA: Remote working fuels 71% Q1 growth in IT vacancies
Vacancysoft and APSCo data features in a story in Staffing Industry Analysts about how IT vacancies grew in Q1 2021 by 71.7% year-on-year. Read the full article here.
Estates Gazette: Real estate lawyers are hot property, says labour market data
Vacancysoft labour market data showing that that hiring for real estate lawyers is at an all-time high featured in a story in the Estates Gazette. Read the full article here.
Global Recruiter: Record European demand for regulatory affairs specialists
Recent joint Vacancysoft and Cpl Life Sciences labour market research on regulatory affairs specialists was featured in The Global Recruiter. Read the full article here.
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How will the Budget impact the job market?
The first Labour Government in a generation, the biggest increase in taxes since 1993. A bold maneuver to bolster growth, or a misstep, which will cost Labour at the next election? The challenge facing policy makers is real. The size of the national debt is so large, that interest payments alone are now larger than the entire policing budget. And in order to prevent the national debt to stop increasing relative to GDP, the country needs annual growth of 2.5% or more.
What would a Trump win mean for the UK economy?
With one week to go, the election remains too close to call. With that, on November 5, the USA will vote and if Trump wins, there will be implications for the UK. Foreign policy is the one area where Trump has internationalists concerned, equally his primary gripe is that NATO members should be paying their way, and the USA is footing the bill for defense in Europe unnecessarily.
VC/PE Funding collapses in Q3
The quarterly funding data from Pitchbook has now been released, and for people in the IT community, it makes grim reading. The deal count in Q3 is down 43% compared to Q2 and deal values have shrunk by an even greater amount. Whilst the VC/PE backed start up community is a small fragment of the UK labour market, funding data is indicative of the wider prevailing economic trends.
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Insurance 2021 Review: Boom in UK recruitment as industry bounces back from pandemic
Insurance companies in the UK published a record number of vacancies in 2021 as the sector recovered from the effects of the pandemic and set its sights on further growth, new research shows. Download the report now.
Real Estate & Construction 2021 Review: Record industry jobs with Kier Group dominating UK hiring
New jobs in UK real estate & construction reached all-time highs in 2021, reflecting the activity experienced by a resurgent and emboldened property market, new data shows. Download the report now.
Life Sciences 2021 Review: Jobs at record levels with AstraZeneca publishing most UK vacancies
New jobs in UK life sciences hit all-time highs in 2021 with AstraZeneca the dominant recruiter, an annual labour market review by Cpl Life Sciences and Vacancysoft found. Download the report now.
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