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Engineering – UK Life Sciences Labour Market Trends, September 2024
The UK pharmaceuticals sector is recovering from its post-pandemic slowdown, with a focus on addressing the backlog of drug approvals by the MHRA. As approvals accelerate, pharmaceutical manufacturing is ramping up, contributing to an 8.8% increase in engineering vacancies in 2024 compared to last year.
Banking – UK Finance Labour Market Trends Report, September 2024
The UK stands out among G8 countries due to its political stability, with the government expected to remain in power for up to 10 years. Consequently, 2024 could mark a turning point for UK banking, thanks to recent deregulation reforms and stable interest rates.
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%.
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Reuters: Next generation of bankers fear for future
Reuters features Vacancysoft labour market data on UK banking interns in a story on how demand for fresh talent is at its strongest in years. Read it here.
Global Recruiter: Biotech drives forward, Cambridge hiring set to double
Recent joint Vacancysoft and Cpl Life Sciences labour market research on hiring for biotech specialists was featured in The Global Recruiter. Read the full article here.
Global Recruiter: Science entry level falls 60 per cent
Vacancysoft and APSCo labour market research on how junior level life sciences recruitment fell during the pandemic features in The Global Recruiter. Read the full article here.
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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.
Are HR vacancies set to surge?
The return of working from the office, is manifesting, especially in the larger companies, with a combination of carrot and stick now in effect. Refusniks who are successfully negotiating to retain their remote privileges are being told that only people based on site are likely to get bonuses and promotions, whilst others are starting to be counted in and out and disciplined if they are found to be working remotely too often.
Q3 shows a September slump
The countdown to the October 30 budget starts now. 3 months into power, and the priorities of this Government are becoming clear. The question is how to pay for these policies the Government want to implement. For context, the inflation busting public sector pay rises have already added 10BN to the budget, and there are likely to be more to follow. Without productivity linked reform, the danger is that this just results in inflationary pressure, at a time when the Government would be wanting interest rates to fall.
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Technology 2021 Review: New IT jobs beat 2018 record as UK tech receives record investment
The number of tech jobs in England and Wales reached record levels in 2021, with tech firms publishing more IT vacancies in the last year than all British businesses combined did in 2020, a new labour market report says.
Law 2021 Review: Eversheds Sutherland busiest recruiter as UK legal vacancies hit all-time high
Legal jobs reached record levels in 2021 as companies sought additional legal expertise during a second consecutive year of economic uncertainty, according to BCL Legal and Vacancysoft. Download the report now.
Finance 2021 Review: UK banking jobs at record levels with NatWest & Nationwide in pandemic hiring comebacks
UK banking vacancies hit an all-time high in 2021 despite covid restrictions, general sector underperformance and the post-Brexit financial services agreement still unresolved. Read the report now for more.
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