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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.
HR – UK Insurance Labour Market Trends, July 2024
The pandemic’s long-term impact on the industry is still evident, particularly in how we work. The sudden shift from structured, on-site roles to remote work has altered workplace dynamics, with traditional business principles now being challenged, especially by younger generations. This has created challenges for HR departments as businesses face resistance to returning on-site.
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City A.M.: Hiring for bankers reaches three-year high
City A.M. features Vacancysoft and Morgan McKinley data in a story about how hiring for bankers is at a three-year high in the United Kingdom. Read the full article here.
Business News Wales: Just 9% of new hires in edtech are academics
Vacancysoft and Robert Walters labour market data in Business News Wales shows how just 9% of new edtech hires are academics. Read the full article here.
City A.M.: Hiring for lawyers at highest since pre-pandemic
Vacancysoft’s labour market data features in a story in City A.M. about how hiring for lawyers is at its highest since before the pandemic. Read the full article here.
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IT Development vacancies still 7% below 2023 levels
Historically, IT has been the disruptor. From Retail to Transportation, the integration of technology has meant that monopolistic incumbents have lost market share to new upstarts, who have carved out their own share of the market. As an example, imagine that 20 years ago, Black Cab drivers could expect to earn £100,000+ per annum. With Uber, the profession has been permanently changed.
Could Atom Valley put Manchester on the Global Manufacturing Map?
In the decade to 2020, the Greater Manchester economy grew by 39% from £53.89 billion to £78.7 billion and it has been one of the major UK city-regions driving job growth nationwide. With that, Manchester is the largest regional financial, professional, and business services hub outside of London, employing more than 280,000 people. With that in mind, the city has made a strategic gambit to attract international businesses, as part of a north-shoring strategy, where as a result, Spinningfield now has companies located there across Banking, Consulting, Insurance, Law and Technology, employing over 20,000 people overall.
ONS data shows contraction in vacancies
“It’s the economy, stupid.” And in that moment, the paradigm by which political discourse became viewed changed. Now with a new Labour Government in situ, the signs are for the most redistributive budget to be seen in many generations. In fact, given the fact New Labour mostly signed up to the tenets of the prior Conservative regime, you would have to go back to pre-Thatcher to understand how this Government seeks to govern.
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National 2021 Review: Vacancies reach all-time high as London dominates labour market with record 20k+ new jobs
New jobs in the UK reached record levels in 2021, with the TMT sector accounting for the most new vacancies in a year when remote working became the norm across British business, according to APSCo and Vacancysoft. Read the report now.
Record job growth in Irish life sciences driven by surge in biotech vacancies
Ireland’s life sciences industry is enjoying a record year of recruitment as it recovers from the effects of the pandemic and strengthens its reputation as a global pharmaceutical hub, according to new research.
London law firms in hiring surge with Clifford Chance leading pack
London’s legal firms went on an unprecedented hiring spree in 2021, with the number of fixed-term contract (FTC) roles in the capital also reaching all-time highs, new research shows.
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