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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.
Midlands – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, March 2025
Between 2023 and 2024, professional vacancies in the Midlands fell 9.0%, outpacing the national decline of 1.5%, with the West Midlands seeing the sharpest drop. Economic pressures, including retail closures and a slowdown in investment, have driven this regional contraction.
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Global Recruiter: Recovery for financial services
The Global Recruiter features Vacancysoft and APSCo labour market research on the financial services sector recovery following a sharp dip during the pandemic. Read the full article here.
Staffing Industry Analysts: Recovery underway for financial services and legal sectors
Vacancysoft and APSCo research featured in Staffing Industry Analysts shows financial services and legal sector hiring recovering post-pandemic. Read the full article here.
Forbes: Silicon Valley Shifts To London In UK Tech Boom
Featured in Forbes, Vacancysoft and Robert Walters labour market data shows how the UK’s edtech sector grew by 72% last year and attracted a flood of VC investment. Read the article here.
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Insights from the Finance Forum
With a new Government in situ, last week we organized a private breakfast, with some of the leading recruiters in London, to discuss how the budget and Trump’s victory are likely to impact the London economy going into next year. Financial Services is so critical to the UK, that even for recruiters who are working in other areas, how the industry performs is of key importance. Read on for more.
Is New York Banking Job flow set to eclipse London for the first time?
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.
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.
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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.
Banks hiring tax experts in record numbers as UK economy rebounds post-covid
New data shows that jobs for tax experts are at record levels as firms bolster their accounting teams to cope with the post-pandemic surge in business.
Hiring for lawyers smashes pre-pandemic records with all-time high demand for real estate specialists
New data from BCL Legal and Vacancysoft shows that the number of new jobs for legal real estate specialists reached an all-time high in England & Wales.
Risk & compliance jobs surge as UK banking vacancies continue record growth
New data from Morgan McKinley and Vacancysoft shows that the number of new banking jobs had a record-breaking summer – and are set to continue rising.
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