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Year in Review: UK Regional Labour Market Trends, January 2024
In a sign of the times, industrial engineering, which encompasses aerospace and defence, has proven to be the top performing industry this past year, up 21% on 2022. At the same time the impact of quantitative tightening on the London market has been felt heavily across both finance and technology. As a result, vacancies in the capital are down 40% on the prior year.
Accounting & Finance – UK Finance Labour Market Trends Report, December 2023
2023 has seen a significant drop in accounting vacancies across financial services and commerce & industry. March marked the year’s peak in financial services with 532 vacancies, a 31% decrease from 2022, and the only increase was a 12% rise in November, according to the latest UK Finance Labour Market Trends report by Morgan McKinley and market data analysts Vacancysoft.
London – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, December 2023
Despite a 39% decrease in recruitment patterns in London in 2023 compared to the previous year, the city maintains a pivotal position in professional opportunities, expected to contribute 34% of the UK’s vacancies, emphasizing its crucial role in the national job market. This is according to the latest UK National Labour Market Trends report by APSCo and labour market data analysts Vacancysoft.
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Vacancysoft & APSCO Report Featured In Be IT
We are delighted to announce that the Regional Trends Report – 2018 in Review we published together with Apsco has been featured in the BE IT. Please see the following link for the full article. Get a copy of this report here. Every day Vacancysoft monitors careers...
Vacancysoft & APSCO Report Featured In Recruitment International
We are delighted to announce that the Regional Trends Report – 2018 in Review we published together with Apsco has been featured in the Recruitment International. Please see the following link for the full article. Get a copy of this report here. Every day...
Vacancysoft & APSCO Report Featured In ITProPortal
We are delighted to announce that the Regional Trends Report – 2018 in Review we published together with Apsco has been featured in the ITProPortal magazine. Please see the following link for the full article. Get a copy of this report here. Every day...
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