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Year in Review: UK Tech Labour Market Trends, February 2024
The deceleration of tech-centric sectors in London during 2023 mirrors the broader downturn experienced across the UK, with IT vacancies plummeting by 50.5% in the capital compared to 36.3% regionally. Hence the fact that demand for IT professionals has fallen 42.8% compared to the peaks seen in 2022, is a temporary blip.
Year in Review: UK Legal Labour Market Trends, January 2024
At a time when the sector has been depressed by the cyclical downturn due to quantitative tightening, this has led to a drop of 34.8% in London and 19.4% regionally. Within law firms, real estate remains the top skill in demand, although its market share has slipped from 22% in 2022 to 18% in 2023. This is partly due to a hefty 37% fall in vacancies in this area in 2023 as the commercial property sector has slowed down.
Year in Review: UK Finance Labour Market Trends, January 2024
The cyclical nature of Financial Services has meant that as interest rates rose, and the economy appeared on the edge of recession, recruitment slowed down significantly. All this has led to professional vacancies falling in 2023, with a 34% year-on-year decrease from 2022.
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Vacancysoft & APSCo Information Technology Trends Report featured in Staffing Industry Analysts
We are delighted to announce that the Information Technology Trends Report we published together with APSCo has been featured in Staffing Industry Analysts. – See the full article ‘Demand for IT developers and engineers up, biotechnology vacancies rise 36%’ following...
Vacancysoft & APSCo Pharmaceuticals Trends Report featured in Recruitment International
We are delighted to announce that the Pharmaceuticals Trends Report we published together with APSCo has been featured in Recruitment International. Read 'UK biotechnology booming, according to APSCo' in the press release. Recruitment Industry Insights is a free...
Vacancysoft & APSCo Northern England Report featured in Lancashire Telegraph
We are delighted to announce that the Northern England Report we published together with APSCo has been featured in Lancashire Telegraph. – See the full article 'Vacancies bounce back as recruiters shrug off Brexit' following the link. Recruitment Industry Insights is...
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The public sector looks set to shrink this year, what next?
Government pressure on public sector spending sees vacancies drop. At the last count it was estimated there were nearly 5.9m people employed in the public sector, where just as importantly, that number has grown significantly over the last seven years.
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