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We partner with leading recruitment firms to produce thought leadership reports highlighting key labour market trends.
Year in Review – UK Telecom Labour Market Trends Report, January 2026
This report shows that UK telecom hiring rose 6.3% in 2025 but began slowing as the sector shifted from rapid 5G expansion to consolidation. Demand is increasingly focused on IT and engineering roles, while regional hiring gaps and employer strategies continue to diverge.
Year in Review – UK Insurance Labour Market Trends Report, January 2026
This report finds that UK insurance vacancies fell by 5.7% in 2025 as AI and automation reshaped hiring, sharply reducing claims and broking roles while demand for digital and IT talent grew. London remained the dominant hiring hub with 44.3% of vacancies, while company strategies—such as acquisitions, consolidation and investment in technology—drove diverging recruitment trends across the sector.
Year in Review – UK Tech Labour Market Trends Report, January 2026
This report highlights that the UK technology labour market grew in 2025 despite a cautious economic environment, with IT vacancies rising by about 15% year-on-year and London accounting for nearly 45% of national demand. It also shows strong growth in fintech and product management roles—especially in London—while banks, consultancies, and digital transformation projects increasingly drove demand for IT professionals.
Quick insights on hiring trends, industry shifts, and key sector developments to keep you informed in today’s dynamic job market.
Actuarial Snapshot
Stay informed with the latest insights on labour market shifts, hiring patterns, and industry-specific analytics. Our Snapshots highlight key developments across multiple sectors, helping you navigate the evolving recruitment landscape.
IT Management Snapshot
Stay informed with the latest insights on labour market shifts, hiring patterns, and industry-specific analytics. Our Snapshots highlight key developments across multiple sectors, helping you navigate the evolving recruitment landscape.
London Snapshot
Stay informed with the latest insights on labour market shifts, hiring patterns, and industry-specific analytics. Our Snapshots highlight key developments across multiple sectors, helping you navigate the evolving recruitment landscape.
City AM: UK fintech job vacancies surge as investors flock back to London
Fintech is dominating the UK financial services sector in 2024, emerging as the top-performing category for job openings. London is at the forefront of this growth, experiencing a significant 61% year-on-year increase in fintech job vacancies from January to April.
Business Money: UK fintech boom: Technology vacancies soar in 2024, driven by London’s dominance
Fintech has emerged as the top-performing segment in financial services this year. If the current recruitment trends persist, fintech job vacancies in 2024 are projected to be 37% higher nationwide compared to the previous year. Technology roles dominate the recruitment landscape within the fintech sector, making up 41% of all job vacancies this year.
The Standard: London fintech firms recruit thousands more staff
Over three thousand job vacancies in fintech were advertised during the first quarter of 2024. Roles in risk and compliance have experienced the most significant increase in recruitment, rising by over 85% in London.
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Annual Summit
Last week Vacancysoft convened its annual summit against a backdrop of mounting scrutiny of Britain’s industrial strategy and its tangible effects on the labour market.
Annual Summit – How the £80bn Industrial Strategy Is reshaping the UK jobs market
The UK’s £80 billion industrial strategy is driving investment into priority sectors such as artificial intelligence, clean energy, life sciences and telecoms, but early job gains remain concentrated, uneven, and in some cases delayed by regulatory and structural constraints. As geopolitical pressures and political uncertainty grow, questions remain over how widely employment benefits will spread and whether the strategy would survive a future change in government.
Can NATO survive Trump?
Trump’s stance on NATO and Greenland signals a potential collapse of US security guarantees to Europe, forcing the EU to pursue military self-reliance amid a historic transatlantic rupture. For Britain, this shift brings economic risk but may open the door to closer ties with the EU as global alliances realign.
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Webinar: IT Job Watch – October
Join James Chaplin, CEO of Vacancysoft, as he shares key insights into the evolving IT job market. Explore trends in IT vacancies dynamics, regional shifts, SME recruitment surges, and in-demand skills. Gain actionable data on market direction, VC funding, and economic factors impacting the industry. Register now!
Webinar: IT Job Watch – September
Join us for an enlightening session with James Chaplin, CEO of Vacancysoft, as he shares the latest insights on the IT job market. Discover the market’s direction and the impact of macroeconomic data. Learn about skills in demand, SME recruitment surges, and key trends shaping the industry. Don’t miss this chance to enhance your recruitment strategy with actionable insights!
APSCo Insight – with Vacancysoft – Market opportunities for Recruiters, post July 4
With a new government now in situ, the big question is, what will this mean for the job market, and what are the opportunities for the astute? The Labour party have already put forward some plans regarding how they want to change employment law. Similarly the energy industry looks like it will be getting a boost. What are the other areas to watch for?
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.
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