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London – UK Regional Labour Market Trends, December 2025
This report examines London’s stronger-than-average job growth in 2025, driven by rising demand for tech and executive roles. It highlights a shift toward digital skills as leading employers expand despite wider economic caution.
Fintech – UK Finance Labour Market Trends, December 2025
This report examines the sharp rebound in UK FinTech hiring, with vacancies set to rise 36.9% and London accounting for nearly three-quarters of all roles. It highlights accelerating demand for specialist technology, compliance and credit risk talent, driven by fast-scaling firms and a sector increasingly focused on regulation, resilience and platform innovation.
Medical Affairs – UK Life Sciences Labour Market Trends, November 2025
This report examines how global pricing pressure is driving a 9.6% decline in UK Medical Affairs hiring for 2025, with London remaining resilient and Wales surging. It highlights the contraction among major pharma, contrasted with growth in CROs and biotechs, and shows how AI is reshaping support roles while core scientific expertise remains in demand.
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Gaming 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.
Insurance 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.
Corporate Recruitment 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.
Croner-i: Demand for tax specialists up by 40%
Personal tax vacancies have experienced the most significant growth, with a fivefold increase in the monthly average compared to 2023. London remains the largest area for vacancies overall.
City AM: Busy claims year drives demand for risk professionals in London insurance market
High demand for risk professionals in insurance due to rising business interruption claims. London experiencing a significant surge in job opportunities.
City AM: Record-level demand for tax lawyers after Spring Budget
The Spring Budget’s batch of changes to taxation has resulted in law firms posting more vacancies for tax lawyers in February, than any other month over the last two years.
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Private sector growth falters as Unemployment Rises
The UK economy is faltering, with rising unemployment, weak private-sector growth, and record-low business confidence. Labour’s industrial strategy has yet to deliver, leaving economic and political pressure mounting. Restoring confidence will require targeted business support, clearer regulation, and credible pro-growth policies.
Vacancysoft Launch the IS-8 Vacancy Index
The UK’s new Industrial Strategy (IS-8), launched in June 2025, commits over £86 billion to boost productivity, innovation and competitiveness across eight key sectors — from Clean Energy to Life Sciences. Early indicators show rising investment and job creation, particularly in AI, Energy and Defence, as the government accelerates efforts to drive industrial growth.
Could the war in Ukraine end this winter?
Ukraine’s defence sector is rapidly transforming amid ongoing conflict, with homegrown technologies like the long-range “Flamingo” missile boosting military autonomy and shifting the strategic balance. As Russia’s economy weakens under falling energy revenues and rising costs, pressure is mounting for a ceasefire — especially if the rouble again breaches 100 to the dollar, a threshold that could make continued war unsustainable.
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