Statistics

  • Average salary growth doubles in June

    Driven by recovery in the capital and growing graduate market

  • Lack of career planning hampering retention rates

    A lack of structure around careers, succession planning and personal development is set to cause organisations the biggest talent headache this year, according to research from Penna Plc, the global HR Services Group

  • Jobs boom at risk from growing skills shortages

    Employers are twice as confident about the economy as they were this time last year and many intend to take on more staff in coming months. But this jobs boom could be at risk from growing skills shortages, according to July’s JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)

  • AGR Summer Survey: Graduate job vacancies predicted to rise by 17%

    UK employers are reporting a 17% increase in the number of graduate vacancies this year, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). This year’s summer edition of AGR’s bi-annual survey, which is published today (22 July 2014) compares 2014 graduate recruitment levels to the previous graduate season

  • Salary inflations at record high as permanent candidate numbers plummet

    June’s Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs showed a further tightening of conditions in Scotland’s labour market, with salary inflation pushed to the highest in the survey’s history on the back of stronger demand for staff and a record drop in permanent candidate availability. Increased vacancies also helped drive an upturn in staff placements, with appointments of permanent employees and temp billings both rising at faster rates

  • Morgan Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor - Job availability in the City up 15% month-on-month

    The June 2014 London Employment Monitor shows that City recruitment is back on track again following its May dip, with the number of available roles up 15% in June to 8,490, from 7,410 recorded the previous month

  • Jobs rise by nine percent in the past year, while competition remains high

    The UK labour market continues to improve with the number of jobs increasing by nine per cent year-on-year (YOY), according to statistics from the Q2 2014 totaljobs.com Barometer, which analyses the behaviour of 5.9 million British jobseekers and 5,000 recruiters. Competition also rose, with the number of applications for each job rising by three per cent year-on-year.

  • Professional jobs increase by 6% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2013

    The Monitor recorded an increase of 2% in job opportunities between May of this year and June (9,368 to 9,537)

  • Housing boom not translating to jobs

    Industry professionals are split on whether the UK is heading towards a housing bubble. This is leading to uncertainty regarding job prospects in the sector, with over half (57%) of industry professionals feeling that the increase in residential sales is not translating to jobs

  • Executives confident in their own but not their companies’ digital abilities

    New research from executive and interim recruitment specialist Executives Online shows that a large majority (83 percent) of senior executives feel personally able to keep up with digital advancements in their industries, although more than two thirds (69 percent) believe their employers are not investing enough to ensure that their companies do too

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