UK staff vacancies continue growing, but pace slows down

The demand for staff continued its sharp growth in November 2017, although the pace has slowed down somewhat due mostly to a softer increase in permanent staff vacancies, a recent IHS Markit/REC Report on Jobs has been able to reveal.

Recruitment consultancies reported a further steep drop in permanent candidate availability during November. This was despite the rate of reduction easing to the weakest for seven months. Temp candidate supply meanwhile declined at a slightly quicker rate than seen in October.

Private sector staff vacancies rose sharply for both permanent and temporary roles, though rates of expansion eased slightly from the previous month. At the same time, growth of demand for permanent workers in the public sector weakened to a marginal pace, while temporary vacancies in the sector rose at the softest rate for four months.

The number of permanent staff vacancies increased across all monitored sectors in November, with Accounting/Financial and IT & Computing coming in first and second place in the rankings. The slowest, but still marked, upturn in permanent staff demand was seen in construction.

Nursing/Medical/Care continued to place at the top of the table for temporary staff vacancies during November. Nonetheless, marked increases in demand for temporary workers were also recorded for all other monitored sectors.

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