Every month Fuel Recruitment contributes to a report on jobs, which is produced by Markit and sponsored by the REC and KPMG LLP. These reports consist of original survey data, and provide an up-to-date picture of the UK job market on a monthly basis.
Below you will find our selected highlights:
April 2012
Highlights from the April survey, which covers the period of mid-March to mid-April: Permanent staff placements increased in April, continuing the trend seen since the start of 2012. Higher placements were supported by a further solid increase in demand for staff. Salaries remained broadly stagnant but hourly rates of pay for temporary and contract staff [...]
Read more...March 2012
Highlights from the March survey, which covers the period of mid-February to mid-March: The number of people placed into permanent job roles by recruitment consultancies increased for the third month running in March. Data for the English regions signalled that appointments of permanent staff increased markedly in both the Midlands and the South of England [...]
Read more...February 2012
Highlights from the February survey, which covers the period of mid-January to mid-February: Growth of permanent staff placements was recorded for the second month running in February, and at the strongest pace since last May. Agencies’ temporary/contract staff billings decreased for a third consecutive month in February, albeit marginally. Anecdotal evidence suggested that the reduction [...]
Read more...January 2012
Highlights from the January survey, which covers the period of mid-December to mid-January: Permanent staff appointments rose for the first time in four months during January, albeit modestly. Where an increase in placements was recorded, this was often linked by panellists to higher client activity levels. There were also some reports of companies taking temporary [...]
Read more...December 2011
Highlights from the December survey, which covers the period of mid-November to mid-December: Permanent staff salaries remained broadly stable in December, rising only fractionally on the month. Temporary/contract staff hourly pay rates fell slightly for the first time since January. Growth of candidate availability accelerated markedly in December. The latest increase in permanent staff availability [...]
Read more...November 2011
Highlights from the November survey, which covers the period of mid-October to mid-November: Permanent staff placements decreased for the second month running, although at a moderate pace it was still the sharpest rate of decline since July 2009 Permanent candidate availability grew marginally Agency billings for the placement of temporary and contract staff rose for [...]
Read more...October 2011
Highlights from the October survey, which covers the period of mid-September to mid-October: First reduction in over two years in permanent staff placements, although the rate of decline was only marginal. There was no significant change to starting salaries given to permanent candidates. The increase to the national minimum wage on 1st October was reported [...]
Read more...September 2011
Highlights from the September survey, which covers the period of mid-August to mid-September: A rise in the number of people placed in perm roles was reported in September, continuing the period of growth to 26 months. However it was noted that this latest increase was quite modest. Demands for perm staff were recorded at higher [...]
Read more...August 2011
Highlights from the August survey, which covers the period of mid-July to mid-August Placements of permanent staff rose at a modest pace, identical to the previous month. Supply of permanent candidates improved at the fastest rate since January 2010. Growth in the availability of contract staff remained close to July’s five-month high. Out of the [...]
Read more...July 2011
Highlights from the July survey, which covers the period of mid-June to mid-July: The number of people placed in permanent positions by recruitment consultants continued to grow in July, indicating that the two year period of growth has been maintained. 7 of the 8 categories of permanent staff recorded a higher level of demand, with [...]
Read more...June 2011
Highlights from the June survey, which covers the period of mid-May to mid-June: Survey data from recruitment consultancies revealed a continued but modest rise in the number of permanent placements during June. Demand for staff according to sector showed very similar results to the previous month, but this time Engineering/Construction took the top spot with [...]
Read more...May 2011
Highlights from the May survey, which covers the period of mid-April to mid-May: The Recruitment consultancies surveyed reported an improvement in the availability of candidates to fill both permanent and contract vacancies. There was a slow-down in permanent placement, but the unusually high number of public holidays in late April was a significant contributing factor. [...]
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