Statistics

  • A third of UK workers would prefer to be paid weekly - as nearly one in three run out of money before end of month

    Indeed Flex’s survey of UK workers found that despite high demand for a weekly top-up in wages, only 15% of employees are paid every seven days, with 5% paid fortnightly. More than three quarters (77%) of people receive their salary in one lump sum every month.

  • UK businesses prioritising skills development to remain agile amidst economic uncertainty

    As hiring slows across the globe and businesses face doing more with less, companies are prioritising skills development to remain agile and retain talent amidst economic uncertainty.

  • Hard-to-fill vacancies push median expected pay rise to new record of 5%

    More pay growth in store as over half of employers expect to raise pay further in 2023 to stay competitive

  • Applications soar as 2023 begins with a bang - Wave January 2023 Recruitment Trends Report

    The new year, new job trend has arrived with a bang this year.

  • 83% of Chief HR Officers say they face a significant talent retention problem, research from XpertHR shows

    According to a new report from XpertHR, in conjunction with Executive Networks, 83% of global CHROs are facing a significant talent retention problem.

  • Cold weather snap forces 1 in 5 UK professionals back to the office

    20.5% of the 1,700 surveyed reported that the recent freezing weather had made them change their working patterns and go into the office, rather than working from home. The reasons why were as follows:

  • Employers turn to temps amid economic uncertainty

    Employers continue to turn to temporary staff to fill jobs in the face of economic uncertainty and labour shortages, according to new Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) data.

  • 180,000 new job ads in the first week of January - REC

    While there may be some caution from employers in the face of uncertainty, overall the jobs market remains robust judging by the demand for new staff. The number of active job vacancy postings across the UK has remained robust since mid-August 2022. Active job adverts went above 1.5 million in mid-December 2022 and remained there in the first week of January, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast’s latest Labour Market Tracker.

  • Recession is small businesses’ main concern, with a quarter predicting their company will shrink in 2023

    Concerns around recession, inflation, and high operating costs are causing distress to UK small businesses as they enter this year, according to new SME Outlook 2023 research from iwoca – one of Europe’s largest small business lenders

  • Inflation likely to continue outstripping pay in 2023, finds XpertHR

    In the three months to the end of December 2022, the whole-economy basic pay rise was 5%, unchanged on the previous month

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