July 2006 Job Creation Index (JCI) Figures released - 29, 472 Positions Created

Nearly 30,000 jobs were created across the UKís 21 key industries in July. Overall job creation is down compared to July 2005, but a number of key sectors are still recruiting steadily such as insurance and pensions and energy and utilities. This month the public sector leads the way on the job creation index. After a downturn in job creation over 2006 the public sector has seen an upturn in recruitment. This month 3,979 jobs were created.

The JCI figures are determined by comparing the number of jobs created within UK industrial sectors each month with the number of jobs created for the corresponding month in the previous year. The JCI figure shows individual industry performance, measured as a percentage above or below the number of jobs created from a year ago. From these figures, the following trends have been highlighted:

Julyís Front Runners
Public Sector ñ This month the public sector leads the way on the Job Creation Index with a positive JCI of 947

Media, Marketing and Publishing ñ Media, Marketing and Publishing has seen a surge in job creation. This month the JCI rises to 663

Support Services ñ Increasing legislation and regulatory pressures on business has resulted in a job creation increase in the support services sector. This month the JCI rises to 352

Julyís Chasers
Health and Social Care ñ Despite a positive increase in job creation for the health and social care sector earlier in the year, this month the JCI drops to -98

Building and Construction ñ The job creation index drops to ñ88 this month

Neil Jones, Adecco sales and marketing director of Adecco UK and Ireland said: ì2006 has been an interesting year for job creation, after a slow start to the year we have seen a number of sectors focusing efforts on recruitment. Despite an overall reduction in the number of jobs created this month compared to 2005, we are still seeing a healthy increase across 50 per cent of the sectors with a total of 29,472 positions created.î

Nicholas Eggington, operations manager of Mandis commented, ìSectors that have traditionally been slow to recruit in 2006 such as media and marketing and public sector have seen an upturn in job creation this month. The Hampshire Police Authority and the Army have buoyed the public sector with a 9.8m budget increase and new HQ respectively and this has impacted this months job creation figures.î

The Mandis/Adecco Job Creation Index is the ongoing monthly tracker of UK jobs created across 21 industries in the UK that enables year on year monthly comparisons. This ëliveí data is gathered via research during each month into the employment intentions of a representative sample of over 500 UK organisations, providing a key, up-to-date indicator on economic performance and confidence across the sectors. The monthly study is conducted by Mandis Business Intelligence and sponsored by Adecco, the UKís largest recruiter.