UK Recruitment Trends & Labour Market Research | Page 3

- 01 Oct 2026
Entry-level job postings fall 20% across 26 UK cities, JobLeads finds
The platform’s comparison of the first halves of 2025 and 2026 finds fewer advertised entry-level roles in every city studied, despite an estimated rise in the...
- 30 Sep 2026
Nine in ten Scottish SME leaders in Vistage poll say pressures are limiting hiring and growth
A small poll of 50 business leaders at Vistage’s Glasgow forum points to pressure on investment, recruitment and wellbeing, with employment costs a prominent...
- 29 Sep 2026
Employer confidence improves but hiring recovery remains fragile, REC finds
The REC’s latest JobsOutlook shows a modest improvement in business sentiment, while permanent hiring intentions have softened.
- 29 Sep 2026
London set to take more than half of UK banking vacancies in 2026
Morgan McKinley and Vacancysoft forecast a 9% rise in UK banking vacancies, with the recovery concentrated in London and selected specialist roles.
- 28 Sep 2026
Nearly half of surveyed AI workers are job hunting as trust concerns emerge
A survey of 1,000 AI employees highlights retention risks and concerns that staff discuss privately but do not raise with leadership.
- 28 Sep 2026
UK accountancy firm numbers fall 8.6% as sector faces succession questions
Rapport Digital’s analysis of ONS data shows 3,745 fewer accountancy enterprises between 2019 and 2025, with consolidation and talent supply in focus.
- 25 Sep 2026
Nearly half of finance professionals do not want to become CFO, Robert Walters finds
Work-life balance and a lack of board-level experience are shaping the future finance leadership pipeline, according to Robert Walters.
- 24 Sep 2026
Permanent hiring returns to growth as temporary recruitment gains momentum, says QUBA
QUBA Solutions’ September market snapshot finds permanent placements growing for the first time since September 2022, while temporary billings rise for a fifth...
- 24 Sep 2026
One in four senior leaders expect employees to simply adapt to change, CoachHub finds
New research highlights a gap between organisations’ ambitions for transformation and the support they give managers and employees to make change last.
- 24 Sep 2026
Data overtakes staffing as the biggest barrier to threat hunting, SANS survey finds
Half of threat hunters identify data quality or quantity as their main obstacle, while fewer organisations formally measure whether their programmes work.