UK Labour Market Insights | June 2023

Trends across the UK

Across the country, unique job postings increased by +26% during May, compared to the previous month.
Sectors which saw significant growth across the country were Catering & Hospitality and Cleaning & Facilities Management.
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During May, unique job postings in London increased by +18.4% compared to the previous month
The sector with the biggest increase in job postings was Catering and Hospitality, which is to be expected at this time of year, listings increased by +31.5% compared to April.
Another sector that grew across the capital was Cleaning & Facilities Management, unique job listings increased by +27.5% compared to the previous month.
All sectors in the capital saw growth, the smallest rise in unique job postings was in Business, Legal and Finance related roles (+12.7%) This is normally a more dominant sector in the city.

Unique job postings in Scotland increased by +30.4% compared to the previous month.
The sector which saw the largest growth across the country was Education and training – unique job postings increased by +40 compared to April.
Taking a closer look at regions, unique job postings in Lanarkshire increased by +38.6% and 25.9% in Tayside compared to April.
In Dundee City, the biggest increase in job postings was in Construction (+37.5%) compared to the previous month. With the majority of sectors in the city seeing growth, the –6.2% decrease in IT-related roles, compared to the previous month, stood out.

During May, unique job postings in the North West increased by +24.8% compared to the previous month.
As seen in other regions across the country, the sectors which saw the biggest increase were Cleaning & Facilities Management (+33.3%) and Catering and Hospitality (+32.8%) compared to April.
Part of this was driven by Greater Manchester – where nearly half of job postings in the North West are located. In this area, Catering and Hospitality related roles increased by +29.7% compared to the previous month.
We also saw a seasonal increase in Merseyside. Where Tourism, Leisure & Arts job listings increased by +50.2% compared to the previous month.

Unique job postings in the West Midlands increased by +25% compared to April.
As to be expected, there was a seasonal increase in the Catering and Hospitality sector across region. Unique job postings grew by +34.4% compared to the previous month, this was largest growth across the West Midlands.
Other sectors which saw significant growth during May were Cleaning & Facilities Management (+31.4%) and Construction & Labouring (+31%) compared to the previous month.

Unique job postings in Yorkshire and the Humber region increased by +35% compared to the previous month.
Across the region, the sector which saw the largest increase was IT. Unique job postings increased by 40.3% compared to April. This was driven by big increases in the Yorkshire areas and Derby.
Other sectors which saw a significant rise in unique job postings were Catering and Hospitality (+37.3%), Construction and Labouring (+36.2%) and Sales and Marketing (+35.2%) compared to the previous month.

Unique job postings in Wales increased by +28.3% compared to the previous month.
The sector which saw the largest increase in unique job postings was Sales and Marketing, where they increased by +37.5% compared to April.
Following this, we also saw increases in Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain related roles (+37%) and Cleaning & Facilities Management (+35.7%) compared to the previous month.
In Cardiff – which has a quarter of the job postings in Wales – the Retail sector saw the biggest rise in unique job postings (+35%) compared to April.

Unique job postings in the region increased by +26% compared to the previous month.
Following the trend we’ve seen across the country, the two sectors which saw the largest increase in unique job postings were: Catering and Hospitality and Cleaning & Facilities Management – both saw unique job postings increased by +35.4% compared to April.
In Brighton – which contains a high number of jobs in the region – unique job postings increased by +28.8% compared to the previous month. This growth was driven by the expected increase in Catering and Hospitality related roles (+44.8%), alongside an increase in Tourism, Leisure and Arts Roles (+33.7%) compared to April.

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