If our blog posts last week, Temps Still In Demand and Job Market Update, have given you cause for cautious optimism, then hopefully figures released by Reed for October will serve to confirm that the recruitment market remains on an upward trajectory.
The Reed Job Index has highlighted 3 significant areas of good news.
Job Demand
October saw the volume of vacancies throughout the UK achieve the biggest month-on-month increase in almost 24 months, with the IT, Marketing, Accountancy & Sales sectors experiencing the largest upward swing.
Salaries
Financial packages have seen an uplift, particularly within the Leisure & Tourism and Retail markets, with other sectors continuing to hold steady during October.
Regions
Demand for staff enjoyed an increase across all of the UK, with the number of new jobs being advertised in London rising by some 10 index points.
Hopefully, these encouraging results bode well for the job market as we approach 2012 & signal positive times ahead.
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