Hiring News for October

Traditionally October is a good month for hiring in the lead up to increased Christmas demand. While there are still sectors where hiring is strong, the ongoing pandemic continues to force businesses to make redundancies. The countdown to the end of the furlough scheme has begun. From Thursday the scheme is being replaced by a jobs support package and the government’s contribution to furloughed workers’ wages will be reduced.

Last month Lloyds announced that they would be cutting 865 jobs as part of plans to restructure the business. The group has also decided to keep the majority of its 65,000 staff working remotely: “In line with guidance from the UK and national governments, and given the majority of our colleagues are working from home, we have asked them to continue to do so until at least spring,” a spokesperson for Lloyds Banking Group said in a statement. More home working is likely to be a permanent fixture for many firms.

Meanwhile, in the lead up to Christmas, Royal Mail is looking to fill a record number of temporary seasonal jobs due to a surge in online shopping during the pandemic. It will be hiring 33,000 additional workers for the Christmas period – two-thirds more than usual. More than 13,000 mail centre sorting posts are available in England, 1,400 posts in Scotland, 700 posts in Wales and 500 posts in Northern Ireland. The temporary workers will mainly work in sorting offices, delivery vans and data centres.

The delivery firm Yodel is also gearing up to meet demand. It will be hiring 2,500 self-employed drivers and nearly 500 staff in its sorting centres across the UK to bolster its operations. “We think it will be the biggest online Christmas ever, by some way,” said a company spokesperson. The rise in online shopping has undoubtedly been accelerated by the coronavirus crisis.

Elsewhere the need for tech skills continues, given that organisations see harnessing digital as a gateway to greater agility. The immediate demand will almost certainly mean an uptick in IT contractor usage, given the current market uncertainty. Positions such as Network Architecture and Engineering are gaining in popularity, with more people working remotely. This coincides with the arrival of 5G, which was already ramping up the need for core telecommunications, network and architecture skills. Day rates for a Network Architect are around £475-£525.

Cloud technology is also another area of tech to see hiring uplift. As more companies migrate from traditional server environments to the cloud, there’s a growing need for contractors to support cloud infrastructure and engineering. Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud were already big trends pegged for 2020 and the pandemic is only likely to accelerate this. There’s a particular demand for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Docker, DevOps and Kubernetes, with Cloud Consultant Day Rates at around £550-£600.

Here are some of the companies that are hiring on their websites on 16th October according to LinkedIn.

 

Accounting

• EY: 218 open roles
• Grant Thornton: 102 open roles

 

Biotechnology

• PerkinElmer: 200+ open roles

 

Broadcast Media

• Sky: 232 open roles

 

Building Materials

• Wolseley UK: 50 open roles (NEW)

 

Civil Engineering

• Amey: 298 open roles
• Costain Group Plc: 95 open roles
• Jacobs: 187 open roles
• Mott Macdonald: 100 open roles

 

Computer Software

• Sage: 149 open roles

 

Construction

• Balfour Beatty plc: 274 open roles (NEW)

 

Consumer Electronics

• Apple: 84 open roles

 

Defence and Space

• Babcock International Group: 214 open roles
• BAE Systems: 185 open roles
• MBDA: 125 open roles
• Royal Air Force (RAF): 63 open roles (NEW)
• Ultra Electronics: 56 open roles
• UK Ministry of Defence: 200+ open roles

 

Design

• Atkins: 201 open roles

 

Facilities Services

• Mitie: 200+ open roles
• Sodexo: 320 open roles

 

Financial services

• Barclays: 130 open roles
• Bloomberg: 68 open roles
• Citi: 307 open roles
• Deutsche Bank: 122 open roles
• Goldman Sachs: 87 open roles
• JPMorgan Chase & Co.: 319 open roles
• Morgan Stanley: 91 open roles
• Revolut: 291 open roles

 

Government Administration

• Department for Work and Pensions (DWP): 51 open roles
• Derbyshire County Council: 224 open roles
• Essex County Council : 88 open roles
• HM Revenue & Customs: 50 open roles (NEW)
• Leeds City Council: 190 open roles

 

Hospital & Health Care

• Barchester Healthcare: 942 open roles
• Bupa: 255 open roles
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 100+ open roles
• Guy’s and St Thomas’​ NHS Foundation Trust: 100 open roles
• IQVIA: 286 open roles
• Maria Mallaband Care Group: 100+ open roles
• NHS: 14,934 open roles
• Nuffield Health: 301 open roles
• St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 80 open roles

 

Information Technology & Services

• BJSS: 110 open roles
• Capgemini: 170 open roles
• Capita: 201 open roles
• CGI: 57 open roles
• Microsoft: 96 open roles
• Qinetiq : 90+ open roles (NEW)
• Serco: 81 open roles
• Version 1: 50+ open roles
• Vodafone: 195 open roles (NEW)

 

Insurance

• Direct Line Group: 91 open roles

 

Internet

• Amazon: 774 open roles
• Facebook: 158 open roles

 

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

• Borne Leisure Ltd: 200+ open roles

 

Logistics & Supply Chain

• DHL Supply Chain: 123 open roles
• Royal Mail: 103 open roles
• XPO Logistics: 148 open roles

 

Medical Device

• Danaher: 127 open roles

 

Oil & Energy

• Wood: 60+ open roles (NEW)

 

Pharmaceuticals

• AstraZeneca: 176 open roles
• GSK: 139 open roles

 

Retail

• Aldi: 200+ open roles
• Argos: 83 open roles
• Asda: 151 open roles
• Boots UK: 122 open roles (NEW)
• Co-op: 274 open roles
• John Lewis & Partners: 140 open roles
• Lidl: 274 open roles (NEW)
• Marks and Spencer: 134 open roles
• Morrisons: 100+ open roles
• Next: 2,404 open roles
• Ocado: 100+ open roles
• Sainsbury’s: 95 open roles
• Specsavers: 1,036 open roles
• Superdrug: 289 open roles
• Tesco: 3,405 open roles
• Waitrose & Partners: 337 open roles (NEW)

 

School

• University of Bristol: 61 open roles (NEW)
• University of Cambridge: 50+ open roles
• The University of Edinburgh: 109 open roles
• University of Leeds: 60 open roles
• University of Nottingham: 74 open roles

 

Semiconductors

• ARM: 161 open roles

 

Technology

• Siemens: 54 open roles

 

Telecommunications

• BT: 207 open roles
• CityFibre: 100 open roles
• Virgin Media: 50+ open roles
• Vodafone: 195 open roles

 

Utilities

• SSE plc: 75 open roles

 

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