September saw the highest number of new job postings since the beginning of March, with almost 129,000 new adverts posted online between 14-20 September. Growth in hiring is led by the temporary sector, which saw billings expand at the steepest rate since December 2018. The most notable growth is in south Nottinghamshire and West London.
With many children returning to the classroom, there was a notable increase in adverts for school support roles. There was also a smaller rise for both secondary and primary school teachers (+5.9% and +3.6%). The rise in demand for childminders (+10.2%) and play workers (+7.7%) is likely to be driven by more people returning to workplaces over recent weeks as they reopened.
The effects of the new measures and the work from home advice announced last week is not yet known, however now could be a good time to join the health and social care sector. With strong hiring activity in this sector, the government are planning on funding thousands of nursing apprenticeships as well as developing initiatives like the national retraining scheme to help people move into areas like social work, teaching and healthcare.
The shortage occupation list – used to offer work visas to people moving to the UK – shows that workers are also needed in fields like engineering, web programming and graphic design. It could also be worth making a speculative application to fully digital companies as the pandemic has accelerated the shift to online working. These could be online retail companies like Amazon, which is currently recruiting for 15,000 UK jobs – or tech companies working in education or healthcare.
The tech sector is leading the UK’s economic recovery, with a 36% increase in the number of tech job ads between June and August and the second-greatest number of openings after healthcare. In particular, demand has increased by more than 40% for expertise in technologies such as Amazon Web Services, Python, JavaScript and SQL.
All English regions except London recorded higher temp billings in August, although the high availability of workers due to lays offs is having an impact on pay. Private sector vacancy trends show a solid rise in demand for temporary workers contrasting with a further fall in permanent vacancies. Temporary vacancies increased across three of the ten monitored sectors during August/September.
Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the REC, said: “Temporary work is critical in any recovery – businesses turn to temps to help them ramp up and meet demand while the future looks uncertain. At the same time, it enables people to find work quickly. Past recessions show that temporary work bounces back more quickly – it is one of our jobs market’s biggest strengths and that’s really showing now.”
Here are some of the companies that are advertising 50 or more UK roles on their websites (last updated on 11 Sept) – more positions are listed on the LinkedIn jobs page.
Accounting
- EY: 177 open roles
- Grant Thornton: 80 open roles
Biotechnology
- PerkinElmer: 200+ open roles
Broadcast Media
- Sky: 176 open roles
Civil Engineering
- Amey: 211 open roles
- Costain Group Plc: 69 open roles
- Jacobs: 122 open roles
- Mott Macdonald: 88 open roles
Computer Software
- Sage: 54 open roles (NEW)
Consumer Electronics
- Apple: 84 open roles
Here are some of the companies that are advertising 50 or more UK roles on their websites. New additions are marked on the list. (Last updated on 25 September)
Accounting
- EY: 251 open roles
- Grant Thornton: 92 open roles
Biotechnology
- PerkinElmer: 200+ open roles
Broadcast Media
- Sky: 249 open roles
Civil Engineering
- Amey: 298 open roles
- Costain Group Plc: 95 open roles
- Jacobs: 121 open roles
- Mott Macdonald: 100 open roles
Computer Software
- Sage: 127 open roles
Consumer Electronics
- Apple: 104 open roles
Defence and Space
- Babcock International Group: 151 open roles
- BAE Systems: 163 open roles
- MBDA: 128 open roles
- Ultra Electronics: 61 open roles
- UK Ministry of Defence: 200+ open roles
Design
- Atkins: 121 open roles
Facilities Services
Financial services
- Barclays: 128 open roles
- Bloomberg: 62 open roles
- Citi: 343 open roles
- Deutsche Bank: 114 open roles
- Goldman Sachs: 94 open roles
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.: 330 open roles
- Morgan Stanley: 101 open roles
- Revolut: 291 open roles (NEW)
Government Administration
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP): 51 open roles (NEW)
- Derbyshire County Council: 228 open roles
- Essex County Council : 98 open roles
- Leeds City Council: 164 open roles
Hospital & Health Care
- Barchester Healthcare: 961 open roles
- Bupa: 104 open roles
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 100+ open roles
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust: 100 open roles
- IQVIA: 261 open roles
- Maria Mallaband Care Group: 100+ open roles
- NHS: 14,934 open roles
- Nuffield Health: 270 open roles
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: 80 open roles
Information Technology & Services
- BJSS: 112 open roles
- Capgemini: 140 open roles
- Capita: 168 open roles
- CGI: 57 open roles
- IBM: 50 open roles
- Microsoft: 77 open roles
- Serco: 68 open roles
- Version 1: 50+ open roles
Insurance
- Direct Line Group: 82 open roles
Internet
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
- Borne Leisure Ltd: 200+ open roles (NEW)
Logistics & Supply Chain
- DHL Supply Chain: 117 open roles
- Royal Mail: 124 open roles
- XPO Logistics: 157 open roles
Medical Device
- Danaher: 127 open roles
Pharmaceuticals
- AstraZeneca: 174 open roles
- GSK: 141 open roles
Retail
- Aldi: 200+ open roles
- Argos: 82 open roles
- Asda: 146 open roles
- Co-op: 274 open roles
- John Lewis & Partners: 140 open roles
- Morrisons: 100+ open roles
- Next: 1,189 open roles
- Ocado: 100+ open roles
- Sainsbury’s: 90 open roles
- Specsavers: 975 open roles
- Superdrug: 218 open roles
- Tesco: 1,617 open roles
School
- University of Cambridge: 50+ open roles
- The University of Edinburgh: 109 open roles
- University of Leeds: 60 open roles
- University of Oxford: 121 open roles
- University of Nottingham: 74 open roles
Semiconductors
- ARM: 146 open roles
Technology
- Siemens: 68 open roles
Telecommunications
- BT: 177 open roles
- CityFibre: 116 open roles
- Virgin Media: 50+ open roles
- Vodafone: 266 open roles
Utilities
- SSE plc: 75 open roles
More positions are listed on the LinkedIn jobs page.
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