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May 2025 UK Labour Market Update: Gradual Slowing Continues

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UK Cross-Border Searches, April 2025: Foreign Interest in UK Jobs Has Fallen Back

Jack Kennedy - 10 April 2025

The UK’s post-pandemic rise in foreign jobseeker interest has reversed in recent months, with high-skilled jobs seeing the sharpest declines.

Neurodiversity Inclusive Postings Are Rising, but Untapped Potential Remains in the UK Labour Market

Guillermo Gallacher - 27 February 2025

Neurodiversity mentions in UK job postings have nearly quadrupled in recent years, signalling a potential effort to tap into a large pool of underutilised talent.

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April 2025 UK Labour Market Update: Job Postings Slide Quickens

Jack Kennedy - 7 May 2025

Hiring headwinds have strengthened amid tariff uncertainty and a recently implemented hike in employment costs.

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March 2025 UK Labour Market Update: Wage Growth Beginning to Drift Down

Jack Kennedy - 1 April 2025

Pay growth has been elevated for some time but appears to be (finally) waning.

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February 2025 UK Labour Market Update: Resilience (Of Sorts) Despite the Gloomy Outlook

Jack Kennedy - 27 February 2025

Hiring demand is treading water ahead of April’s policy changes.

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January 2025 UK Labour Market Update: Undeniably Weak, but Not Getting Weaker (For Now)

Jack Kennedy - 3 February 2025

Hiring demand remains muted, though postings remain at a similar level to where they were just prior to last October’s Budget announcement.

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Indeed’s 2025 Ireland Jobs & Hiring Trends Report: Resilience, Despite Global Uncertainties

Jack Kennedy - 28 January 2025

The continued strength of the Irish labour market means workers retain leverage over pay and benefits.

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Indeed’s 2025 UK Jobs & Hiring Trends Report: Labour Market Could Prove the UK Economy’s Achilles Heel

Jack Kennedy - 10 December 2024

Key Points: The UK economy performed a little better than expected this year, but sails toward 2025 in choppy waters. While the first half of this year saw a solid recovery from the shallow technical recession seen in late-2023, the economy’s motors have been stalling in recent months and there are particular concerns about the […]

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