Spotlight

Stethoscopes Without Borders: The Global Race for Healthcare Talent

Callam Pickering & Sneha Puri - 30 July 2026
Countries that can attract and retain internationally trained healthcare workers will be best placed to address workforce shortages over the next decade-plus.
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Foreign-trained doctors and nurses are increasingly the backbone of healthcare systems in the US, UK, Australia, and beyond — and the global competition to attract them is heating up.

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UK Employment Figures, July 2026: Stable But Weak

Jack Kennedy - 21 July 2026
Wage pressures are benign in a still-fragile labour market.

European Defence Firms Are Still Hiring While UK Job Seekers Remain Uninterested

Virginia Sondergeld - 22 June 2026
Defence job postings across Europe have remained well above pre-Ukraine war levels, and job seeker interest has continued to rise on the continent – but not in the UK.

Labour Market Updates

July 2026 European Labour Market Chartbook

Indeed Hiring Lab - 27 July 2026
Stabilisation in labour demand, which was hinted at toward the end of 2025, is now a distant memory in Europe.
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June 2026 UK Labour Market Update: Job Postings Continue to Slide

Jack Kennedy - 24 June 2026
Persistently weak hiring demand continues to weigh on the UK labour market.
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With UK job postings continuing to slide and employer confidence near lows, more workers are spending time scanning a job market that has fewer openings to offer.

June 2026 European Labour Market Chartbook

Indeed Hiring Lab - 24 June 2026
Labour demand has fallen across Europe since the start of the year.
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European Labour Market Chartbook June 2026

May 2026 UK Labour Market Update: Slow Summer Hiring Another Blow for Young Workers

Jack Kennedy - 2 June 2026
Summer job postings are tracking below prior years, spelling yet fewer avenues for British youth in a tough labour market.
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Remote and hybrid roles have become a key entry point for young job seekers — but with summer postings tracking below prior years, openings of any kind are getting harder to come by.

May 2026 European Labour Market Chartbook

Indeed Hiring Lab - 27 May 2026
Inflationary pressures from the global energy price shock have started to show in the European data, eroding real wage gains.
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April 2026 UK Labour Market Update: Hiring Demand Continues to Soften

Jack Kennedy - 1 May 2026
UK job postings have fallen by around 8% since the start of the Iran conflict, but recent performance has been uneven across job categories.
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Future of Work
Occupation Spotlight
AI Is No Longer Just a Tech Occupation Story: It’s Spreading Across Job Titles in the US and Europe
AI training and instruction — including panels, coaching, and corporate teaching roles — is one of the fastest-growing clusters of non-tech jobs where employers are writing AI directly into the title.
Pawel Adrjan - 8 July 2026
AI training and instruction — including panels, coaching, and corporate teaching roles — is one of the fastest-growing clusters of non-tech jobs where employers are writing AI directly into the title.
State of the Labour Market
UK Employment Figures, June 2026: Signs Of Stabilising Despite Continued Weakness
Jack Kennedy - 18 June 2026
State of the Labour Market
UK Employment Figures, May 2026: Labour Market Deterioration Deepens as Costs and Conflict Bite
Line chart comparing UK nominal and real (CPIH-adjusted) year-on-year growth in regular pay from the early 2000s through March 2026. The nominal line stays above the real line throughout, with both spiking after 2020 before declining; nominal growth ends at 3.4% and real growth at 0.1% as of March 2026.
Jack Kennedy - 19 May 2026
Line chart comparing UK nominal and real (CPIH-adjusted) year-on-year growth in regular pay from the early 2000s through March 2026. The nominal line stays above the real line throughout, with both spiking after 2020 before declining; nominal growth ends at 3.4% and real growth at 0.1% as of March 2026.
Pay and Benefits
Full Salary Transparency in Europe is Still a Distant Prospect
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Lisa Feist - 7 May 2026
Close-up of a person in a dress shirt and tie leaning over a desk covered in printed charts, graphs, and data reports, pointing to one with a pen. Two laptops and a calculator are visible on either side.
State of the Labour Market
April 2026 European Labour Market Chartbook
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Indeed Hiring Lab - 6 May 2026
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UK Employment Figures, April 2026: A Surprise Drop in Unemployment Masks a More Troubling Picture
Line chart showing UK unemployment rate (%) for ages 16+, seasonally adjusted, from 2000 to February 2026. The rate peaked near 8.5% around 2011–2012 following the 2008 financial crisis, fell to a historic low of around 3.7% in 2019–2020, spiked briefly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has since risen to approximately 5.2% as of early 2026.
Jack Kennedy - 21 April 2026
Line chart showing UK unemployment rate (%) for ages 16+, seasonally adjusted, from 2000 to February 2026. The rate peaked near 8.5% around 2011–2012 following the 2008 financial crisis, fell to a historic low of around 3.7% in 2019–2020, spiked briefly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has since risen to approximately 5.2% as of early 2026.
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