{"id":198538,"date":"2025-06-20T00:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198538\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T00:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:54:09","slug":"uk-job-market-shows-signs-of-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198538\/","title":{"rendered":"UK job market shows signs of resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a month-by-month increase in the number of new job postings in the UK in May 2025, new figures reveal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The monthly labour market tracker<\/a> from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast revealed that there were 726,084 new job postings last month \u2013 up by 0.3% from April.<\/p>\n

The overall number of active job postings was 1,440,792 \u2013 a decrease of 1.8% on the number of job postings in April as older adverts were pulled off websites.<\/p>\n

When comparing regions, Scotland (9.2%) and south-west England (4.7%) showed the highest increase in the total number of job postings.<\/p>\n

REC chief executive Neil Carberry said the figures were signs of some resilience in the UK economy: \u201cThis month\u2019s postings data reflects both anecdote from recruiters and the core ONS workforce jobs survey \u2013 that the labour market is more stuck than going backwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the headwinds of tax rises and lower growth there seems to be some resilience. After a long jobs market slowdown, a second month of weak growth in new postings is a sign more of hope than concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

He acknowledged that while the global growth picture was weak, the UK was relatively well-positioned to take advantage of what opportunities there were.<\/p>\n

Carberry said: \u201cWe are past the interest rate peak, the UK looks good value by comparison with the US, has banked progress on trade deals and has a stable legal and political picture for the next few years. With interest rates staying steady and a possibility of reductions later this year, the challenge now is to build business confidence to invest.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said it was crucial that this month\u2019s announcements on infrastructure and industrial strategy set a clear plan for growth that companies could get behind<\/p>\n

Once again, he warned that government policy may not favour growth in business: \u201cWith a troubling Employment Rights Bill, a big jobs tax increase and anti-business language about agency workers in some parts of government \u2013 there is a lot to change to get us there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The jobs listing rises in Scotland and the south-west of England were likely to reflect growing demand as the summer tourist season gets under way, the figures suggested.<\/p>\n

The largest increase in postings were for delivery drivers and couriers (53.7%), while those for business sales executives \u2013 for the second month in a row (-47.3%) \u2013 showed the largest decline.<\/p>\n

Hospitality showed the biggest decrease in job postings from April to May (-4.5%), while the retail sector saw a 1.5% fall.<\/p>\n

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