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State of the Labour Market

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

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Jack Kennedy - 3 February 2025

Person holding laptop in the office holding head looking worried

State of the Labour Market

Wage Growth Heading Into 2025: A Gradual Slowdown in the Euro Area

Group sitting in line holding folders at hiring event in office

Pawel Adrjan & Reamonn Lydon & Vahagn Galstyan - 28 January 2025

Group sitting in line holding folders at hiring event in office

State of the Labour Market

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

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Jack Kennedy - 28 January 2025

Smiling professional in a meeting with coworkers at the office

State of the Labour Market

UK Employment Figures, January 2025: Sticky Wage Growth

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Jack Kennedy - 22 January 2025

Construction worker wearing a yellow hardhat and safety vest, holding a tablet in a warehouse

State of the Labour Market

UK Employment Figures, December 2024: Wage Growth Persistence Defies Broader Labour Market Cooling

Line chart titled “Retail and hospitality postings have weakened” shows the Indeed Job Postings Index for the food preparation & service, hospitality & tourism and retail categories and the UK overall. There is a vertical axis ranging from 0 to 200 and a horizontal axis ranging from February 2020 to December 2024. There are four lines charting the four categories. Job postings have slowed in recent months across all these categories.

Jack Kennedy - 18 December 2024

Line chart titled “Retail and hospitality postings have weakened” shows the Indeed Job Postings Index for the food preparation & service, hospitality & tourism and retail categories and the UK overall. There is a vertical axis ranging from 0 to 200 and a horizontal axis ranging from February 2020 to December 2024. There are four lines charting the four categories. Job postings have slowed in recent months across all these categories.

State of the Labour Market

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

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Jack Kennedy - 10 December 2024

Two people in suits walking outside government building in city

State of the Labour Market

UK Employment Figures, November 2024: Labour Market Continues to Cool, but Wage Growth Remains Sticky

Line chart titled “UK labour market remains fairly tight” shows the ratio of unemployed people to vacancies from 2001 to 2024. With a vertical axis from 1 to 6 and a horizontal axis ranging from 2005 to September 2024, a blue line notates the ratio of unemployed people to vacancies, to September 2024. At 1.8, the ratio remains relatively low by the standards of the past two decades.

Jack Kennedy - 13 November 2024

Line chart titled “UK labour market remains fairly tight” shows the ratio of unemployed people to vacancies from 2001 to 2024. With a vertical axis from 1 to 6 and a horizontal axis ranging from 2005 to September 2024, a blue line notates the ratio of unemployed people to vacancies, to September 2024. At 1.8, the ratio remains relatively low by the standards of the past two decades.

State of the Labour Market

Irish Christmas Hiring Is Ramping Up, but Lagging Previous Years

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Jack Kennedy - 30 October 2024

Retail cashier and barista behind the counter at cafe

State of the Labour Market

October 2024 UK Labour Market Update: Ahead of the Budget, Job Postings Keep Declining

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Jack Kennedy - 25 October 2024

Business people using whiteboard in meeting

Jobseeker Behaviour

State of the Labour Market

Searches for Seasonal Jobs Are the Strongest in Years, but Postings Are Sluggish

An attendant in a clothing retail store helping a customer to find clothes and shoes. The attendant has their back turned and the customer is holding a pair of white sandals on the wooden table between them.

Jack Kennedy - 17 October 2024

An attendant in a clothing retail store helping a customer to find clothes and shoes. The attendant has their back turned and the customer is holding a pair of white sandals on the wooden table between them.

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