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Making STEM hiring work for infrastructure employers
Hiring in the STEM sector presents a real opportunity for infrastructure employers. The STEM skills shortage is a challenge, but it also gives employers a chance to rethink how they attract and grow talent in a way that meets candidates where they are.
Feb 18, 2026
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UK Unemployment Rate Reaches Post-Pandemic High And Wage Growth Continues To Slow
In the quarter to December 2025, unemployment and redundancy levels both rose, the employment rate fell slightly and strong private sector wage growth has continued to slow. Provisional estimates suggest that vacancies are struggling to grow, and inactivity levels decreased slightly, but remain stubbornly high. As such, the UK labour market picture is broadly unchanged from recent months, but there is a growing challenge of people wanting to work, being unable to find it.
Feb 17, 2026
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Finance talent won’t wait for you in 2026
Hiring challenges in accountancy and finance aren’t easing up - and they’re not a passing phase. The UK talent market is moving fast and organisations which continue to treat hiring as a cyclical, or purely transactional, activity will be left behind.
Feb 13, 2026
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Unemployment Levels Creep Up Again While Private Sector Wage Growth Falls
In the quarter to November 2025, unemployment and redundancy levels rose, the employment rate held, and strong private sector wage growth has continued to show signs of easing. The number of vacancies across the economy was also broadly unchanged and inactivity remains stubbornly high. Therefore, the UK labour market picture is fundamentally the same, with cooling conditions increasingly being driven by business cost pressures.
Jan 20, 2026
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The Weakening of the UK Jobs Market Persists
In the three months to October 2025, unemployment and redundancies rose, the employment rate fell, and wage growth remained strong, but was noticeably weaker in the private sector. Vacancies also continued to plateau. The labour market picture is therefore fundamentally the same, but the problem of unemployment is growing, with more people who want to work struggling to find a job.
Dec 16, 2025
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Employment Trends Survey 2025
This year's long-awaited CBI/Pertemps Employment Trends Survey looks back at the UK's labour market in 2025 while looking forward to what the future may bring.
Nov 19, 2025
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Unemployment Climbs Again as the Jobs Market Weakens
In the three months to September 2025, unemployment and redundancy levels both rose while the number of employed people and payrolled employees fell, vacancy levels plateaued, and wage growth in the private sector is gradually falling. Consequently, the labour market picture is fundamentally the same, and the jobs market is continuing to show signs of weakening.
Nov 11, 2025
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Vacancy Numbers Plateau and Unemployment Levels Rise to Highest Level in Four Years
In the three months to August 2025, unemployment and employment levels both increased, the number of people recorded as being economically inactive rose while the rate stayed the same, and wage growth in the private sector has continued to slow.
Oct 14, 2025
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The Labour Market Continues to cool and Vacancies Fall Again
In the three months to July 2025, unemployment and employment levels both rose, the economic inactivity level and rate fell, and strong wage growth continued to present signs of slowing.
Sep 16, 2025
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The Job Market Continues to Present Signs of Weakening
In the three months to June 2025, unemployment and employment levels rose, the economic inactivity level and economic inactivity rate both fell, and strong wage growth continued to present signs of slowing.
Aug 12, 2025