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Demand for permanent employees in London increased at fastest pace for over 10 years

Tue 26 Apr 2011

According to the latest data gathered from a survey of London recruitment and employment consultants, the demand for permanent employees increased at its fastest pace since December 2000. Encouraging news for job seekers, and a trend mirrored by Property Personnel during March.

Key points from the March survey:

• Growth of placements eased from February peaks...
• ...despite stronger increase in demand for staff.
• Candidate availability improved at a weaker pace.
• Fastest rise in permanent salaries for eight months.
  

Commenting on the latest survey results, Bernard Brown, Partner and Head of Business Services at KPMG said:

"The UK jobs market continued to expand in March, albeit at a slower pace. The latest figures show that the job market recovery remains volatile. Some private sector employers are hiring again but at the moment not in numbers sufficient enough to absorb the job losses in the public sector."

"The challenge going forward will be to transform our public sector services - and create the private sector jobs of the future. For the Government, this will mean speeding up private sector investment into the provision of public services to mitigate the cuts and job losses we are experiencing across the public sector."

 

 

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