Growing demand for permanent staff – report

THE number of staff placed in permanent positions in the North rose in November, marking a seven-month sequence of expansion.

That’s according to the Report on Jobs: North compiled by research group Markit for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG.

The overall rate of growth was sharp and faster than in the previous month, surpassing the UK average.

Salaries paid to newly appointed permanent workers in the North increased for the twenty-first successive month in November, according to the report.

Demand for permanent workers across the North rose at the strongest rate for almost 16 years during November, while the rise in temp staff demand was the quickest since June 1998. In both cases, the growth rates outpaced those seen at the national level.

REC’s chief executive Kevin Green said: “We enter the New Year with job vacancies increasing. The fact that our figures show starting salaries continuing to grow, combined with continued skill and talent shortages, indicates that we can expect salaries to increase and job fluidity to accelerate into 2014.

“Report on Jobs show that all sectors, all regions and both the private and public sectors are in growth, which is fantastic news for British businesses, the UK economy and people looking for work in 2014.”