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More pressure on recruiters as the pool of unemployed tech specialists gets smaller!

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In the last quarter of 2017, the estimated number of unemployed tech specialists in the UK (ILO definition) fell to 30,000 people.  As a result there was a corresponding fall in the associated unemployment rate – from 2.4% to 2.2% over the Q3-Q4.17 period. The overall UK unemployment rate also fell during the last quarter of the year – though at 4.2% (Q4.17), it was still almost twice the level… Read More »More pressure on recruiters as the pool of unemployed tech specialists gets smaller!

Tech skills shortages?

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Tech skills shortages? – well using the number of JSA claimants seeking tech jobs as an indicator at least, the available labour pool seems to have taken a hammering in recent years for sure: There were 2,135 JSA claimants seeking work as Tech specialists during the second quarter of 2018 – a drop of 8% on the previous quarter and 26% on the previous year. By comparison the overall number… Read More »Tech skills shortages?