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Job vacancies in the East Midlands up 18%

Demand for professionals in the East Midlands has risen by 18% year on year to March 2017 according to research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

The data, provided by recruitment software company, Innovantage, revealed that in addition to an uplift in permanent roles, temporary vacancies also experienced an increase, rising 29% year on year to March. Demand for professionals rose notably across a number of sectors including technology and engineering which recorded uplifts of 40% and 37% respectively.

Commenting on the data, Julie Selby, Membership Relations Manager at APSCo said:

“After months of increased hiring sentiment across the East Midlands, professional job availability has risen notably in both the permanent and temporary markets. Demand for professionals defied commentators’ predictions that hiring sentiment may dip as the government prepared to invoke Article 50 at the end of last month. APSCo’s findings sit above the national average, with recent figures from the Office for National Statistics revealing that overall employment remained stable, at 74.6%, in the three months to February 2017.”

“Professionals are being increasingly sought after in the engineering sector, with demand rising 37% year on year to March. This increase will no doubt be supported by the opening of the £12m ‘iHub’, the centrepiece of Infinity Park, a new 100-acre manufacturing focused commercial and technology site in Derby. Demand also rose for professionals in the technology sector, as the cities in the region, such as Nottingham, establish themselves as leading digital hubs. In fact, according to the most recent Tech City report, the number of digital businesses in Nottingham grew by 31% between 2015 and 2016.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by The Association of Professional Staffing Companies .