Buoyant Scottish Jobs Market Outstripping Rest Of UK

Fastest growth in permanent job placements since 2015 – but BREXIT threat persists

Scotland’s jobs market continues to outperform the rest of the UK as latest statistics revealed that the number of people being placed in permanent job roles in Scotland last month increased at its fastest rate since 2015.

This stands in contrast to the UK which has seen sluggish growth in permanent staff placements, dipping to its lowest level in the last six-months. Scotland continues to have a higher employment rate and lower unemployment rate than the rest of the UK, as well as higher female employment and lower youth unemployment than the UK average. 

But the report also called for clarity on post-Brexit immigration – specifically noting the concerns in our NHS around EU nurses and midwives leaving the UK or no longer wishing to come to the UK.