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REC Reports  Find helpful reports and blogs on the latest labour market trends
Recruitment insights  Find helpful reports and blogs for recruiters
Practical guides  Tips for your organisation to thrive in the recruitment industry​​​​​​​
Recruitment industry status report  Latest figures of the value and size of the staffing industry


Recruitment industry status report

Get the latest figures of the value and size of the staffing industry and the number of people placed into work in the Recruitment Industry Status Report, our annual survey based research..

This report is our most popular piece of research, it comes with a toolkit to help you present the key findings to your staff and clients. It aims to help recruiters with benchmarking, client meetings and business planning.

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JobsOutlook

JobsOutlook is our monthly survey detailing the hiring intentions of UK employers, featuring analysis of workforce demand and candidate shortages across all sectors.

This survey includes data from 600 employers about their short and medium-term plans for hiring permanent and temporary staff.

You can find press releases relating to JobsOutlook here, which include key data points from each report. JobsOutlook is free to download for REC Corporate members.

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Labour market tracker

Labour Market Tracker monitors online job postings and provides valuable insight into the demand for specific occupations across the UK. To do this, we have partnered with Lightcast to help your institution, organisation, or community thrive by bringing you a leading labour market intelligence.

REC’s Labour Market Tracker is a tool to help recruiters, businesses and policymakers see how the jobs market is evolving. It aims to help you spot signs of growth through job vacancy data from all local areas and occupations across the UK.

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KPMG and REC UK Report on jobs

Report on Jobs provides analysis of permanent and temporary recruitment, vacancies and earnings in all regions and sectors of the UK labour market. Produced by S&P Global on behalf of the REC and KPMG, this is a monthly survey of 400 recruitment businesses.

Reports on Jobs explains what has happened in the month just gone and is therefore used as a lead indicator on labour market activity, demand, and worker availability.

Report on Jobs is available to REC Corporate members for an annual subscription of £450, and to non-members for £750.

To subscribe contact S&P Global on economics@markit.com or call 01491 461000.

Alternatively, by joining the Report on Jobs panel and completing the short survey each month REC members can receive the report for free.

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Recruitment insights & Practical guides

Recruitment Insights & Practical Guides is your go-to resource for expert advice, actionable strategies, and up-to-date trends in the world of hiring.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need to be a member to get access to your research?

Our reports are available to purchase individually, but for more information please email us or call us. Alternatively, if you sign up as a member with the REC, access to all our research is included in the membership. Become an REC member today and access some of our research.

If you are a student and you’d like access to our research for educational purposes, please contact us to discuss further at research@rec.uk.com.

Do you have any up-to-date research on…?

Please click here to look through our research database, if you have any queries on a specific request, please contacts us at research@rec.uk.com

Can I request specific data?

We provide members with leading market intelligence into the recruitment industry. For any specific request, contacts us at research@rec.uk.com.

Do you provide insight on recruitment trends?

For information on recruitment trends please visit the Industry Analysis section of our website.

I am interested in collaborating with the REC on labour market research, is this a possibility?

For an informal discussion, please contact us at research@rec.uk.com