Research bitesize
On this page you'll find the most up-to-date information REC members need to understand the jobs market and plan ahead. It brings together all the latest REC research and labour market developments.
Produced by S&P Global on behalf of the REC and KPMG, this monthly survey of 400 recruitment businesses provides analysis of permanent and temporary recruitment, vacancies and earnings in all regions and sectors of the UK labour market.
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
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.
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 Emsi Burnin Glass 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
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.
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
We provide members with leading market intelligence into the recruitment industry. For any specific request, contacts us at research@rec.uk.com.
For information on recruitment trends please visit the Industry Analysis section of our website.
For information, please visit the Recruitment and Recovery Report page.
For an informal discussion, please contact us at research@rec.uk.com
Please find a collection of the latest topical questions from our JobsOutlook survey. The questions are a key source of insight and cover a range of current and past issues of interest for the REC and its members. If you are an REC member, you get an access to not only our monthly surveys, exclusive reports and analysis but also our Topical Questions archive for the last 5 years.