The REC’s research is a renowned source of labour market intelligence used by recruitment businesses, Government, and other organisations across the UK. Alongside our partners, we offer a leading market intelligence that drives business growth.
The REC’s research is a renowned source of labour market intelligence used by recruitment businesses, Government, and other organisations across the UK. Alongside our partners, we offer a leading market intelligence that drives business growth.
Keeping recruiters in the know
We produce monthly tracking surveys of recruitment activity, along with in-depth reports on topics related to recruitment and employment. Join the REC and gain access to data and insight to inform your business strategy.
Monthly JobsOutlook and Report on Jobs surveys, plus local jobs market data
Annual Recruitment Industry Trends Survey - mapping the economic impact of recruitment and helping you benchmark your own business performance
Reports, workbooks and guides to inform the government's agenda on jobs and employment.
KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs
Produced by IHS Markit 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.
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 ey data points from each report. JobsOutlook is free to download for REC Corporate members.
Jobs Recovery 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 Burninglass to help your institution, organisation, or community thrive by bringing you a leading labour market intelligence.
It further helps recruiters, businesses, and policymakers see how the jobs market is evolving. This research uses job postings data, provided by our partner Emsi, to spot signs of growth in different local areas and occupations across the UK. We update this data regularly to show where the hiring hotspots are, and what job roles are in high demand.
I have found that the information I get from REC, especially the jobs report, which I fill out every month, is really useful, because when I’m sat there in front of the clients, I can talk to them about real-time information. I now have access to the regional one which is great.
Kelly Dunn Managing Director, KD Recruitment Limited
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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 mailto:info@rec.uk.com or call tel:02070092100. Alternatively, if you sign up as a member with the REC, access to all our research is included in the membership. Click here for more information.
As a non-member or student, do you allow access to individual research reports?
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.
Where can I find information on how the recruitment industry has been affected by Covid-19?
For information, please visit the Recruitment and Recovery Report page.
I am interested in collaborating with the REC on labour market research, is this a possibility?
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.
