NORTHERN Ireland was the UK’s top hiring hotspot over the last week, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation's (REC) new Labour Market Tracker.
In the last week of February there were 1.82 million active job adverts in the UK – up by 8.6 per cent from the previous week and by 41.5 per cent from a month earlier
There were 224,000 new job postings over the week, and all occupation groups recorded at least a marginal increase in active job postings from the previous week
Eight out of the UK’s top 10 hiring hotspots were in Northern Ireland last week, led by Newry, Mourne and Down (up 20.8 per cent), followed by Mid and East Antrim (+20.7 per cent) and Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon (+17.8 per cent).
REC chief executive Neil Carberry said: “Firms are hiring to meet demand as the economy recovers, and that is great news for people looking to move on in their careers.
“But the high level of job adverts also reflects the difficulty firms are having in hiring, and now is also the wrong time to be increasing National Insurance, our biggest business tax.”
