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UK job adverts for postal workers, messengers and couriers, head teachers and principals have increased in recent months, but those for registered specialist nurses and midwifery nurses have fallen, according to recruiters. The number of new jobs being advertised last month was 742,967 up by more than 11% from August, said the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, REC, on Monday. The total number of job adverts was more than 1.6 million in September, a 10% rise on the previous month, showing that the jobs market remains resilient, said REC. Chief Executive Neil Carberry said: ‘Recruiters reported a trickle of hiring firms coming back to the market in September, especially in the Midlands and the North. ‘This data appears to back this up. While small, this bounce back is solid and especially encouraging for an embattled hospitality sector and roles in logistics and light industrial work. ‘Both of these are associated with employers beginning to prepare for a busy festive season. ‘To build a trickle of new hiring into a river, employers will need to feel more confident in the economic outlook. That is why the upcoming Budget needs to back business, not burden it. ‘That means no unaffordable tax hikes, sensible updates to the Employment Rights Bill to ensure it is deliverable, genuine support for flexible working and action to fix the recruitment costs fuelled by the NHS’s anti-agency measures.’ REC said its research showed shows an increase in job postings postal workers, mail sorters, messengers and couriers, head teachers and principals and educational support assistants but a fall in adverts for registered specialist nurses, optometrists and midwifery nurses. By Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent Press Association: Finance source: PA Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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