It found that job applications, vacancies and average salaries have all seen ‘impressive growth’ in Q1 of 2017.
According to its Q1 job market report – a comparison of data from Q1 2017 and Q4 2016 – job applications in the UK manufacturing sector saw a quarterly increase of 45.5%. This was larger than any other sector.
Meanwhile, the manufacturing industry saw strong pay increases of 5.5% compared to the last quarter – well above the UK average of 2.4%, and total job vacancies increased by 12.9% when compared to the last quarter.
Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of CV-Library, said: “It is fantastic to see the job market in the manufacturing industry not only holding its own, but also expanding throughout the first quarter of the year.
“With a huge number of candidates looking for a new job, businesses should have a very deep talent pool to choose from when it comes to filling a vacancy. That said, it is clear from our findings that hiring demand is not necessarily meeting candidate appetite, and we hope to see this improve in the next quarter.”
He continued: “2017 will inevitably bring a range of challenges to the job market, with the likes of Brexit, the ‘gig’ economy and worker automation constantly under the spot-light. However, it is very promising to see the core manufacturing industry’s job market strengthening and expanding throughout this period.”
The top ten sectors for job application growth over the period:
- Manufacturing – 45.5%
- Management – 43.5%
- Automotive – 39.3%
- Construction – 38.4%
- Charity – 36.8%
- Property – 36.3%
- Government – 36.3%
- Media – 35.3%
- Recruitment – 32.5%
- Social Care – 31.2%
