Job opportunities across the UK are up in one of the biggest month-on-month increases for nearly two years, according to the Reed Job Index for October.
This reverses the decline in job demand in the third quarter of this year, and brings the number of new job opportunities on offer back up to the levels last seen in the first quarter.
Employer demand is 29% above the level of December 2009, the report added. The 7% increase is the second largest month on month rise recorded since the Reed Job Index began 22 months ago.
However salaries for new jobs stayed flat and are 2% lower than in December 2009 for the third month running.
Employer demand for new staff rose across core business job sectors, led by IT, marketing and qualified accountants, as well as in consumer-facing job sectors such as retail and sales.
Martin Warnes, managing director of reed.co.uk, comments on the Reed Job Index for October: "Job demand across the country has recovered strongly across nearly all areas of the private sector compared to the previous quarter.
"We do need to be careful not to get carried away by one month's figures, especially as this increase only brings us back to the level of demand for new staff that the UK was experiencing in the Spring. Nevertheless, the rise suggests a return of employer optimism to a level not seen for the last eight months."
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