Net hiring momentum.
Are employers adding roles faster than they remove them?
UK employers added 3,164 roles and removed 3,503 in the last 30 days (net -339; n=970 employers; at most 50 each way counted per employer).
Sample: 970 employers · source: UK employers' careers pages · data to 18 October 2026
By sector
| Sector | Figure | Sample (employers) | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale & retail | 25 | 98 | Wholesale & retail: 283 roles added vs 258 removed in 30 days (net 25; n=98 employers). |
| Hospitality & food service | 1 | 42 | Hospitality & food service: 117 roles added vs 116 removed in 30 days (net 1; n=42 employers). |
| Arts, entertainment & recreation | -1 | 32 | Arts, entertainment & recreation: 71 roles added vs 72 removed in 30 days (net -1; n=32 employers). |
| Education | -8 | 31 | Education: 66 roles added vs 74 removed in 30 days (net -8; n=31 employers). |
| Information & communication | -27 | 150 | Information & communication: 531 roles added vs 558 removed in 30 days (net -27; n=150 employers). |
| Health & social care | -28 | 52 | Health & social care: 126 roles added vs 154 removed in 30 days (net -28; n=52 employers). |
| Real estate | -36 | 31 | Real estate: 133 roles added vs 169 removed in 30 days (net -36; n=31 employers). |
| Manufacturing | -40 | 93 | Manufacturing: 254 roles added vs 294 removed in 30 days (net -40; n=93 employers). |
| Construction | -40 | 55 | Construction: 205 roles added vs 245 removed in 30 days (net -40; n=55 employers). |
| Finance & insurance | -43 | 69 | Finance & insurance: 366 roles added vs 409 removed in 30 days (net -43; n=69 employers). |
| Professional, scientific & technical | -44 | 158 | Professional, scientific & technical: 386 roles added vs 430 removed in 30 days (net -44; n=158 employers). |
| Administrative & support services | -74 | 63 | Administrative & support services: 234 roles added vs 308 removed in 30 days (net -74; n=63 employers). |
How this is measured
Roles are titles on UK employers' own careers pages; a role advertised abroad is not filtered out (adverts are, roles are not). Last 30 days: new items (excluding baseline items first seen on a page's first tracked date) minus items marked gone. value = new - gone; value_json has new, gone, ratio. Each employer's new and gone counts are capped at 50 per segment (FindingsCalculator::EMPLOYER_COUNT_CAP); new_uncapped / gone_uncapped are the raw totals. n = employers with any change.
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ProdReady Recruitment (2026). Net hiring momentum. Data to 18 October 2026. https://ProdReadyRecruitment.com/research/net_hiring
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