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UK Cities Hit With Talent Crunch

Jobs in sectors like science and healthcare could be sitting open on the jobs market for months and employers struggle for skilled applicants, according to new research by job search engine Adzuna.



The study conducted in May this year analysed the proportion of advertised jobs lying unfilled after 90 days, to shine a light on the 'talent crunch' currently gripping some of the UK's sectors.

Shockingly the figures revealed that over a fifth, 21% of Science and QA jobs currently on the market remain unfilled after being open to applicants for 90+ days. Closely behind healthcare and nursing positions are struggling to find skilled workers with 9.5% unable to fill the positions.

Some cities are getting hit particularly hard. Employers in Cambridge and Brighton are struggling in particular, with 6.3% and 6.2% of jobs in these cities sitting unfilled respectively. However, Middlesbrough shows the highest rate of unfilled jobs, with 6.31% of positions left open after three months on the market.

The countries capital, and one of the richest cities in the world, London, is suffering the most from the talent drought, with 5.5% of positions unfilled, followed by East England a 4.9%

Doug Monro, co-founder of Adzuna, said: "Some areas of the jobs market have clearly fallen victim to a talent shortage, which has only been worsened by Brexit uncertainty. A vacancy lying open for three months or more means a job needed but not done, an employer's nightmare.

"Never has it been more important to focus on up-skilling home-grown talent for our shortage sectors. Reassuring overseas talent about their long-term prospects in the UK would also take some of the pressure off these struggling areas."

Although the 'talent crunch' reflects a bad time for Britains job market may be very good news for graduates. With the results showing that 7.4% of graduate vacancies remaining unfilled after 90 days, making it one of the top five sectors struggling most for staff, this summers graduates will be in a better position than previous years with many jobs available.

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