SimplyHired.co.uk UK May 2011 Employment Outlook

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U.K. Employment Trends Outlook

May 2011


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U.K. Employment Trends Outlook | May 2011 Simply Hired, Inc. | 1

U.K. Nationwide and Regional Outlook

HIGHLIGHTS

Job vacancies up 1.7% over last month. We received mixed news this month when the Office

for National Statistics reported that unemployment dropped to 2.5 million on the quarter

during the same period that the number claiming jobseekers allowance rose by 12,400, said

SimplyHired.co.uk CEO Gautam Godhwani. Fortunately, we can report that were seeing a 1.7%

increase in job vacancies in the UK in May, with more than 650,000 open roles nationwide.

Cardiff and Nottingham see largest drop in job vacancies. May was a disappointing month for

Cardiff and Nottingham. Not only did both cities see teams lose out in the Championship Play-

Off Semi-Finals mid-month, they saw the largest decreases in job vacancies nationwide, down

-29.0% and -26.7% respectively.

Reading experiences largest gains in job vacancies. In keeping with the football trend, both

Championship Play-Off finalists Reading and Swansea saw significant job gains. Despite losing

the match, Reading experienced Mays biggest upswing with an 18.6% increase in new jobs to

Swanseas 5.9% increase.

Job Vacancies, Nationwide

1.7% month-over-month(from April 2011)


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POPULATION

RANKREGIONAL AREA

JOB VACANCIES

(month-over-month)

1 London (ENG) 3.5%

2 Birmingham (ENG) -4.4%

3 Glasgow (SCT) -5.2%

4 Liverpool (ENG) 4.5%

5 Leeds (ENG) -14.5%

6 Sheeld (ENG) 0.0%

7 Edinburgh (SCT) -4.4%

8 Bristol (ENG) -13.2%

9 Manchester (ENG) -2.4%

10 Leicester (ENG) 6.3%

11 Coventry (ENG) 1.4%

12 Bradord (ENG) 7.2%

13 Cardi (Wales) -29.0%

14 Belast (NIR) 8.2%

15 Newcastle upon Tyne (ENG) 12.0%

16 Stoke-on-Trent (ENG) 3.1%

17 Wolverhampton (ENG) 16.2%

18 Nottingham (ENG) -26.7%

19 Plymouth (ENG) 2.6%

20 Southampton (ENG) -19.5%

21 Reading (ENG) 18.6%

22 Derby (ENG) 7.0%

23 Aberdeen (SCT) 11.6%

24 Dudley (ENG) 8.0%25 Northampton (ENG) 11.8%

Job Vacancies by Regional Area (ranked by Population)Number of job vacancies listed on SimplyHired.co.uk in the top 50 regional areas

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POPULATION

RANKREGIONAL AREA

JOB VACANCIES

(month-over-month)

26 Portsmouth (ENG) 12.9%

27 Luton (ENG) -5.6%

28 Preston (ENG) 0.6%

29 Milton Keynes (ENG) 8.6%

30 Sunderland (ENG) -1.6%

31 Norwich (ENG) 9.6%

32 Walsall (ENG) -4.1%

33 Swansea (SCT) 5.9%

34 Bournemouth (ENG) -14.9%

35 Southend-on-Sea (ENG) 7.5%

36 Swindon (ENG) 6.1%

37 Dundee (SCT) 0.9%

38 Huddersfeld (ENG) 12.2%

39 Oxord (ENG) -13.7%

40 Blackpool (ENG) -3.8%

41 Bolton (ENG) 1.4%

42 Ipswich (ENG) 5.2%

43 Telord (ENG) 1.9%

44 York (ENG) 5.8%

45 Peterborough (ENG) 6.6%

46 Stockport (ENG) 4.5%

47 Brighton (ENG) -8.0%

48 Slough (ENG) 9.1%

49 Gloucester (ENG) -4.3%

50 Watord (ENG) 16.3%

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About the U.K. Employment Trends Outlook

The UK Employment Trends Outlook is a monthly forecast and analysis of employment

trends in the United Kingdom. These findings are based on monthly job seeker activity on

SimplyHired.co.uk, which aggregates millions of listings from over 30,000 employment

sites. Some findings may be projected from recent historical data. Data may not be

representative of all industries, occupations and/or metro areas.

About Simply Hired

With over eight million job listings, Simply Hired (www.SimplyHired.co.uk) is the worlds

largest job search engine25 times the size of the biggest job board. Servicing 16 million

monthly users across 23 countries, the company powers jobs on over 10,000 network

partner sites, including LinkedIn, CNNMoney, The Washington Post and Businessweek.Reaching passive as well as active candidates, the Simply Hired network delivers millions

of targeted job applicants and boasts one of the lowest cost-per-hire rates in the industry.

The company is based in Mountain View, California and is funded by Foundation Capital

and IDG Ventures.

Contact Information

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