Mon, 20 Feb 2012

Staff placements in both the temporary and permanent sectors in Scotland grew in January following declines in December, although rates of growth were still below long-term averages.

The Bank of Scotland’s ‘Report on Jobs’ also shows that salaries awarded to permanent hires fell for the first time in 13 months – although Aberdeen was the one city where they were up.

Four employment sectors saw a rise in the number of permanent vacancies in January, with IT & computing the most marked, followed by nursing, medical & care, executive & professional and engineering & construction.

Five sectors saw an increase in the number of contract staff taken on, with the fastest-growing sectors the same as on the permanent side, joined by engineering & construction, accounts & financial and hotel & catering, while the executive & professional sector posted the first fall in temp vacancies in 12 months.

The Labour Market Barometer included in the report remains higher than the UK-wide equivalent in the KPMG/REC ‘Report on Jobs’.