U.K.

Employment Trends Report

March 2011

Press Contact:
Annie Klein
(020) 8432 4686
SimplyHiredUK@schwartzcomm.com
U.K. Nationwide and Regional Outlook
HIGHLIGHTS
• Nationwide vacancies increase. The United Kingdom experienced a 22.7% increase in job
vacancies in March. “Despite widespread cuts across the public sector, the commercial sector
has experienced significant job creation,” said Gautam Godhwani, CEO of SimplyHired.com.
“With marked improvement in the number of open jobs across the UK, recently redundant
public sector employees have the opportunity to apply their transferable skills to roles in the
private sector.”

• Healthy job market in Aberdeen. Despite decreases in job vacancies in Glasgow, Edinburgh
and Dundee, Aberdeen remains strong with an increase of 30.8%. The growth in Aberdeen is
likely due to its North Sea oil and gas production. Employment in this sector makes Aberdeen
more resilient against economic instability than other areas in Scotland.

• Job growth in Gloucester. Gloucester experienced a significant 99.0% increase in job creation
last month across a wide range of sectors. Key areas of growth include customer service,
engineering and sales.

Job Vacancies, Nationwide

▲ 22.7% month-over-month
(from February 2011)

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

POPULATION JOB VACANCIES

REGIONAL AREA
RANK (month-over-month)

1 London (ENG) 27.8%

2 Birmingham (ENG) 14.4%
3 Glasgow (SCT) -17.5%
4 Liverpool (ENG) -32.3%
5 Leeds (ENG) 21.8%
6 Sheffield (ENG) 24.6%
7 Edinburgh (SCT) -5.0%
8 Bristol (ENG) 18.9%
9 Manchester (ENG) 28.3%
10 Leicester (ENG) 34.6%
11 Coventry (ENG) 4.8%
12 Bradford (ENG) 49.0%
13 Cardiff (Wales) -1.7%
14 Belfast (NIR) 46.9%
15 Newcastle upon Tyne (ENG) 26.0%
16 Stoke-on-Trent (ENG) 25.2%
17 Wolverhampton (ENG) 40.9%
18 Nottingham (ENG) 33.7%
19 Plymouth (ENG) 18.7%
20 Southampton (ENG) 20.2%
21 Reading (ENG) 20.0%
22 Derby (ENG) 25.7%
23 Aberdeen (SCT) 30.8%
24 Dudley (ENG) 37.6%
25 Northampton (ENG) 39.1%

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POPULATION JOB VACANCIES

REGIONAL AREA
RANK (month-over-month)

26 Portsmouth (ENG) 25.7%

27 Luton (ENG) 23.9%
28 Preston (ENG) 20.2%
29 Milton Keynes (ENG) -24.2%
30 Sunderland (ENG) 5.8%
31 Norwich (ENG) 18.7%
32 Walsall (ENG) 34.4%
33 Swansea (Wales) -17.4%
34 Bournemouth (ENG) -30.1%
35 Southend-on-Sea (ENG) 37.2%
36 Swindon (ENG) 35.0%
37 Dundee (SCT) -58.2%
38 Huddersfield (ENG) 27.5%
39 Oxford (ENG) -1.3%
40 Blackpool (ENG) 36.3%
41 Bolton (ENG) 17.0%
42 Ipswich (ENG) 24.8%
43 Telford (ENG) 42.0%
44 York (ENG) 36.9%
45 Peterborough (ENG) 44.5%
46 Stockport (ENG) 28.9%
47 Brighton (ENG) 23.8%
48 Slough (ENG) 34.6%
49 Gloucester (ENG) 99.0%
50 Watford (ENG) 36.8%

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 About the U.K. Employment Trends Report

The UK Employment Trends Report is a monthly summary 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 seven million job listings, Simply Hired (www.simplyhired.co.uk) is the world’s
largest job search engine—25 times the size of the biggest job board. Servicing 15 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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Annie Klein
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SimplyHiredUK@schwartzcomm.com

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