HIGHLIGHTS:
•The number of newly available financial services jobs rose by 19% from March 12 to April 12
•Compared to the same time last year, this was a fall of 48%
•The number of professionals entering the jobs market month-on-month in April 12 rose by 10%
•This was a fall of 50% from April 11 to April 12
•The average time taken to place professionals in new jobs was 47 days down from 67 days in March 12
•The average salary for those who secured new roles in April 12 compared to those who were newly placed in March 12 was £51,347 – a rise of 2%.

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The demand for financial services and engineering temporary workers rose over the month of March, but cross sector remains lower than the levels seen last year.
This is according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies’ (APSCo’s) ‘Monthly Trends’ report, surveying members of the association.

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The immediate jobs outlook has turned positive for the first time in more than a year, driven largely by a decrease in redundancyintentions. This is the main finding of the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)’s quarterly Labour Market Outlook survey of more than 1,000 employers.

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The company’s London Employment Monitor shows an increase in professional job opportunities across the London financial services sector for last month, with job vacancies rising by 19% month-on-month to 3,339, from 2,797 in March. This is the highest number of new jobs available since October 2011. Vacancies are still down considerably from a year ago, however, with April’s figure showing a decrease of 48% from 6,426 jobs in April 2011.

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New Zealand technology staff can look forward to an average 3.8% pay rise in 2012 according to the 2012 Robert Half Technology salary guide, released today.

Data architects and business analysts are set to receive the biggest year-on-year salary gains, with average pay rises of 7.5% and 7.3% respectively.

Hiring new staff to facilitate business growth and manage systems upgrades will be a key driver for technology recruitment over the coming months. 80% of new hires will be recruited to fulfil these requirements

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It has been a great year for tax professionals. Activity levels across all tax specialisms and locations reached record highs, driven by a concerted surge in confidence across all sectors and the desire of candidates at all levels to move jobs.

Sustained confidence in the corporate sector has resulted in a significant number of UK listed companies hiring staff to strengthen their tax functions, principally in compliance and reporting, transfer pricing and VAT. In a number of cases this has resulted in multiple hires.

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Here Global’s Partner, Carter Murray, presents a base salary update for a variety of different disciplines in marketing within the professional services industry. Our research covers marketing professionals at all levels, from managers and senior managers in marketing, business development and events to directors and assistants, within law and accountancy firms and gives clients and candidates alike an indication as to salaries expectations.

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A ray of hope has emerged in the depressed City jobs market as investment banks, buoyed by better results, have stepped up hiring in some parts of their operations.

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Vacancy numbers in IT are helping to drive “modest” growth in the jobs market, according the latest monthly Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs .The report, based on data collected from recruitment agencies, says staff placements increased in April, continuing the trend seen since the start of 2012. That said, says the report, the “rate of growth was modest and the slowest since January”. The rate of jobs growth in the temporary sector was slightly down

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