Meanwhile, total UK online job adverts equalled pre-pandemic levels on April 9, days before the latest easing of rules, with the returning hospitality sector driving the increase. On April 9 the total UK online job adverts reached 100 per cent of their February 2020 average levels, based on numbers from the Adzuna online job search engine. That represents a three point increase from April 1 and it is the highest proportion of job adverts seen since the start of March last year, before the first lockdown was imposed. Much of the increase in job adverts has been driven by a surge in the reopening hospitality sector. Catering and hospitality job adverts recorded a 10 per cent increase since April 1, rising to 58 per cent of February 2020 average levels.

Source: The Nation April 16, 2021 00:00 UTC