
Recruitment Industry Trends 2025: Q1 Market Insights for Agency Leaders
Off the back of our latest survey of recruitment business owners, I’ve pulled together a report that dives into the key trends shaping the industry right now.

Off the back of our latest survey of recruitment business owners, I’ve pulled together a report that dives into the key trends shaping the industry right now.

Yesterday, the government published its new Employment Rights Bill for consideration by parliament. Most recruitment businesses in the UK are cautious about the impacts of some of the changes.

I make a point of reading data-led reports about the recruitment industry, workforce demographics and worker expectations, salaries etc.

Yep, they have been around for a while. And they do all sorts of marvellous things, allowing recruiters to work from various locations and at times that suit clients/candidates/themselves.

One question I encounter, more often than any other is, “how do I start a successful temporary recruitment business?”

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know there is a surplus of vacancies over candidates willing to move.

Every day my inbox is chockful of new bits of “news” for recruiters – cataclysmic labour shortages, unhappy employees, “revenge resignations”, the skills/jobs mismatch, the rising costs of running a business… the list goes on.