Demand for labour in some sectors of the Northern Ireland economy remains at an all-time high, but indications suggest the war for talent may be slowing.
Those are the latest findings from online jobs portal NIJobs.com and Ulster Bank which questioned 1,000 job seekers and found that IT, hospitality accountancy & finance, and sales posted record high levels of hiring, well above pre-Covid levels. Hospitality saw a 20% jump in job openings in the second quarter of 2022, compared to the first quarter while IT has enjoyed the best five quarters on record.
However, the total number of listing on NIJobs.com in the three months to the end of June was 14% below last year’s record high, although they were 67% above the second quarter of 2019, before the pandemic.
