As the employment landscape continues to evolve rapidly, Omni’s latest UK Resourcing Market Insight Report offers a comprehensive analysis of current labour trends and challenges, taking into account reports from the CIPD and the ONS.
This quarter’s labour market data points to a broadly stable but cautious employment landscape. The latest CIPD Labour Market Outlook highlights subdued hiring intentions, rising cost pressures and increasing focus on organisational resilience. Omni is seeing the greatest impact in those adopting data-led strategic workforce planning and talent management, underpinned by sustainable talent strategies.
Employers continue to prioritise cost management above growth, while concerns over inflation; energy costs; and compliance with the Employment Rights Act 2025 are shaping workforce decisions and further contributing to the hesitancy in the market. Although the latest statistics continue to show a decline in vacancies, more than one-third of organisations still report hard-to-fill roles. At the same time, for some employers the challenge is shifting from attracting sufficient candidates, to managing high application volumes and assessing candidates objectively and consistently throughout the recruitment process. As AI-enabled technologies become increasingly central to candidate sifting and selection, Omni is supporting organisations to design tech-enabled recruitment processes that embed fairness and objectivity, while keeping candidate experience at the heart of the approach.
