The public sector saw significantly greater permanent vacancy growth in Q2 than any other sector, shows newly-launched labour market indices from interdealer broker and advisory firm ICAP.

The indices are derived from jobs posted on various sites belonging to the digital recruitment group Evenbase, which include Jobsite, Jobrapido and Broadbean.

At 15.7%, permanent vacancy growth between Q2 and Q1 in the public sector & government was ahead of education & training (11.3%) and logistics, distribution & supply chain (8.9%). This latter sector was also the one with the third-highest growth in temporary jobs at 27.3%, behind retail (34.8%) and graduates & trainees (32.4%).

However, graduates & trainees was also the sector with the second-highest decline in permanent job postings (-18.5%), behind property & housing (-19.3%).

The indices also show a 1.5% decline in average salaries offered in June itself, and a 7.2% decline in the number of advertised vacancies overall in the same month.