As the world slowly emerges from the pandemic, labour shortages are hitting some sectors hard, particularly areas like technology, engineering, sustainability, healthcare and skilled trades. That means for in-demand jobs, we’re now in a situation “where salaries being offered by businesses are 10, 20, even 30% higher than market standards, just to attract people”, says Ad****. Across the UK, March saw the steepest rise in starter salaries on record.
