Next Role Weekly
Next Role Weekly
The UK job market, read for you — one email a week with signals and roles worth your time.
17 August 2026
Next Role Weekly — Monday, 17 August 2026
8 UK job-market stories this week across UK hiring, UK tech jobs market, UK redundancies hiring freeze, UK skills demand employers — the raw signal is below.
Read this issue →10 August 2026
Next Role Weekly — Monday, 10 August 2026
The UK jobs market has turned a corner: the closely watched REC/KPMG survey shows hiring held steady in July, ending a permanent-placement decline that stretched back nearly four years to the 2022 Tru
Read this issue →3 August 2026
Next Role Weekly — Monday, 3 August 2026
8 UK job-market stories this week across UK hiring, UK tech jobs market, UK redundancies hiring freeze, UK skills demand employers — the raw signal is below.
Read this issue →27 July 2026
Next Role Weekly — Monday, 27 July 2026
The clearest hiring signal this week comes from aerospace: ADS and leading UK employers have launched a nationwide recruitment campaign to fill roughly 10,000 unfilled technical vacancies each year ac
Read this issue →26 July 2026
Next Role Weekly — Monday, 20 July 2026
The clearest shift this week is at the entry level: roles in law, finance, and consulting are down roughly 35% since 2023 as AI absorbs early-career tasks, with firms like McKinsey now piloting AI-flu
Read this issue →13 July 2026
Next Role Weekly — Monday, 13 July 2026
The clearest UK-relevant thread this week is tech restructuring at scale: Microsoft is cutting 4,800 roles 5, and Xbox is shedding around 3,000 jobs — roughly a third of its studio operation — under n
Read this issue →6 July 2026
Next Role Weekly — Monday, 6 July 2026
The clearest UK signal this week is where demand is concentrating: agencies are hiring senior specialists in AI strategy and Generative Engine Optimization, a sign that "AI-adjacent" skills are moving
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