Job postings in Buckinghamshire have been on a downward trend since the beginning of 2024, however numbers still remain higher than their pre-pandemic levels. Reasons for this include ongoing recruitment difficulties linked to retention issues and the lack of suitable applicants, as the pool of labour to recruit from has become smaller as more people are out-of-work due to being long-term sick.
However, these issues have become gradually less acute throughout 2024, as the demand for labour stabilises due to weaker consumer demand nationally as the effects of rising interest rates and inflation take hold.
In 2023, jobs in highest demand in Buckinghamshire (according to online job postings) were sales related occupations and care workers and home carers, in-line with regional occupations in highest demand. Nationally, this was second only to programmers and software development professionals.
Jobs that were in higher demand locally than nationally included:
• Care workers and home carer roles
• Cleaner roles
• Customer services roles
• Secondary education roles
• Administrative roles
• Chefs
• Teaching assistant roles
For more local labour market intelligence, visit Buckinghamshire’s Economic Intelligence Observatory.
