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According to figures released by agency group APSCo temporary vacancies across finance and accounting, IT, engineering and media and marketing have all increased year-on-year (25 per cent, eight per cent, 4.3 per cent and nine per cent respectively).
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Ann Swain, Chief Executive of APSCo, said: “It is no surprise that contract vacancy numbers remain strong, despite a marked increase in permanent roles. This data reiterates what APSCo has long predicted – that the professional flexible workforce is now ‘the new normal’.
"Whereas historically, many organisations may have thought of temporary workers as people to hold the fort during absence – or as a means of managing workload during an economic downturn - the reality is now quite different.
"According to a report by the IPPR, the UK is now the self-employment capital of Western Europe. We are entering a new era of corporate agility and freelancers, professional interims and contractors are increasingly choosing to take control of their employment and manage their careers on their own terms.”
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