Vacancies for private-financial sector, contractors have fallen to their lowest level in seven years.

A Computer Weekly / SSL survey shows that in January the number of jobs advertised finance contractors fell by 16.1 percent – the biggest drop since 2001.

Meanwhile, a Recruitment and Employment Federation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs shows the overall vacancy fell for the eighth consecutive month in January.

The report observed, first published 21 years ago, also emphasizes strong reductions in the use of permanent and temporary staff in January, more falls further More on the appointments, vacancies and pay

In terms of month-to-month, the report reveals the decline was slower in the second sector.

Also shown:

An underlying change in the bargaining power of employers, with the rate of decline in the average permanent salaries at its fastest since the information was first collected in 1997

The hourly pay rates for temporary staff a sharp drop in the month

Skills in demand for permanent staff includes. NET, C # and PHP developers.

According to the BER of the availability of personnel to fill vacancies continued to grow strongly in January, with an increasing number of layoffs is cited and fewer job opportunities available.

Mike Stevens partner and director of business services at KPMG, said:

"Most employers are looking for ways to reduce costs to mitigate falling sales revenue. High on the list of costs, so it has become largely a service economy, are wages. So most companies are considering plans for dismissal. The best companies are already looking at more imaginative ideas, for example by inviting volunteers to reduce the payment in exchange for a lesser weeks work during the recession. "

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