State of the Market

[Fraidycat]

Right going to find a PGCE course.

Apparently the Teaching sector is seeing increasing vacancies recently.

It seems a good chunk of the general uk jobs market is doing very well, while interest rate sensitive sectors like IT and construction are badly hit.

This prevents the BOE from cutting rates.


"According to the latest figures from job search platform Adzuna, the average advertised salary hit £42,278 in April, a rise of 8.9% year-on-year, marking the steepest annual increase since June 2022. On a monthly basis, salaries rose by 0.75%, further complicating the Bank of Englands efforts to justify additional interest rate cuts.

Sectors seeing the strongest demand for workers included healthcare, which hit its highest vacancy level since January 2023, as well as hospitality, logistics, teaching, and retail.

The construction and trade sectors, by contrast, recorded a sharp 15.2% decline in vacancies, reflecting cooling activity in those industries."

[Protagoras]

Although, I seem to recall ISAs are being lined up for the chopping block as something Labour hate just as much as small businesses are people trying to save for their future.

The rumours around ISAs seem to be about restricting saving in cash ISAs to 'encourage' saving in investment ISAs. My suspicion is that this policy is influenced by politicians' City friends. It certainly offers no favours to folks prepared to suffer inflation tax rather than investment risk.

[Protagoras]

Right going to find a PGCE course.

I know several folks - including my Mrs - who got a PGCE and gave school teaching a try. For various reasons it seems to be quite a hard job to stick, and most have given up.

According to the news last week, there's good demand for train drivers. Probably 20 years work available before the excessive wage demands cause widespread automation.

[eek]

I know several folks - including my Mrs - who got a PGCE and gave school teaching a try. For various reasons it seems to be quite a hard job to stick, and most have given up.

According to the news last week, there's good demand for train drivers. Probably 20 years work available before the excessive wage demands cause widespread automation.

Will take a lot longer than 20 years - there are trains on the network that are 30 years old with another 20 years of live in them

Being a train driver will get a 20 year old through to retirement.

[SchumiStars]

Will take a lot longer than 20 years - there are trains on the network that are 30 years old with another 20 years of live in them

Being a train driver will get a 20 year old through to retirement.

Very sure it's not straight forward.

Delivering software applications does not carry the weight of transporting hundreds of human beings at high speed.

[Protagoras]

Delivering software applications does not carry the weight of transporting hundreds of human beings at high speed.

I guess train driving won't appeal to many s/w developers since train drivers aren't allowed headphones / listen to music on the job!

[oliverson]

Mid Level TypeScript Developer - Contract

Manchester, Fully Remote - 200-225pd
ContractPosted by: InterAct Consulting
Posted: Wednesday, 28 May 2025


WTF?!?!

[Cookielove]

wow!
that is the lowest I've seen...it is madness

[SussexSeagull]

Very sure it's not straight forward.

Delivering software applications does not carry the weight of transporting hundreds of human beings at high speed.

Certainly trains going through the Thameslink core through London are already automated so the technology is there but like planes I am not sure I would want to get on one without someone monitoring the controls.

If you are paying someone to monitor the controls and be qualified to take over in an emergency then you might as well pay a train driver.

[sadkingbilly]

Don't do DLR then?