Cogito’s quarterly State of the Labour Market white paper is designed to offer an early indication of the current outlook of the labour market for Q2 of 2022 as it pertains to employed professionals, including recruitment and hiring intentions. This white paper identifies a range of trends and projections supporting both employers and candidates as they look forward to future recruitment.

Data for this white paper is solely quantitative and has been collected up to July 28th 2022, from various sources, including the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and our own projects over this past quarter. ONS are the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics, and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK. They are responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local levels and play a leading role in national and international good practice in producing official statistics.