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Salary and Recruiting Trends guides


Access the latest Hays Salary & Recruiting Trends digital guide to find out what attracts and keeps professionals in their roles and what trends are most likely to impact your workplace in the next 12 months.

Salary & Recruiting Trends 2025

This year’s Hays Salary & Recruiting Trends guide deep dives into the workplace challenges and opportunities impacting both employers and employees.

Access our digital guide to discover the findings from our research of almost 11,000 professionals, including what employees really want from their employer, how to attract and retain talent and what trends are most likely to impact your workplace in the next 12 months.

  • Social Care Salary Guide 2024

    Skills gaps are escalating within the social care profession. If you’re struggling to secure the social care and social work professionals you need, then look no further than our 2023 Social Care Salary & Recruiting Trends guide.

  • Tech Contractor Day Rate 2024

    Discover the latest insights and trends from our survey of over 900 professionals within the sector, current day rates for hundreds of roles and expert opinions from our guest contributors. 

  • Procurement Salary Guide 2024

    Based on survey findings from nearly 5,000 professionals working in procurement, the CIPS Salary Guide, in partnership with Hays, shines a light on the procurement trends that are shaping the future of the function.

  • Education Salary Guide 2023

    Our 2023 Education Salary & Recruiting Trends guide, in partnership with the Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL), contains key insights to help you find and retain staff, from teachers through to business support and school business leaders.

  • Financial Markets Salary Guide 2023

    Find out what employees want from a new job apart from pay, tips to improve your EVP and average salary information for over 900 roles in banking, financial services and finance technology.
     

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report


In the 2024 Hays Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report, we take a closer look at how capturing this data can help you build a more diverse workforce, plus tips on how to level up your DE&I strategies.

Unlock your guide to securing diverse talent

61% of professionals say they actively look for an organisation’s DE&I policy when researching a potential employer – are organisations doing enough to promote their diversity efforts? 

The answers to this and more can be found in Hays’ 2024 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report, now available for you to access. 

 

What Workers Want reports


Our latest 2024 What Workers Want Report is now available. It’s packed with insights from our research of almost 11,900 professionals around what workers want when applying for jobs.

What Workers Want 2024:

What Workers Want When Applying for Jobs report

Our highly anticipated 2024 What Workers Want report is now available for you to access. Discover what almost 11,900 professionals have to say about what makes them more likely to apply for a job as well as what deters them.

You’ll also find out what matters most to different age groups when applying for jobs, the impact of AI on recruitment and how to gather more diversity data during the application process to further your DE&I initiatives. 

  • What Workers Want 2023: Different ways of working

    With the world of work constantly changing, it’s more important than ever to understand how to best support employees whichever working approach your organisation follows.

  • What Workers Want 2023: Working with AI

    Take a closer look at how rapidly evolving artificial intelligence is set to change the way we work and how employers can best support their staff in making the most of AI tools.

  • What Workers Want 2023:
    Older workers

    Find out what attracts and keeps professionals over the age of 50 in a role. We also examine topics such as ageism, flexible working, benefits and more.
     

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Managed Service Programmes (MSP) Guide: optimise your contingent workforce

Our in-depth MSP guide, tailored around a unique core value framework, provides flexible solutions for maximising the potential of your contingent workforce while mitigating risk.

Explore challenges such as:

  • Poor integration with existing systems
  • Inability to source the necessary skills
  • Clouded workforce visibility
  • Complex regulations and contingent labour laws
  • Consolidating and analysing data from disparate sources

The Workforce of the Future report: Navigating the skills disruption

Our new Workforce of the Future report is available now, and contains the insights you need to bridge the skills gap effectively.

Download it now to discover the following:

  • The availability of skills for different industries
  • Locations with the most promising talent pipelines
  • Emerging talent networks to watch out for in the future
  • Actionable advice for leveraging our insights

  • Cyber Security Report 2024

    Hays has released the Global Cyber Security Report 2024, with input from over 1,000 cyber security leaders worldwide. Discover how other organisations are investing in their defence, as well as their challenges and solutions in hiring and retaining talent.

  • Future of Work Report 2024

    Navigate complex workplace trends, adapt to inflation, AI impact, and workforce productivity. Shape an informed workforce strategy for tomorrow. Access the report now!

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