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Research hub

Public sector recruitment insights

Welcome to our research hub - your one-stop-shop for public sector recruitment insights.

Get up-to-date analysis into the public sector jobs market, candidate demographics and recruitment marketing data crucial to making critical hiring decisions and shaping your talent attraction strategy.

2025 recruitment insights whitepaper

Candidate experience action plan

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Navigating public sector recruitment in 2025: Insights and strategies for hiring success

Are you struggling to attract candidates? Our latest whitepaper brings you insights from public sector job seekers to help you transform your hiring strategy on a limited budget.

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Enhancing public sector recruitment: A candidate-centric action plan

Public sector organisations contend with major barriers to talent attraction and retention as budgets have tightened. Our 2023 whitepaper explores actionable strategies for transforming your candidate experience, based on data from active jobseekers.

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How diverse is the public sector?

In order to create an inclusive workforce, you need to understand how well minorities are represented.

Our latest report shows you the demographics of current public sector job seekers (between March 2022 and March 2023).

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We analysed over 525,100 applications submitted through our ATS between March 2022 and March 2023. Here's our analysis of public sector demographics with practical advice for creating a more inclusive workplace.

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69.8%

of job applications submitted to our jobs board between March 2022 and March 2023 are from females

6.03%

of candidates declared a disability.

6.4%

identify as part of the LGBT+ community

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Public sector salary trends report

With the UK’s public sector experiencing major skills and retention challenges, salary is a crucial element of Employee Value Proposition. This data will help business leaders and hiring managers hire and keep skilled public sector staff who provide high-quality services to their communities.

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Our services for employers

Combining data and insight, we cover every base to create bespoke recruitment solutions for every scenario.

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Meet the team

We are a tight team of recruitment, marketing, and technology experts, working together to attract the best candidates to non-profit and public sector roles across the UK.

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Resources for employers

From the latest labour market trends, to best practice guides - we're here to help you attract and retain talent.

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Get in touch

Whether you're seeking candidates for your vacancy, or if you're looking for your next public sector role - we're ready to answer any and all questions.