Key points from May survey:

- Permanent and temporary staff appointments both increase
- Solid, albeit slightly slower, expansion of job vacancies
- Modest rise in pay rates
- Marginal fall in permanent staff availability, temp availability up

Key points from April survey:

- Faster rise in permanent staff appointments
- Temp billings down for first time in nine months
- Solid expansion of job vacancies maintained
- Weaker pay growth signalled
- Availability of permanent staff stable; temp availability up modestly

Key points from March survey:

- Permanent placements and temp billings increase, but at weaker rates
- Slowest growth of job vacancies for seven months
- IT & Computing remains most in-demand type of permanent staff
- Nursing/Medical/Care most sought-after temp category
- Availability of permanent staff down slightly; temp availability rises
- Muted pay inflation

Key points from February survey:

- Permanent placements and temp billings both rise, but at weaker rates
- Vacancy growth at four-month low
- Higher private sector demand for staff offsets public sector decline
- IT & Computing most sought-after type of permanent staff
- Temp demand highest for Nursing/Medical/Care workers
- Permanent salary growth at 17-month high, albeit still modest

Key points from January survey:

- Permanent appointments up for fourth consecutive month
- Temp billings rise for sixth month running
- Job vacancies increase at sharpest rate since April 2011
- Permanent salary growth quickens to 16-month high
- Temp pay falls fractionally

Key points from December survey:

- Permanent placements and temporary billings rise at slower rates
- Job vacancies increase at fastest pace for 20 months
- Availability of permanent staff declines; temp availability unchanged
- Pay growth quickens but remains subdued overall

Key points from November survey

- Permanent placements rise at fastest rate for 19 months
- Strongest increase in temp billings since March 2011
- Sharper expansion of job vacancies
- Robust demand from private sector offsets public sector weakness
- Pay growth remains muted

Key points from October survey:

- Permanent appointments increase for first time since May and at fastest rate for 17 months
- Growth of temp billings accelerates to 18-month high
- Sharpest rise in job vacancies since June 2011
- Nursing/Medical/Care staff remain most in-demand
- Further weak pay growth recorded

Key points from September survey:

- Permanent appointments down only fractionally
- Second month of growth in temp billings puts it at 14-month high
- Demand for staff increases at stronger rate
- Nursing/Medical/Care remains most in-demand staffing sector
- Pay growth remains muted amid rising candidate availability 

Key points from August survey:

- Decline in permanent staff appointments eases
- Temporary staff billings increase for first time in nine months
- Job vacancies continue to rise
- Nursing/Medical/Care workers are most sought-after
- Rising candidate availability subdues pay pressures