However, the Report on Jobs, published by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and professional services provider KPMG, showed that the growth was the least marked for the past ten months.
The research also found that permanent staff salaries increased at the slowest pace for seven months, while temporary staff pay improvements sat at a five-month low.
Kevin Green, chief executive of the REC, commented: 'We are concerned about the UK jobs market. Growth is rapidly slowing as public sector job freezes start to bite and private sector employers' confidence remains fragile.'
He added that young jobseekers are consistently the ones who fare the worst in adverse labour markets, but claimed they could find opportunities in areas such as internet development which have skills shortages.
Last week, international law firm Eversheds claimed that businesses across the globe appear to be planning to take on new workers in the coming months.
The research also found that permanent staff salaries increased at the slowest pace for seven months, while temporary staff pay improvements sat at a five-month low.
Kevin Green, chief executive of the REC, commented: 'We are concerned about the UK jobs market. Growth is rapidly slowing as public sector job freezes start to bite and private sector employers' confidence remains fragile.'
He added that young jobseekers are consistently the ones who fare the worst in adverse labour markets, but claimed they could find opportunities in areas such as internet development which have skills shortages.
Last week, international law firm Eversheds claimed that businesses across the globe appear to be planning to take on new workers in the coming months.
