Over the past five years the length of the interview process has nearly doubled for the average successful applicant in the IT industry.

58% of sector respondents said they will hire more staff in 2013. Over one in ten believe this will be significant in scale

The United Kingdom faces a shortfall of 33,300 IT and tech workers by 2050 due to skills shortages, an ageing workforce and restrictive migration policy.

Sector lags behind law where 50 per cent of full time professionals are women. 94 per cent of female business people say mandatory quotas are not the best way to ensure women get ahead.

The UK nursing sector faces the countries third biggest shortfall of workers. This includes a drop in the number of registered international nurses which has fallen 75% since its peak in 2001.

Analysis by Randstad CPE shows that the UK's workforce will have a 3.1m person shortfall by 2050. In particular, the Construction and Engineering sectors will be heavily affected with 70% of the current nuclear workforce retiring by 2025.

Finance and legal professionals more understanding than the rest of the UK - who think a position can only be vacant 72 days before it looks like a job no-one wants.

Finance and accountancy employees fit 6.5 days worth of work into working week.