Average UK advertised salaries rose in October for the first time in since April, according to the UK Job Market Report released by job search engine Adzuna.co.uk. However, advertised job vacancies in the UK continued to fall as Brexit continues to impact hiring.

The report found average advertised vacancies’ salary edged up £9 in October from September to £33,424, a year-over-year increase of 3.9% compared to October 2017.

“Whilst overall salaries are up 3.9% year-on-year, we had expected to see more robust growth, but have our fingers crossed that this will be a springboard to build upon as we move into 2019.” said co-founder Andrew Hunter.

The hospitality and catering industry posted the largest percentage increase in salary, up 15.9% year-over-year in October to £30,899, followed by creative and design jobs —, up 8.0% to £35,211— and admin jobs, up 7.0% to £28,390.

At the other end of the spectrum, domestic and cleaning jobs were the worst-performing sector in terms of annual wage growth. Adzuna’s data found average advertised salaries in the sector fell by 7.2% year over year to £16,793.

The report also found that advertised job vacancies in the UK are now levelling out in the run-up to Christmas. While Brexit continues to impact nerves around hiring, the 0.4% month-on-month decline in October has slowed from 1.4% in September and is a slight improvement on the year-on-year difference, which improved to a 2.6% decline in October from a 3.6% decline in September.

Elsewhere, Wales is the only region in the report’s measurement to post a small decrease in advertised salaries over the past 12 months. This contrasts with neighbouring South West England, which is among the leaders with 8.9% year-over-year salary increases. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland had double-digit growth.

Adzuna’s report is based on data on job vacancies advertised online in the UK from more than 500 sources. Claimant data comes from the Office for National Statistics.