There were 2.2% more jobs on offer in August in the UK compared to last year, according to data from independent job board, CV-Library.

CV-Library showed that the biggest jumps in jobs on offer were found in Glasgow (26.7%), Brighton (11.9%) and Southampton (11.5%). Conversely, the biggest drop in job vacancies were seen in Newcastle (down 11.2%), Leicester (down 11.1%) and Birmingham (down 5.1%).

The data also shows that applications were up by 10.2% year-on-year. Applications increased the most in the South East (15.2%), the East of England (12.5%) and the South West (10.9%).

CV-Library also found that that salaries for new roles have risen by 37.8% year-on-year.

The findings, which analyse job market data from August 2019 with the same period in 2018, also found that certain regions across the UK witnessed even bigger surges in pay, including the North East (up 80.1%), the South East (63.8%), the South West (60.7%), the East of England (34.9%), and the East Midlands (34.3%).

Lee Biggins, founder and CEO of CV-Library commented, “Given the busy holiday season, August is a notoriously tricky time to hire, so it’s clear that employers are feeling the pressure to pull out all the stops when it comes to pay and attempt to attract the best talent to their roles.

“In reality, times are tough for businesses right now and we cannot view these dramatic salary increases as an improvement in the UK job market. At the same time, while there are more jobs on offer than a year ago, we know that there is a storm on the horizon in the form of Brexit, which is leaving many organisations facing a huge sense of economic uncertainty,” Biggins said.