Analysis from the live market
The Market Desk
What the job market is doing, from BabZituna’s own listings when they can carry the question and from primary statistics when they cannot. Every figure names its source, and every piece ends with what it means for you. About the desk
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Earlier editions
- Market watchYouth unemployment looks stable. Nine million more young people are neither working nor studying.The global youth unemployment rate went from 12.3% in 2023 to 12.4% in 2025 - a tenth of a point, and the ILO projects it flat through 2027.
- Market watchBritain lost 19,000 vacancies in a year. Firms with under ten staff lost 18,000 of them.UK vacancies fell 2.7% over the year to 707,000.
- Market watchChanging jobs still pays more. Two trackers cannot agree how much.For July 2026, ADP put the annual raise for people who changed jobs at 7.0% and for people who stayed at 4.4% - a gap of 2.6 points, the widest in a year.
- Market watchAlmost nobody is being fired. Almost nobody is being hired.In June 2026 American employers let go of 1.1% of their staff and hired 3.4%.
- Market watchHalf have been looking ten weeks. A quarter, more than six months.The middle of the American unemployment queue has been searching for 10.5 weeks.
- Market watchThe rate fell. So did the number of people working.American unemployment has improved for three months running, from 4.3% in May to 4.1% in July.
- Market watchBritain counted its jobs twice and got two answers.One official measure says 75.1% of working-age people are in work.
- Market watchFive in a hundred were stopped from changing jobs.The OECD surveyed firms and employees across fifteen countries and found that between a fifth and a third of private-sector workers are bound by a non-compete clause - a contract term that decides where they may work next.
What the desk tracks
Every piece is written from these live streams — open them yourself; they are the same pages we read.
- Salaries by cityMedian advertised pay across 41 hubs, in local currency, refreshed continuously.
- Remote shareHow much of each market is flagged remote-eligible — and where the global pool surfaces.
- Skills in demandWhat employers actually name in listings, recognised against the ESCO vocabulary.
- Who is hiringThe employers holding the most live roles in the aggregated supply, right now.