After a busy start to the year, employers in Doncaster are now settling into Q2 with a clearer picture of the local labour market and a fresh set of challenges to navigate. With key legislation taking effect, and local employment trends continuing to shift, it’s more important than ever for businesses to stay informed and adaptable. In this update, we’re breaking down the latest stats and insights to help you make confident, compliant decisions for your workforce in the months ahead.
Labour Market Stats for March 2025:
We investigated in to the Doncaster labour market for common industrial and commercial roles:
Warehouse Workers
Average Pay: £12.74 (+3p vs February)
People seeking roles: 84,751 (+9604 vs February)
Jobs posted: 454 (-12 vs February)
Summary: Less available vacancies and a surge of new candidates means application rates will be high – those hiring should be aware of increased time required to handle advert response.
Factory Worker
Average Pay: £12.10 (no change)
People seeking roles: 8,482 (+3,433 vs February)
Jobs posted: 17 (+2 vs February)
Summary: The ratio of candidates to roles is extremely disproportionate, so those hiring Factory Workers should have no shortage of applications, but this will be time consuming administration.
Adminstrator
Average Pay: £12.44 (+3p vs February)
People seeking roles: 38,399 (+1032 vs February)
Jobs posted: 274 (+3 vs February)
Summary: A positive increase in both applications and available roles may make Administrators an easy hire in May, but there is still a large amount of candidates for a relatively small number of available roles. Again, watch your administrative resources.
Purchase Ledger
Average Pay: £13.74 (+51p vs February)
People seeking roles: 5113 (+1,616 vs February)
Jobs posted: 39 (+8 vs February)
Summary: A significant pay increase may have triggered an influx of skilled candidates to the market. Larger employers may find this an interesting time to gauge the available talent and look to increase their headcount. Those with smaller budgets may wish to wait until the market fluctuates the other way.
All figures pulled from March 2025 on Indeed
Current employment levels in Doncaster:
In employment: 74.5%
Econimically inactive: 23.1%
Claimant count 4.5%
Unemployed: 3.2%
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Recruiters, take note: May 2025
After the whirlwind of April’s updates, May is a much easier month with just two main points to discuss:
The Minimum wage rose last month – your competitors will have either met these new rates or exceeded them. Now is a great time to benchmark your own rates.
Employers with over 250 employees are required to report their gender pay gap annually, usually by the end of March. If an organisation hasn’t done so by May 2025, it could face reputational damage and penalties. Employers will need to review their pay structures, diversity policies, and take steps toward reducing any gender-based pay disparities.
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