These are the UK cities where the number of job applications is on the rise

This year has started with a boom in the job market. Both applications and job numbers have soared across the UK, according to a new study.

The UK’s independent job board, CV-Library, found that the number of vacancies on offer in January grew by 2.8 per cent year-on-year.

The study (which explores job market data from January 2020 and compares this with findings from the same period in 2019) also reveals that applications grew by 5.7 per cent year-on-year.