The average salary for UK professionals on permanent contracts has fallen over the past year, even as vacancies rose in January.

Real median weekly pay for full-time employees fell by 2.6% in 2022 when adjusting for inflation, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Workers across the UK still feel embarrassed to talk about salary in the workplace.

Three in five (61%) UK workers are unhappy with their pay, yet most (55%) have never tried to push for a higher salary.

The UK now has the lowest ratio of unemployed people to vacancies since records began in 1971.

June Sarpong's salary as diversity champion for the BBC has been brought into question.

?As UK employers plan to scale back pay rises next year they must consider how to retain and motivate staff

?As university choices come into focus for young people across the UK, the outlook for the graduate job market is mixed