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Highest paid UK celebrities earn up to 2086x the average!

Wouldn’t you love to get paid for working on your passion? What if you could get paid 2000x more than you do now? British writer, JK Rowling, does just that and earned £74.5m for the privilege (according to The Telegraph). She’s one of 12 top earning UK celebrities making between £26.5m and £74.5m after successfully Continued »

Student of the Year 2018 – Meet the Finalists!

It’s that time of year again to announce the shortlist for Adzuna’s ‘Student of the Year 2018’ competition! Over the last few months, we have been flooded with thousands of incredible entries from all over the world, all hoping to get the coveted title of ‘Student of the Year 2018’. After months of deliberation, we Continued »

The biggest recruitment industries in the UK

Analysis of over 1 million job ads conducted by Adzuna, has found the industries experiencing the most growth across counties in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The research study assessed which industries have the most vacancies, broken down by each county in the UK. Industry Number of Counties 1 Healthcare & Nursing 24 2 Continued »

How much more do world leaders earn than their citizens?

Political leaders across the globe make decisions that affect our economic, political and social futures. Given the importance of these decisions, it is, perhaps, unsurprising that the average leader’s salary is 7 times that of their citizen’s. However, this difference varies massively across the globe – from almost equal in China through to being absolutely dwarfed in South Africa. Continued »

Adzuna acquires Work In Startups

We’re delighted to announce that Adzuna has acquired the number one UK tech startup job board Work In Startups! This is another important step towards Adzuna’s goal of helping to match people to better, more fulfilling jobs and to keep Britain working. Launched in 2011 by Diana Ilinca and Alex Borbely, Work In Startups has become Continued »

Adzuna raises over £13,000 for MacMillan Cancer Research!

Adzuna’s 2018 charity challenge was the most ambitious yet. Not only were we set the daunting challenge of cycling the 874-miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 12 hours; we also set our sights on raising over £10,000 for MacMillan Cancer Research. MacMillan provides invaluable support for people going through all forms of cancer Continued »

Top 5 cities for employment outside of London

As London’s property market continues to inflate rent and living costs, it is hardly surprising that people are looking elsewhere to find employment and settle down. Here at Adzuna, we’ve put together a report on which areas outside of London have the highest number of job vacancies, for those considering resettling. If you already live outside the Continued »

Top 10 highest paying STEM degrees

Analysis of over one million job ads by Adzuna has revealed which Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) degrees will lead to the highest salaries after graduation. Engineering graduates are offered the biggest paychecks The research, conducted in August 2018, looked at the average salaries of job ads that wanted applicants holding a specific STEM Continued »