Although the job market has much improved since the recession, there is still a lack of opportunities in many sectors, maintaining the competitiveness that was widespread a few years ago. However, there are some industries that are particularly suffering from a skills-shortage, a term used to describe a lack of well-trained candidates to take a growing number of roles. The UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2015 found that there were 209,500 vacancies in UK that were a result of a nationwide skills shortage, with 6% of the total amount of employers interviewed saying their vacancies had been affected by one.
