November was a good month for engineering and construction workers in Scotland, with both permanent and temporary staff in high demand, figures from the Bank of Scotland's monthly labour market report show.
The report revealed that demand for permanent staff in Scotland rose for the 42nd month in a row last month, with the rate of growth stronger than the UK average.
Demand was spread across all categories of staff monitored by the report, with engineering and construction workers the most in demand, followed by IT and computing workers, then accounts and financial staff.
Permanent and temporary staff salaries also rose again in November, with 28 per cent of recruitment consultancies questioned reporting a rise in permanent salaries, while temporary pay was driven up by a rise in the national minimum wage.
"The Scottish labour market recorded a pick-up in growth in November although growth rates are now back in line with the UK average after outperforming for most of 2006," said group economist at Bank of Scotland, Tim Crawford.
"Engineering and construction has been the best performing segment of the market in Scotland, while wages and salaries also continue to rise in Scotland with firms prepared to pay a premium to attract qualified staff in a tight labour market," he added.
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