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Caterer.com Launches Q1 Hospitality Hiring Insider

Caterer.com has announced the launch of its Q1 Hospitality Hiring Insider, the essential guide to hospitality hiring trends from the first three months of 2025.

Examining the latest hospitality-recruitment trends, the report features exclusive insights on workforce shifts, confidence in recruitment and time-to-hire metrics.

Discover the latest hiring market trends from Q1, including data on candidate activity, regional trends, and salary benchmarking

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Key Insights

According to the ONS website, there wereW2.66m people working in hospitality at the end of 2024 – up 21,000 on the year before.

  • In Q1 2025, hospitality accounted for 10% of all available job roles in the UK
  • Waiter/waitress roles once again topped the charts for both views and applications on Caterer.com~
  • 25% of hospitality employers increased recruitment in Q1 2025
  • 35% are expected to increase recruitment in Q2 (vs 24% across all industries)
  • More than 4 in 10 hospitality employers made hires within just three weeks in Q1 2025, well ahead of the all-industry average of 4.6 weeks

You can download the full report here or call 0333 0145 161 to see how Caterer.com can help you with your recruitment needs.

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