We reviewed our data on live tax vacancies that have arisen across Commerce & Industry, Financial Services and Professional Services so far in 2021 in order to provide insights into the current market and identify up-to-date tax recruitment trends. We also analysed our archived vacancy data from January 2020 in order to evaluate how the market is performing against pre COVID-19 recruitment levels. Based on this analysis we have identified that the tax recruitment market is currently more active than pre-pandemic levels.
The below chart represents overall tax recruitment activity from January 2020 to date and clearly shows the surge in recruitment activity that we saw in January 2021 which has now levelled off slightly above pre-pandemic levels…
We have identified 487 new tax vacancies that have been live from January 2021 to date. The breakdown of organisations recruiting for these roles are…
56% Accountancy Firms
41% In-House roles across Commerce & Industry and Financial Services
2% Law Firms
1% Management Consulting Firms
Outside of professionals services firms the top 5 sectors recruiting tax talent across Commerce & Industry and Financial Services are…
Commerce & Industry
- Software & Computing 26%
- Retail 14%
- Media Broadcasting 9%
- Pharmaceuticals 7%
- Telecommunications 3%
Financial Services
- Investment Finance 24%
- Commercial Banking 17%
- Fintech 10%
- Consumer Finance 7%
- Insurance 5%
If you would like to discuss our findings in more detail, please feel free to contact:
Author: Graham Young – Director
Tel: 020 3826 8832
Email: graham.young@capitaltaxrecruitment.com