There was a massive 15% increase in the number of tech jobs being advertised over the month of November, according to our measurements – meaning that tech job vacancy numbers have gone up by 30% since August.  This is all impressive-sounding stuff, especially given that this time of year is typically quieter than most.

In light of a slightly more sobering report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which states that EU unemployment is likely to continue rising into 2011 in the EU (although our Chinese readers will be interested to note the strong predictions for growth of employment in their country), we hope these figures bring a little optimism to tech job-seekers out there.  As ever, we remain interested in your own personal experiences.

We collect data every month from a number of leading UK recruitment and social networking websites and use information about the number of jobs being advertised to generate a picture of the volume of hiring going on. We think that this gives us a fair reflection of the employment market, although please bear in mind when using or quoting these statistics that we don’t have access to definitive data