British average salary increased by 5.9%, suggest official data, while vacancies fell to their lowest before Covid.
Salaries growth is slightly ahead of the previous period and has been lifted by the public sector, according to Liz McKeown, director of economic statistics at the National Statistics Office that has published the figures.
But some economists have warned that wages will undergo pressure after increasing the amount of the remuneration of national insurance employers who came into force this month at the same time as the national minimum wage.
Meanwhile, the number of jobs offered fell to 781,000 in the first three months of the year, falling below pre-pale levels in 2020.
Yael Selin, chief economist of KPMG UK, said: “The short-term impact of the increase in labor costs that came into force in April, will probably have a drop in wages in the coming months.”
The ONS said that the unemployment rate of the United Kingdom had been about 4.4% about the same as the previous three months.
The employment rate for people aged 16 to 64 was 75.1%, still below the target of 80% employment.
The ONS have said that its employment figures should be treated with caution due to low response rates to its employment survey, on which the figures are based.
