The future of hiring in financial & professional services: What’s working, what’s failing, what’s next

In 2025, UK financial sector job vacancies rose 12%, driven largely by demand for AI and tech capability.

At the same time, digital skills made up 57% of skills gaps reported in financial and professional services, so the pressure on TA leaders is only intensifying.

In this session, we’ve brought together an expert panel of senior TA leaders from financial and professional services to share what they are seeing on the ground, what is genuinely working, what