Press & Media

Press & media

Covering careers, hiring or relocation in the UK and Europe? This page gives you downloadable data briefings, our reference data on European work-visa salary thresholds, and quotable expert comment. Every figure carries a primary source and a date.

Media briefings

Data briefings built to be used fast: the headline number, a liftable quote and the key findings up front. The full narrative, corrections table and reference data sit in the appendices. Every number verified against the primary source before publication, including corrections to figures widely misreported elsewhere. Free to cite with attribution.

We refresh these briefings every month and add new ones when the data moves.

Updated 23 September 2026

The bottom rung: AI and entry-level jobs, the panic vs the data

The OECD, LinkedIn and the Bank of England say the slowdown is mostly the economy. But Stanford, King’s College London and a Swedish natural experiment show AI redistributing opportunity away from the youngest workers. Both sides, ruled on page by page, all primary sources.

Useful if you’re writing about: the AI jobs debate, graduate hiring, the entry-level squeeze, tech careers

Sources: gov.uk/LinkedIn · OECD · Bank of England · Stanford · Ratio Institute · Skills England · ISE · PwC/WEF

Briefing (PDF) Data (CSV)

Updated 23 September 2026

The application arms race: AI CVs vs AI screeners

140 applications per graduate vacancy, time to hire up to 12 weeks, 61% of employers catching undisclosed AI in interviews. Plus the EU AI Act timeline, the ICO’s findings, and what still converts.

Useful if you’re writing about: AI in recruitment, application overload, hiring fraud, the return of in-person interviews

Sources: ISE · The Economist · SHRM · Gartner · Totaljobs · ICO · EU AI Act

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Updated 23 September 2026

Gen Z at work: the label says lazy, the data says locked out

84% of UK Gen Z want leadership eventually; 73% are anxious about their prospects. “Job hugging”, a shrinking graduate premium and £47.7k of debt, with a stereotype-vs-data table and a methodology critique of the viral surveys.

Useful if you’re writing about: Gen Z at work, youth anxiety about careers, “job hugging”, any generational workplace claim

Sources: Deloitte (22,595 respondents) · King’s Trust · NIESR · ONS · Korn Ferry · Atlanta Fed

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Updated 23 September 2026

International professionals in the UK: net migration has halved, and the rules are still arriving

Net migration 171,000, work visas −62% from peak. Yet a record 127,000 sponsor licences and record UCAS demand. The dated timeline separating what’s in force, what’s legislated, and what’s only proposed.

Useful if you’re writing about: UK immigration policy, skilled-worker visas, international students, employer sponsorship

Sources: Home Office (YE Mar 2026) · ONS · sponsor register · UCAS · MAC · HESA/UKCISA

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Updated 23 September 2026

Nearly a million on the sidelines: youth unemployment, UK vs Europe

16.4%, not the misreported 14.7%, and nearly a million NEET after the count passed one million in early 2026, a first in 13 years. Why the UK lags wealthy Europe, the scarring evidence, a 15-country map, and a corrections desk for the errors circulating in coverage.

Useful if you’re writing about: youth unemployment, NEETs, apprenticeships, UK-vs-Europe labour market comparisons

Sources: ONS · Resolution Foundation · IFS · Eurostat · DfE · Milburn review

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Updated 23 September 2026

The threshold is not the whole story: what a minimum-salary work permit actually leaves you

A professional on exactly the work-permit threshold in ten countries, after tax, social contributions, health cover and main-city rent. Berlin leaves about €1,950 a month, London €1,100 and Dublin €900. Madrid sets a lower bar than London and leaves more. Rent, not tax, makes the difference.

Useful if you’re writing about: cost of living for skilled migrants, work-permit salary thresholds, UK vs Europe talent competition, rents, expat tax regimes

Sources: ECB · HMRC · ONS · RTB · FSO · Belastingdienst · Skatteverket · BOE · INE Portugal

Briefing (PDF) Data (CSV)

About EP Advisory

EP Advisory is a London-based career consultancy for international professionals moving to and within the UK, Europe and the Gulf. Its team of 50+ consultants supports candidates one-to-one with CVs, LinkedIn, interviews, salary negotiation and visa routes. Most of the consultants have relocated internationally themselves. The firm also runs EDGE, a career platform where members follow structured training, track applications with a Chrome extension, practise interviews with AI feedback and build an Edge Score measuring job-search readiness. EP Advisory has supported 5,000+ professionals across 29 countries and publishes 200+ guides, including a 16-country index of official work-visa salary thresholds.

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