The Office of National Statistics revealed today that at 1.67 million the unemployment rate is at its lowest point since 2005.
This coincides with the largest employed workforce the country has ever had at 75.5% of the economically active population.
"With over 31 million people in work, including 1.8 million EU nationals, this success story is the envy of most of the world's developed economies," Said Clive Jefferys of recruiter JMA Network.
"There is never any room for complacency, as surveys also indicate employers are cooling their recruitment plans during BREXIT uncertainty.
"However, the skills crisis actually makes this factor unimportant as the market is fully led by candidate availability at this time,
"A period of economic slowdown would produce an uplift in people available for hire who would rapidly regain employment. These are strange times in recruitment!"