New travel job vacancies rose by a quarter in September to their highest level in 19 months, according to the latest report from C&M Travel Recruitment.
The specialist travel recruitment company revealed that the number of new vacancies increased by 25% month on month, meaning ‘there are currently more travel job opportunities than at any point since February 2025’.
The number of new candidates entering the market also rose, up 6% compared with August and 0.4% year on year, according to C&M.
However, the number of candidates placed in new travel jobs fell by 9% month on month and was down 21% compared with September 2025.
C&M Travel Recruitment Co-Owner and Managing Director Barbara Kolosinska said: “It’s incredibly pleasing to see there are currently more travel job opportunities than at any point since February 2025. With wages also rising, there is now a wide range of attractive vacancies across the travel industry. This is great news and should hopefully lead to a further increase in candidates in the coming months.
“What the travel recruitment market needs is consistency, and with vacancies increasing in three of the last four months, there are very encouraging signs that we will have a positive end to the year.”
The data is drawn from the month’s new vacancies advertised with C&M Travel Recruitment.
