Hospitality hiring continues to evolve, with employers facing more applications, longer recruitment timelines, tighter teams and increasingly difficult hiring decisions.
To help employers and recruiters navigate these changes, the first report in Caterer.com’s Hospitality Hiring Insider H1 2026 series brings together the latest insight into the hospitality recruitment market.
Drawing on analysis of job postings and search trends, employer and candidate research, and expert commentary, the report provides a snapshot of the key hiring trends shaping the sector during the first half of 2026.
The report explores:
Job market trends, including hiring hotspots and salary movements across H1 2026.
Candidate expectations, with 80% of candidates open to new roles, although increasingly selective about their next move.
Candidate experience, including where recruitment processes can lose potential hires.
Expert insight from Simon Tetley of Lore Group and Stuart Hills of CORE Recruitment.
For hospitality employers and recruiters, understanding how candidate expectations and market conditions are changing is increasingly important to building stronger teams and making more confident hiring decisions.
Read the full Hospitality Hiring Insider H1 2026 report here: Read the report.