The UAE continued to generate new jobs during most of 2018 with Dubai emerging the brightest spot in the country's employment market.

According to data from the Central Bank of the UAE, employment eased in the third quarter, growing moderately by 0.6 per cent compared to an increase of 1.2 per cent in the second quarter. Accordingly, employment rose by 1.6 per cent during the first three quarters on average, compared to a 2.6 per cent increase during the same period in 2017.

Quoting data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, the central bank report said that total employment in the UAE was 5.025 million, of which 51.3 per cent are based in Dubai, 27.5 per cent in Abu Dhabi and 21.2 per cent in the Northern Emirates.