A guide to labour market data

Summary of labour market statistics
Dataset A01 | Updated monthly
Labour market statistics summary data table, including earnings, employment, unemployment, redundancies and vacancies, Great Britain and UK, published monthly.

Sex

Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset A02 SA | Updated monthly
Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.

Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity (not-seasonally adjusted)
Dataset A02 NSA | Updated monthly
Labour Force Survey summary data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.

People below State Pension age

Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below State Pension age
Dataset A04 | Updated quarterly
Labour market indicators including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below State Pension age, by sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Age

Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset A05 SA | Updated monthly
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted)
Dataset A05 NSA | Updated monthly
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Adjusted employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity
Dataset X10 | Suspended
Experimental labour market estimates using administrative data to produce adjusted UK employment, unemployment and economic inactivity measures, seasonally adjusted.

Educational attainment

Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset A06 SA | Updated monthly
Educational status and labour market status of people aged 16 to 24 years, by sex, in and out of full-time education, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (not-seasonally adjusted)
Dataset A06 NSA | Updated monthly
Educational status and labour market status of people aged 16 to 24 years, by sex, in and out of full-time education, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Disability

Labour market status of disabled people
Dataset A08 | Updated quarterly
Labour market status of disabled people, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Ethnicity

Labour market status by ethnic group
Dataset A09 | Updated quarterly
Labour market status by ethnic group, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

International comparisons of employment and unemployment rates

International comparisons of employment and unemployment rates
Dataset A10 | Updated monthly
International comparisons of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, published monthly. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Sampling variability

Labour Force Survey sampling variability
Dataset A11 | Updated monthly
Sampling variability for Labour Force Survey estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, 95% confidence intervals, rolling three-monthly figures, non-seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.

Country of birth and nationality

Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by nationality and country of birth
Dataset A12 | Updated quarterly
Labour market activity by nationality, country of birth and age, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Labour Force Survey single-month estimates

Labour Force Survey single-month estimates
Dataset X01 | Updated monthly
Single-month estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.

Labour Force Survey Flows estimates

Labour Force Survey Flows estimates
Dataset X02 | Temporarily suspended
Flows estimates from the Labour Force Survey, levels and rates, UK, quarterly.

Labour Force Survey weekly estimates

Labour Force Survey weekly estimates
Dataset X07 | Suspended
Weekly estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and hours in the UK. All estimates are calculated from highly experimental weekly Labour Force Survey datasets.

Claimant Count

Claimant Count
Dataset CLA01 | Updated monthly
Claimant Count by sex including Jobseeker's Allowance and out of work Universal Credit claimants, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Claimant Count by age group
Dataset CLA02 | Updated monthly
Claimant Count by age group and sex, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Claimant Count revisions triangle
Dataset CLA03 | Updated monthly
Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Claimant Count by unitary and local authority (experimental)
Dataset CC01 | Updated monthly
 Claimant Count by sex for local and unitary authorities, counties and regions in the UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Claimant Count by Parliamentary constituency (experimental)
Dataset CC02 | Updated monthly
Claimant Count by sex for Westminster Parliamentary constituencies and regions in the UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Claimant Count for constituencies of the Scottish Parliament (experimental)
Dataset CC02.1 | Updated monthly
 Claimant Count for Scotland, by constituencies of the Scottish Parliament, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Claimant Count for local enterprise partnerships (experimental)
Dataset CC03 | Updated monthly
Claimant Count for people resident in local enterprise partnerships, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Jobseeker's Allowance

Jobseeker's Allowance claimants
Dataset BEN02 | Temporarily suspended
Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in the UK, including breakdown by sex (not designated as National Statistics).

Jobseeker's Allowance by age and duration
Dataset BEN03 | Temporarily suspended
Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in the UK, including breakdowns by age, duration and sex (not designated as National Statistics).

Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset EMP01 SA | Updated monthly
Full-time, part-time and temporary workers, by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (not seasonally adjusted)
Dataset EMP01 NSA | Updated monthly
Full-time, part-time and temporary workers, by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Public and private sector employment
Dataset EMP02 | Updated quarterly
Public and private sector employment, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

Public sector employment by industry
Dataset EMP03 | Updated quarterly
Public sector employment by industry, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

Employment rate revisions triangle
Dataset EMP05 | Updated monthly
Employment rate revisions triangle, published monthly. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Employment by country of birth and nationality
Dataset EMP06 | Updated quarterly
Employment levels and rates by country of birth and nationality, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Temporary employees
Dataset EMP07 | Updated quarterly
Temporary employees: all and part-time, by sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Employment by socio-economic classification
Dataset EMP11 | Updated quarterly
Employment by socio-economic classification and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Employment by industry
Dataset EMP13 | Updated quarterly
Employment by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Employees and self-employed by industry
Dataset EMP14 | Updated quarterly
Employees and self-employed, by industry sectors and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Job related training received by employees
Dataset EMP15 | Updated quarterly
Employees receiving job-related training, by sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Underemployment and overemployment
Dataset EMP16 | Updated quarterly
Underemployment and overemployment levels and rates, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

People in employment on zero hours contracts
Dataset EMP17 | Updated quarterly
People in work on zero hours contracts including by age, sex and region, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Unemployment by age and duration (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset UNEM01 SA | Updated monthly
Estimates of unemployment in the UK including a breakdown by sex, age group and the length of time people are unemployed. Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Unemployment by age and duration (not seasonally adjusted)
Dataset UNEM01 NSA | Updated monthly
Estimates of unemployment in the UK including a breakdown by sex, age group and the length of time people are unemployed (not seasonally adjusted). Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Unemployment by previous industrial sector
Dataset UNEM03 | Updated monthly
Estimates of unemployment levels in the UK by industry of last job, including breakdown by sex (not seasonally adjusted). Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Unemployment rate revisions triangle
Dataset UNEM04 | Updated monthly
Unemployment rate revisions triangle, showing revisions to unemployment figures in the UK because of new data. Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Comparison between unemployment and the Claimant Count
Dataset X05 | Updated monthly
A comparison of quarterly changes in unemployment figures in the UK with quarterly changes in the Claimant Count, a measure of all people claiming unemployment related benefits, including breakdown by age. Labour Force Survey estimates and Claimant Count data are official statistics in development.

Redundancies levels and rates (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset RED01 SA | Updated monthly
Number of people (levels), men and women in the UK made redundant and redundancy rates (seasonally adjusted). Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Redundancies levels and rates (not seasonally adjusted)
Dataset RED01 NSA | Updated monthly
Number of people (levels), men and women in the UK made redundant and redundancy rates (not seasonally adjusted). Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Redundancies by age, industry and region
Dataset RED02 | Updated monthly
Estimates of UK redundancies by age, industry, and region (including English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), not seasonally adjusted. Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Economic inactivity by reason (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset INAC01 SA | Updated monthly
Estimates of those not in the UK labour force measured by the reasons given for economic inactivity. Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Economic inactivity by reason (not seasonally adjusted)
Dataset INAC01 NSA | Updated monthly
Estimates of those not in the UK labour force measured by the reasons given for economic inactivity. Sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

Workforce jobs summary
Dataset JOBS01 | Updated quarterly
Workforce jobs summary, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

Workforce jobs by industry
Dataset JOBS02 | Updated quarterly
Workforce jobs by industry, employee jobs by industry and self-employment jobs by industry, UK, published quarterly.

Employee jobs by industry
Dataset JOBS03 | Updated quarterly
Employee jobs by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted.

Self-employment jobs by industry
Dataset JOBS04 | Updated quarterly
Self-employment jobs by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted.

Workforce jobs by region and industry
Dataset JOBS05 | Updated quarterly
Workforce jobs by industry, UK countries and English regions, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

Workforce jobs revisions triangle
Dataset JOBS06 | Updated quarterly
Workforce jobs revisions triangle, UK, published quarterly.

Workforce jobs sampling variability
Dataset JOBS07 | Updated annually
UK workforce jobs sampling variability estimates (95% confidence intervals and coefficients of variation). These sampling variability estimates are usually updated once a year.

Reconciliation of estimates of employment and jobs
Dataset X03 | Updated annually
Reconciliation of estimates of workforce jobs (derived primarily from employer surveys) with estimates of employment (derived from the Labour Force Survey) in the UK. Experimental Statistics.

Vacancies and unemployment
Dataset VACS01 | Updated monthly
Estimates of UK vacancies and unemployment. Sourced from the Vacancy Survey.

Vacancies by industry
Dataset VACS02 | Updated monthly
Estimates of UK vacancies by industry. Sourced from the Vacancy Survey.

Vacancies by size of business
Dataset VACS03 | Updated monthly
Estimates of UK vacancies by size of business. Sourced from the Vacancy Survey.

Single month vacancies estimates
Dataset X06 | Updated monthly
Vacancies by industry and size of business, UK, single month, not seasonally adjusted. Vacancy Survey.

Actual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset HOUR01 SA | Updated monthly
Actual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Actual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)
Dataset HOUR01 NSA | Updated monthly
Actual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Usual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)
Dataset HOUR02 SA | Updated monthly
Usual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Usual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)
Dataset HOUR02 NSA | Updated monthly
Usual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Average hours worked by industry
Dataset HOUR03 | Updated quarterly
Average actual weekly hours worked by industry, including by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Average weekly earnings

Average weekly earnings
Dataset EARN01 | Updated monthly
Average weekly earnings at sector level headline estimates, Great Britain, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

Average weekly earnings by sector
Dataset EARN02 | Updated monthly
Average weekly earnings at sector level including manufacturing, finance and services, Great Britain, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

Average weekly earnings by industry
Dataset EARN03 | Updated monthly
Average weekly earnings at industry level including manufacturing, construction and energy, Great Britain, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

Real average weekly earnings using consumer price inflation
Dataset X09 | Updated Monthly
Average weekly earnings for the whole economy, for total and regular pay, in real terms (adjusted for consumer price inflation), UK, monthly, seasonally adjusted.

Labour Force Survey earnings

Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees
Dataset EARN04 | Temporarily suspended
Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by sex, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.

Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by region
Dataset EARN05 | Temporarily suspended
Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by region, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.

Gross weekly earnings by occupation
Dataset EARN06 | Temporarily suspended
Gross weekly and hourly earnings by level of occupation, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.

Gross weekly earnings by industry
Dataset EARN07 | Temporarily suspended
Gross weekly and hourly earnings by industry and sex, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.

Distribution of gross hourly earnings of employees
Dataset EARN08 | Temporarily suspended
Distribution of gross hourly earnings of full-time and part-time employees by sex, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.

Regional labour market summary (sourced from the Labour Force Survey)
Dataset A07 | Updated monthly
Labour market indicators for UK countries and regions, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Key statistics for all regions
Dataset KS1 | Updated monthly
The main labour market statistics for UK countries and English regions, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Regional labour market summary
Dataset S01 | Updated monthly
Labour market indicators for UK countries and regions, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Headline Labour Force Survey indicators for all regions
Dataset HI00 | Updated monthly
Labour market indicators for UK constituent countries and English regions, including employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, workers' hours, jobs and Claimant Count, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

Employment by occupation
NOMIS | Updated quarterly
Provides a detailed snapshot of UK employment by occupation, broken down by sex.

NOMIS provides free access to the most detailed and up-to-date UK labour market statistics.

Labour market statistics time series
Updated monthly
Large dataset that contains UK labour market statistics data time series.

Average weekly earnings time series
Updated monthly
Large dataset that contains Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) in Great Britain data time series.

Claimant Count and vacancies time series
Updated monthly
Large dataset that contains data time series for the Claimant Count, which measures the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits; and vacancies in the UK.

Public sector employment time series
Updated quarterly
Large dataset that contains seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted quarterly data time series of UK public sector employment, containing the latest estimates. These estimates are updated in March, June, September and December.

Guide to labour market statistics methodology. 

Comparison of labour market data sources methodology  

Labour market statistics revisions policy. 

Labour Force Survey performance and quality monitoring reports.  

Labour Force Survey QMI 

Claimant Count QMI 

Workforce Jobs QMI 

Public sector employment QMI 

Average weekly earnings QMI 

Vacancy Survey QMI