Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market related statistics for the UK.
Publications
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Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: January 2023
Estimates of growth in earnings for employees before tax and other deductions from pay.
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Vacancies and jobs in the UK: January 2023
Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
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Labour market overview, UK: January 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Employment in the UK: January 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
Data
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X05: Comparison between unemployment and the Claimant Count
This table compares quarterly movements in unemployment with quarterly movements in the Claimant Count.
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A07: Regional labour market summary
Regional labour market summary (employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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VACS03: Vacancies by size of business
Vacancies by size of business.
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HOUR01 SA: Actual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)
Actual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle
Claimant Count revisions triangle. The Claimant Count measures the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits.
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RED01 NSA: Redundancies levels and rates (not seasonally adjusted)
Number of people (levels), men and women made redundant and redundancy rates, not seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A10: International comparisons of employment and unemployment rates
International comparisons of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity. The table contains data from OECD.
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EARN01: Average weekly earnings
Average Weekly Earnings (AWE), seasonally adjusted. This spreadsheet includes the headline estimates of earnings growth based on the Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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A01: Summary of labour market statistics
Labour market statistics summary data tables.
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EMP01 NSA: Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (not seasonally adjusted)
Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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CLA02: Claimant Count by age group (Experimental Statistics)
Experimental estimates of the Claimant Count by age group.
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VACS02: Vacancies by industry
Vacancies by industry.
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VACS01: Vacancies and unemployment
Vacancies and unemployment.
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HOUR01 NSA: Actual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)
Actual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EARN02: Average weekly earnings by sector
Average weekly earnings by sector (Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey).
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EMP01 SA: Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (seasonally adjusted)
Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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HOUR02 SA: Usual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)
Usual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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RED01 SA: Redundancies levels and rates (seasonally adjusted)
Number of people (levels), men and women made redundant and redundancy rates, seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A02 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary. This table shows the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity series (seasonally adjusted).
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A11: Labour Force Survey sampling variability
Labour Force Survey Sampling Variability (95% confidence intervals).
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UNEM03: Unemployment by previous industrial sector
Unemployment by previous industrial sector. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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HR1 potential redundancies
Number of potential redundancies from HR1 forms and the number of employers submitting them by region and industry. Experimental statistics.
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CLA01: Claimant Count (Experimental Statistics)
Experimental estimates of the Claimant Count including Jobseeker's Allowance and out of work Universal Credit claimants.
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INAC01 NSA: Economic inactivity by reason (not seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years) by reason (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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UNEM04: Unemployment rate revisions triangle
Unemployment rate revisions triangle. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A05 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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X06: Single month vacancies estimates (not designated as National Statistics)
Single Month Vacancy Survey estimates, not seasonally adjusted
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A06 NSA: Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (not seasonally adjusted)
Educational status and labour market status (employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) of people aged from 16 to 24 (not seasonally adjusted). This table shows estimates for people in full-time education and people not in full-time education. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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UNEM01 NSA: Unemployment by age and duration (not seasonally adjusted)
Unemployment by age and duration (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A02 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (not seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary. This table shows the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity series (not seasonally adjusted).
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EMP05: Employment rate revisions triangle
Employment rate revisions triangle. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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RED02: Redundancies by age, industry and region
Redundancies by age, industry, and region, not seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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UNEM01 SA: Unemployment by age and duration (seasonally adjusted)
Unemployment by age and duration (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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INAC01 SA: Economic inactivity by reason (seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years ) by reason (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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X09: Real Average weekly earnings using Consumer price inflation (seasonally adjusted)
Contains data on Average weekly earnings for the whole economy, for both total and regular pay, in real terms (adjusted for consumer price inflation).
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A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EARN03: Average weekly earnings by industry
Average weekly earnings by industry (Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey).
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LABD: Labour disputes in the UK
Monthly estimates of labour disputes back to 1931.
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X01: Labour Force Survey single-month estimates
Labour Force Survey (LFS) single-month estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) since 2004. Not designated as National Statistics.
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HOUR02 NSA: Usual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)
Usual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A06 SA: Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (seasonally adjusted)
Educational status and labour market status (employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) of people aged from 16 to 24 years (seasonally adjusted). This table shows estimates for people in full-time education and people not in full-time education. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:
- meet identified user needs
- are well explained and readily accessible
- are produced according to sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.