Employment and employee types

Employment rates show the number of people in paid work as a proportion of the population, broken down by age and sex. Includes information on the number of people in employment and vacancies.

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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %

UK: Aged 16-64

75.2 %

2025 MAR-MAY

Release date:: 17 July 2025
Next release:: 12 August 2025

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Labour market overview, UK: July 2025

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Estimates for payrolled employees in the UK fell by 135,000 (0.4%) between May 2024 and May 2025, and by 25,000 (0.1%) between April and May 2025.
When looking at March to May 2025, the period comparable with our Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates, payrolled employees fell by 81,000 (0.3%) over the year, and by 68,000 (0.2%) over the quarter.
The early estimate of payrolled employees for June 2025 decreased by 178,000 (0.6%) on the year, and by 41,000 (0.1%) on the month, to 30.3 million. Early estimates are subject to revisions, as more returns are received by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) next month.

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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %

UK: Aged 16-64

75.2 % 2025 MAR-MAY

Release date:

17 July 2025

Next release:

12 August 2025
Number of People in Employment (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted):000s

UK: Aged 16 and over

34,130 000's 2025 MAR-MAY

Release date:

17 July 2025

Next release:

12 August 2025
Female employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %

UK: Aged 16-64

72.3 % 2025 MAR-MAY

Release date:

17 July 2025

Next release:

12 August 2025
Male employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %

UK: Aged 16-64

78.3 % 2025 MAR-MAY

Release date:

17 July 2025

Next release:

12 August 2025
UK Job Vacancies (thousands) - Total Services

638 2025 APR-JUN

Release date:

17 July 2025

Next release:

12 August 2025

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Datasets related to Employment and employee types

EMP02: Public and private sector employment

Public and private sector employment, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.
HOUR01 SA: Actual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)

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.
CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle

Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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. These are official statistics in development.
A10: International comparisons of employment and unemployment rates

International comparisons of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, published monthly. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
EARN01: Average weekly earnings

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

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Labour market overview, UK: July 2025

Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
Labour market in the regions of the UK: July 2025

Regional, local authority, and parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity, and other related statistics. These are official statistics in development.
Employment in the UK: July 2025

Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
Vacancies and jobs in the UK: July 2025

Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
Working and workless households in the UK: January to March 2025

The economic status of households in the UK and the people living in them, where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years. Taken from the Labour Force Survey.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK: July 2025

Monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’s (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data. This is a joint release between HMRC and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). These are official statistics in development.

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