UK Vacancies by size of enterprise - 10-49 employed (thousands)

Name: UK Vacancies by size of enterprise - 10-49 employed (thousands)
Creator: Labour Market team
Published: 2026-09-14T23:00:00.000Z
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source dataset: Claimant count and vacancies time series (UNEM)

Correction

12 October 2021

Due to a processing error the vacancies time series data in LMS and UNEM were not updated with the latest data. However data were available in published datasets VACS01, VACS02 and VACS03.

This error has now been rectified. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Release date:
15 September 2026
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Next release:
20 October 2026

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Frequency Month Quarter Year

Time period All Last 10 years Last 5 years Custom

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Period	Value
2002	88
2003	82
2004	84
2005	83
2006	75
2007	76
2008	71
2009	46
2010	57
2011	57
2012	61
2013	68
2014	93
2015	110
2016	108
2017	117
2018	121
2019	122
2020	79
2021	143
2022	183
2023	154
2024	133
2025	112
2001 Q2	101
2001 Q3	104
2001 Q4	82
2002 Q1	90
2002 Q2	88
2002 Q3	87
2002 Q4	87
2003 Q1	82
2003 Q2	78
2003 Q3	83
2003 Q4	86
2004 Q1	83
2004 Q2	85
2004 Q3	85
2004 Q4	84
2005 Q1	86
2005 Q2	87
2005 Q3	78
2005 Q4	76
2006 Q1	79
2006 Q2	74
2006 Q3	74
2006 Q4	72
2007 Q1	73
2007 Q2	73
2007 Q3	81
2007 Q4	77
2008 Q1	75
2008 Q2	76
2008 Q3	69
2008 Q4	57
2009 Q1	48
2009 Q2	43
2009 Q3	44
2009 Q4	51
2010 Q1	53
2010 Q2	60
2010 Q3	57
2010 Q4	55
2011 Q1	60
2011 Q2	55
2011 Q3	58
2011 Q4	59
2012 Q1	61
2012 Q2	61
2012 Q3	58
2012 Q4	65
2013 Q1	61
2013 Q2	67
2013 Q3	73
2013 Q4	75
2014 Q1	85
2014 Q2	93
2014 Q3	99
2014 Q4	105
2015 Q1	112
2015 Q2	109
2015 Q3	113
2015 Q4	109
2016 Q1	107
2016 Q2	107
2016 Q3	108
2016 Q4	112
2017 Q1	112
2017 Q2	118
2017 Q3	116
2017 Q4	122
2018 Q1	113
2018 Q2	121
2018 Q3	125
2018 Q4	127
2019 Q1	123
2019 Q2	120
2019 Q3	124
2019 Q4	121
2020 Q1	107
2020 Q2	33
2020 Q3	81
2020 Q4	80
2021 Q1	91
2021 Q2	140
2021 Q3	181
2021 Q4	196
2022 Q1	194
2022 Q2	186
2022 Q3	175
2022 Q4	169
2023 Q1	169
2023 Q2	161
2023 Q3	143
2023 Q4	136
2024 Q1	141
2024 Q2	130
2024 Q3	131
2024 Q4	125
2025 Q1	118
2025 Q2	113
2025 Q3	107
2025 Q4	104
2026 Q1	100
2026 Q2	101
2001 MAY	101
2001 JUN	101
2001 JUL	100
2001 AUG	104
2001 SEP	99
2001 OCT	93
2001 NOV	82
2001 DEC	85
2002 JAN	90
2002 FEB	90
2002 MAR	89
2002 APR	87
2002 MAY	88
2002 JUN	84
2002 JUL	86
2002 AUG	87
2002 SEP	88
2002 OCT	90
2002 NOV	87
2002 DEC	86
2003 JAN	81
2003 FEB	82
2003 MAR	82
2003 APR	82
2003 MAY	78
2003 JUN	80
2003 JUL	80
2003 AUG	83
2003 SEP	83
2003 OCT	86
2003 NOV	86
2003 DEC	82
2004 JAN	82
2004 FEB	83
2004 MAR	84
2004 APR	84
2004 MAY	85
2004 JUN	86
2004 JUL	86
2004 AUG	85
2004 SEP	84
2004 OCT	84
2004 NOV	84
2004 DEC	87
2005 JAN	87
2005 FEB	86
2005 MAR	86
2005 APR	88
2005 MAY	87
2005 JUN	84
2005 JUL	81
2005 AUG	78
2005 SEP	74
2005 OCT	77
2005 NOV	76
2005 DEC	83
2006 JAN	82
2006 FEB	79
2006 MAR	70
2006 APR	73
2006 MAY	74
2006 JUN	75
2006 JUL	75
2006 AUG	74
2006 SEP	75
2006 OCT	73
2006 NOV	72
2006 DEC	72
2007 JAN	73
2007 FEB	73
2007 MAR	72
2007 APR	71
2007 MAY	73
2007 JUN	77
2007 JUL	82
2007 AUG	81
2007 SEP	79
2007 OCT	78
2007 NOV	77
2007 DEC	74
2008 JAN	73
2008 FEB	75
2008 MAR	76
2008 APR	76
2008 MAY	76
2008 JUN	74
2008 JUL	73
2008 AUG	69
2008 SEP	65
2008 OCT	61
2008 NOV	57
2008 DEC	51
2009 JAN	49
2009 FEB	48
2009 MAR	46
2009 APR	45
2009 MAY	43
2009 JUN	43
2009 JUL	44
2009 AUG	44
2009 SEP	45
2009 OCT	48
2009 NOV	51
2009 DEC	55
2010 JAN	55
2010 FEB	53
2010 MAR	55
2010 APR	58
2010 MAY	60
2010 JUN	60
2010 JUL	59
2010 AUG	57
2010 SEP	58
2010 OCT	56
2010 NOV	55
2010 DEC	53
2011 JAN	58
2011 FEB	60
2011 MAR	62
2011 APR	57
2011 MAY	55
2011 JUN	53
2011 JUL	54
2011 AUG	58
2011 SEP	57
2011 OCT	58
2011 NOV	59
2011 DEC	61
2012 JAN	62
2012 FEB	61
2012 MAR	62
2012 APR	61
2012 MAY	61
2012 JUN	60
2012 JUL	60
2012 AUG	58
2012 SEP	59
2012 OCT	61
2012 NOV	65
2012 DEC	62
2013 JAN	60
2013 FEB	61
2013 MAR	63
2013 APR	64
2013 MAY	67
2013 JUN	71
2013 JUL	72
2013 AUG	73
2013 SEP	71
2013 OCT	74
2013 NOV	75
2013 DEC	79
2014 JAN	81
2014 FEB	85
2014 MAR	86
2014 APR	90
2014 MAY	93
2014 JUN	96
2014 JUL	100
2014 AUG	99
2014 SEP	102
2014 OCT	104
2014 NOV	105
2014 DEC	103
2015 JAN	108
2015 FEB	112
2015 MAR	110
2015 APR	109
2015 MAY	109
2015 JUN	113
2015 JUL	112
2015 AUG	113
2015 SEP	113
2015 OCT	110
2015 NOV	109
2015 DEC	108
2016 JAN	109
2016 FEB	107
2016 MAR	108
2016 APR	109
2016 MAY	107
2016 JUN	105
2016 JUL	107
2016 AUG	108
2016 SEP	108
2016 OCT	108
2016 NOV	112
2016 DEC	110
2017 JAN	112
2017 FEB	112
2017 MAR	118
2017 APR	118
2017 MAY	118
2017 JUN	119
2017 JUL	118
2017 AUG	116
2017 SEP	119
2017 OCT	119
2017 NOV	122
2017 DEC	116
2018 JAN	117
2018 FEB	113
2018 MAR	114
2018 APR	116
2018 MAY	121
2018 JUN	120
2018 JUL	123
2018 AUG	125
2018 SEP	134
2018 OCT	130
2018 NOV	127
2018 DEC	127
2019 JAN	123
2019 FEB	123
2019 MAR	119
2019 APR	118
2019 MAY	120
2019 JUN	122
2019 JUL	122
2019 AUG	124
2019 SEP	122
2019 OCT	120
2019 NOV	121
2019 DEC	121
2020 JAN	119
2020 FEB	107
2020 MAR	76
2020 APR	51
2020 MAY	33
2020 JUN	51
2020 JUL	66
2020 AUG	81
2020 SEP	84
2020 OCT	83
2020 NOV	80
2020 DEC	79
2021 JAN	82
2021 FEB	91
2021 MAR	101
2021 APR	124
2021 MAY	140
2021 JUN	158
2021 JUL	170
2021 AUG	181
2021 SEP	197
2021 OCT	197
2021 NOV	196
2021 DEC	197
2022 JAN	198
2022 FEB	194
2022 MAR	190
2022 APR	188
2022 MAY	186
2022 JUN	181
2022 JUL	179
2022 AUG	175
2022 SEP	173
2022 OCT	167
2022 NOV	169
2022 DEC	166
2023 JAN	166
2023 FEB	169
2023 MAR	166
2023 APR	165
2023 MAY	161
2023 JUN	156
2023 JUL	145
2023 AUG	143
2023 SEP	138
2023 OCT	140
2023 NOV	136
2023 DEC	137
2024 JAN	136
2024 FEB	141
2024 MAR	136
2024 APR	134
2024 MAY	130
2024 JUN	130
2024 JUL	131
2024 AUG	131
2024 SEP	132
2024 OCT	128
2024 NOV	125
2024 DEC	120
2025 JAN	121
2025 FEB	118
2025 MAR	121
2025 APR	114
2025 MAY	113
2025 JUN	109
2025 JUL	111
2025 AUG	107
2025 SEP	106
2025 OCT	103
2025 NOV	104
2025 DEC	101
2026 JAN	100
2026 FEB	100
2026 MAR	99
2026 APR	99
2026 MAY	101
2026 JUN	100
2026 JUL	99

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