UK Vacancies by size of enterprise - 2500+ employed (thousands)

Name: UK Vacancies by size of enterprise - 2500+ employed (thousands)
Creator: Labour Market team
Published: 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source dataset: Labour market statistics time series (LMS)

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:
16 December 2025
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Next release:
20 January 2026

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Period	Value
2002	200
2003	204
2004	231
2005	234
2006	234
2007	255
2008	250
2009	202
2010	197
2011	191
2012	192
2013	215
2014	245
2015	264
2016	268
2017	279
2018	296
2019	293
2020	205
2021	299
2022	414
2023	341
2024	277
2001 Q2	209
2001 Q3	197
2001 Q4	190
2002 Q1	196
2002 Q2	203
2002 Q3	204
2002 Q4	200
2003 Q1	196
2003 Q2	199
2003 Q3	208
2003 Q4	222
2004 Q1	225
2004 Q2	231
2004 Q3	237
2004 Q4	236
2005 Q1	244
2005 Q2	231
2005 Q3	232
2005 Q4	229
2006 Q1	227
2006 Q2	233
2006 Q3	232
2006 Q4	243
2007 Q1	246
2007 Q2	253
2007 Q3	264
2007 Q4	266
2008 Q1	259
2008 Q2	257
2008 Q3	247
2008 Q4	221
2009 Q1	203
2009 Q2	201
2009 Q3	203
2009 Q4	194
2010 Q1	203
2010 Q2	205
2010 Q3	181
2010 Q4	205
2011 Q1	201
2011 Q2	183
2011 Q3	184
2011 Q4	184
2012 Q1	188
2012 Q2	188
2012 Q3	193
2012 Q4	203
2013 Q1	204
2013 Q2	215
2013 Q3	221
2013 Q4	230
2014 Q1	235
2014 Q2	240
2014 Q3	254
2014 Q4	261
2015 Q1	263
2015 Q2	265
2015 Q3	264
2015 Q4	263
2016 Q1	266
2016 Q2	270
2016 Q3	268
2016 Q4	265
2017 Q1	271
2017 Q2	281
2017 Q3	284
2017 Q4	285
2018 Q1	292
2018 Q2	293
2018 Q3	300
2018 Q4	301
2019 Q1	296
2019 Q2	292
2019 Q3	289
2019 Q4	291
2020 Q1	297
2020 Q2	145
2020 Q3	152
2020 Q4	198
2021 Q1	225
2021 Q2	275
2021 Q3	353
2021 Q4	408
2022 Q1	416
2022 Q2	428
2022 Q3	415
2022 Q4	389
2023 Q1	365
2023 Q2	343
2023 Q3	324
2023 Q4	301
2024 Q1	295
2024 Q2	280
2024 Q3	261
2024 Q4	253
2025 Q1	247
2025 Q2	233
2025 Q3	229
2001 MAY	209
2001 JUN	207
2001 JUL	203
2001 AUG	197
2001 SEP	191
2001 OCT	189
2001 NOV	190
2001 DEC	193
2002 JAN	196
2002 FEB	196
2002 MAR	198
2002 APR	203
2002 MAY	203
2002 JUN	202
2002 JUL	199
2002 AUG	204
2002 SEP	207
2002 OCT	204
2002 NOV	200
2002 DEC	196
2003 JAN	196
2003 FEB	196
2003 MAR	196
2003 APR	199
2003 MAY	199
2003 JUN	200
2003 JUL	202
2003 AUG	208
2003 SEP	214
2003 OCT	220
2003 NOV	222
2003 DEC	222
2004 JAN	222
2004 FEB	225
2004 MAR	226
2004 APR	232
2004 MAY	231
2004 JUN	235
2004 JUL	236
2004 AUG	237
2004 SEP	236
2004 OCT	234
2004 NOV	236
2004 DEC	238
2005 JAN	245
2005 FEB	244
2005 MAR	240
2005 APR	234
2005 MAY	231
2005 JUN	231
2005 JUL	233
2005 AUG	232
2005 SEP	227
2005 OCT	226
2005 NOV	229
2005 DEC	229
2006 JAN	230
2006 FEB	227
2006 MAR	231
2006 APR	234
2006 MAY	233
2006 JUN	232
2006 JUL	229
2006 AUG	232
2006 SEP	240
2006 OCT	244
2006 NOV	243
2006 DEC	237
2007 JAN	244
2007 FEB	246
2007 MAR	249
2007 APR	252
2007 MAY	253
2007 JUN	257
2007 JUL	261
2007 AUG	264
2007 SEP	267
2007 OCT	268
2007 NOV	266
2007 DEC	265
2008 JAN	263
2008 FEB	259
2008 MAR	259
2008 APR	259
2008 MAY	257
2008 JUN	253
2008 JUL	249
2008 AUG	247
2008 SEP	240
2008 OCT	232
2008 NOV	221
2008 DEC	214
2009 JAN	209
2009 FEB	203
2009 MAR	200
2009 APR	199
2009 MAY	201
2009 JUN	202
2009 JUL	205
2009 AUG	203
2009 SEP	197
2009 OCT	193
2009 NOV	194
2009 DEC	201
2010 JAN	202
2010 FEB	203
2010 MAR	205
2010 APR	208
2010 MAY	205
2010 JUN	198
2010 JUL	187
2010 AUG	181
2010 SEP	178
2010 OCT	195
2010 NOV	205
2010 DEC	216
2011 JAN	209
2011 FEB	201
2011 MAR	190
2011 APR	184
2011 MAY	183
2011 JUN	183
2011 JUL	184
2011 AUG	184
2011 SEP	186
2011 OCT	184
2011 NOV	184
2011 DEC	186
2012 JAN	188
2012 FEB	188
2012 MAR	186
2012 APR	189
2012 MAY	188
2012 JUN	190
2012 JUL	191
2012 AUG	193
2012 SEP	197
2012 OCT	200
2012 NOV	203
2012 DEC	204
2013 JAN	203
2013 FEB	204
2013 MAR	207
2013 APR	212
2013 MAY	215
2013 JUN	217
2013 JUL	216
2013 AUG	221
2013 SEP	225
2013 OCT	230
2013 NOV	230
2013 DEC	233
2014 JAN	233
2014 FEB	235
2014 MAR	238
2014 APR	240
2014 MAY	240
2014 JUN	244
2014 JUL	249
2014 AUG	254
2014 SEP	256
2014 OCT	259
2014 NOV	261
2014 DEC	263
2015 JAN	264
2015 FEB	263
2015 MAR	264
2015 APR	265
2015 MAY	265
2015 JUN	265
2015 JUL	265
2015 AUG	264
2015 SEP	265
2015 OCT	264
2015 NOV	263
2015 DEC	264
2016 JAN	265
2016 FEB	266
2016 MAR	266
2016 APR	267
2016 MAY	270
2016 JUN	272
2016 JUL	272
2016 AUG	268
2016 SEP	269
2016 OCT	267
2016 NOV	265
2016 DEC	267
2017 JAN	267
2017 FEB	271
2017 MAR	274
2017 APR	279
2017 MAY	281
2017 JUN	282
2017 JUL	284
2017 AUG	284
2017 SEP	284
2017 OCT	285
2017 NOV	285
2017 DEC	289
2018 JAN	290
2018 FEB	292
2018 MAR	292
2018 APR	293
2018 MAY	293
2018 JUN	294
2018 JUL	297
2018 AUG	300
2018 SEP	305
2018 OCT	304
2018 NOV	301
2018 DEC	300
2019 JAN	298
2019 FEB	296
2019 MAR	293
2019 APR	292
2019 MAY	292
2019 JUN	291
2019 JUL	290
2019 AUG	289
2019 SEP	293
2019 OCT	293
2019 NOV	291
2019 DEC	290
2020 JAN	296
2020 FEB	297
2020 MAR	255
2020 APR	197
2020 MAY	145
2020 JUN	140
2020 JUL	146
2020 AUG	152
2020 SEP	165
2020 OCT	178
2020 NOV	198
2020 DEC	218
2021 JAN	224
2021 FEB	225
2021 MAR	225
2021 APR	246
2021 MAY	275
2021 JUN	304
2021 JUL	332
2021 AUG	353
2021 SEP	379
2021 OCT	395
2021 NOV	408
2021 DEC	407
2022 JAN	409
2022 FEB	416
2022 MAR	425
2022 APR	428
2022 MAY	428
2022 JUN	422
2022 JUL	419
2022 AUG	415
2022 SEP	410
2022 OCT	400
2022 NOV	389
2022 DEC	381
2023 JAN	373
2023 FEB	365
2023 MAR	358
2023 APR	352
2023 MAY	343
2023 JUN	335
2023 JUL	328
2023 AUG	324
2023 SEP	317
2023 OCT	310
2023 NOV	301
2023 DEC	298
2024 JAN	297
2024 FEB	295
2024 MAR	292
2024 APR	286
2024 MAY	280
2024 JUN	275
2024 JUL	270
2024 AUG	261
2024 SEP	258
2024 OCT	256
2024 NOV	253
2024 DEC	253
2025 JAN	249
2025 FEB	247
2025 MAR	241
2025 APR	238
2025 MAY	233
2025 JUN	230
2025 JUL	230
2025 AUG	229
2025 SEP	227
2025 OCT	231

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