UK Vacancies (thousands) - Total

Name: UK Vacancies (thousands) - Total
Creator: Labour Market team
Published: 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
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:
20 January 2026
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Next release:
17 February 2026

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Period	Value
2002	612
2003	593
2004	641
2005	632
2006	609
2007	662
2008	638
2009	450
2010	469
2011	470
2012	480
2013	533
2014	658
2015	733
2016	751
2017	790
2018	835
2019	828
2020	571
2021	914
2022	1243
2023	1022
2024	862
2025	748
2001 Q2	680
2001 Q3	663
2001 Q4	601
2002 Q1	619
2002 Q2	616
2002 Q3	609
2002 Q4	603
2003 Q1	593
2003 Q2	579
2003 Q3	592
2003 Q4	614
2004 Q1	624
2004 Q2	641
2004 Q3	654
2004 Q4	662
2005 Q1	644
2005 Q2	642
2005 Q3	622
2005 Q4	609
2006 Q1	600
2006 Q2	604
2006 Q3	611
2006 Q4	620
2007 Q1	642
2007 Q2	659
2007 Q3	684
2007 Q4	687
2008 Q1	698
2008 Q2	657
2008 Q3	615
2008 Q4	527
2009 Q1	464
2009 Q2	431
2009 Q3	436
2009 Q4	454
2010 Q1	465
2010 Q2	484
2010 Q3	455
2010 Q4	483
2011 Q1	483
2011 Q2	460
2011 Q3	464
2011 Q4	465
2012 Q1	467
2012 Q2	474
2012 Q3	487
2012 Q4	501
2013 Q1	506
2013 Q2	533
2013 Q3	547
2013 Q4	573
2014 Q1	616
2014 Q2	661
2014 Q3	686
2014 Q4	708
2015 Q1	730
2015 Q2	730
2015 Q3	741
2015 Q4	746
2016 Q1	748
2016 Q2	746
2016 Q3	753
2016 Q4	755
2017 Q1	771
2017 Q2	786
2017 Q3	800
2017 Q4	820
2018 Q1	815
2018 Q2	832
2018 Q3	846
2018 Q4	856
2019 Q1	845
2019 Q2	822
2019 Q3	818
2019 Q4	811
2020 Q1	795
2020 Q2	328
2020 Q3	490
2020 Q4	602
2021 Q1	626
2021 Q2	867
2021 Q3	1125
2021 Q4	1243
2022 Q1	1276
2022 Q2	1290
2022 Q3	1222
2022 Q4	1138
2023 Q1	1104
2023 Q2	1025
2023 Q3	973
2023 Q4	924
2024 Q1	905
2024 Q2	870
2024 Q3	832
2024 Q4	803
2025 Q1	783
2025 Q2	726
2025 Q3	725
2025 Q4	734
2001 MAY	680
2001 JUN	674
2001 JUL	663
2001 AUG	663
2001 SEP	639
2001 OCT	626
2001 NOV	601
2001 DEC	606
2002 JAN	616
2002 FEB	619
2002 MAR	619
2002 APR	613
2002 MAY	616
2002 JUN	611
2002 JUL	613
2002 AUG	609
2002 SEP	609
2002 OCT	608
2002 NOV	603
2002 DEC	602
2003 JAN	596
2003 FEB	593
2003 MAR	585
2003 APR	589
2003 MAY	579
2003 JUN	574
2003 JUL	576
2003 AUG	592
2003 SEP	604
2003 OCT	610
2003 NOV	614
2003 DEC	613
2004 JAN	617
2004 FEB	624
2004 MAR	630
2004 APR	637
2004 MAY	641
2004 JUN	652
2004 JUL	654
2004 AUG	654
2004 SEP	655
2004 OCT	658
2004 NOV	662
2004 DEC	661
2005 JAN	655
2005 FEB	644
2005 MAR	636
2005 APR	642
2005 MAY	642
2005 JUN	633
2005 JUL	624
2005 AUG	622
2005 SEP	608
2005 OCT	606
2005 NOV	609
2005 DEC	615
2006 JAN	612
2006 FEB	600
2006 MAR	597
2006 APR	597
2006 MAY	604
2006 JUN	607
2006 JUL	610
2006 AUG	611
2006 SEP	618
2006 OCT	620
2006 NOV	620
2006 DEC	619
2007 JAN	629
2007 FEB	642
2007 MAR	647
2007 APR	651
2007 MAY	659
2007 JUN	670
2007 JUL	681
2007 AUG	684
2007 SEP	686
2007 OCT	691
2007 NOV	687
2007 DEC	679
2008 JAN	687
2008 FEB	698
2008 MAR	694
2008 APR	679
2008 MAY	657
2008 JUN	643
2008 JUL	624
2008 AUG	615
2008 SEP	596
2008 OCT	562
2008 NOV	527
2008 DEC	498
2009 JAN	478
2009 FEB	464
2009 MAR	454
2009 APR	444
2009 MAY	431
2009 JUN	429
2009 JUL	438
2009 AUG	436
2009 SEP	432
2009 OCT	437
2009 NOV	454
2009 DEC	464
2010 JAN	467
2010 FEB	465
2010 MAR	467
2010 APR	479
2010 MAY	484
2010 JUN	479
2010 JUL	461
2010 AUG	455
2010 SEP	455
2010 OCT	474
2010 NOV	483
2010 DEC	495
2011 JAN	490
2011 FEB	483
2011 MAR	472
2011 APR	461
2011 MAY	460
2011 JUN	457
2011 JUL	462
2011 AUG	464
2011 SEP	467
2011 OCT	462
2011 NOV	465
2011 DEC	476
2012 JAN	473
2012 FEB	467
2012 MAR	465
2012 APR	470
2012 MAY	474
2012 JUN	479
2012 JUL	483
2012 AUG	487
2012 SEP	490
2012 OCT	493
2012 NOV	501
2012 DEC	503
2013 JAN	505
2013 FEB	506
2013 MAR	515
2013 APR	522
2013 MAY	533
2013 JUN	539
2013 JUL	536
2013 AUG	547
2013 SEP	552
2013 OCT	567
2013 NOV	573
2013 DEC	584
2014 JAN	596
2014 FEB	616
2014 MAR	639
2014 APR	653
2014 MAY	661
2014 JUN	669
2014 JUL	681
2014 AUG	686
2014 SEP	702
2014 OCT	702
2014 NOV	708
2014 DEC	712
2015 JAN	722
2015 FEB	730
2015 MAR	726
2015 APR	727
2015 MAY	730
2015 JUN	741
2015 JUL	742
2015 AUG	741
2015 SEP	741
2015 OCT	741
2015 NOV	746
2015 DEC	750
2016 JAN	748
2016 FEB	748
2016 MAR	742
2016 APR	745
2016 MAY	746
2016 JUN	747
2016 JUL	752
2016 AUG	753
2016 SEP	765
2016 OCT	758
2016 NOV	755
2016 DEC	748
2017 JAN	764
2017 FEB	771
2017 MAR	791
2017 APR	786
2017 MAY	786
2017 JUN	784
2017 JUL	793
2017 AUG	800
2017 SEP	812
2017 OCT	819
2017 NOV	820
2017 DEC	817
2018 JAN	814
2018 FEB	815
2018 MAR	811
2018 APR	821
2018 MAY	832
2018 JUN	837
2018 JUL	842
2018 AUG	846
2018 SEP	864
2018 OCT	862
2018 NOV	856
2018 DEC	855
2019 JAN	847
2019 FEB	845
2019 MAR	840
2019 APR	835
2019 MAY	822
2019 JUN	821
2019 JUL	815
2019 AUG	818
2019 SEP	813
2019 OCT	809
2019 NOV	811
2019 DEC	812
2020 JAN	819
2020 FEB	795
2020 MAR	637
2020 APR	471
2020 MAY	328
2020 JUN	369
2020 JUL	428
2020 AUG	490
2020 SEP	535
2020 OCT	560
2020 NOV	602
2020 DEC	617
2021 JAN	621
2021 FEB	626
2021 MAR	659
2021 APR	764
2021 MAY	867
2021 JUN	968
2021 JUL	1052
2021 AUG	1125
2021 SEP	1198
2021 OCT	1223
2021 NOV	1243
2021 DEC	1250
2022 JAN	1267
2022 FEB	1276
2022 MAR	1291
2022 APR	1300
2022 MAY	1290
2022 JUN	1263
2022 JUL	1244
2022 AUG	1222
2022 SEP	1208
2022 OCT	1167
2022 NOV	1138
2022 DEC	1114
2023 JAN	1112
2023 FEB	1104
2023 MAR	1075
2023 APR	1043
2023 MAY	1025
2023 JUN	1010
2023 JUL	988
2023 AUG	973
2023 SEP	952
2023 OCT	948
2023 NOV	924
2023 DEC	916
2024 JAN	904
2024 FEB	905
2024 MAR	892
2024 APR	886
2024 MAY	870
2024 JUN	863
2024 JUL	847
2024 AUG	832
2024 SEP	822
2024 OCT	807
2024 NOV	803
2024 DEC	804
2025 JAN	799
2025 FEB	783
2025 MAR	762
2025 APR	739
2025 MAY	726
2025 JUN	722
2025 JUL	731
2025 AUG	725
2025 SEP	726
2025 OCT	728
2025 NOV	734

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