UK Job Vacancies (thousands) - Education.

Name: UK Job Vacancies (thousands) - Education.
Creator: Labour Market team
Published: 2025-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
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:
11 November 2025
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Next release:
16 December 2025

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Period	Value
2002	34
2003	39
2004	39
2005	42
2006	44
2007	49
2008	50
2009	51
2010	42
2011	29
2012	35
2013	39
2014	49
2015	50
2016	49
2017	51
2018	49
2019	51
2020	38
2021	52
2022	74
2023	69
2024	62
2001 Q2	32
2001 Q3	32
2001 Q4	33
2002 Q1	35
2002 Q2	31
2002 Q3	35
2002 Q4	37
2003 Q1	38
2003 Q2	40
2003 Q3	40
2003 Q4	39
2004 Q1	38
2004 Q2	38
2004 Q3	40
2004 Q4	41
2005 Q1	43
2005 Q2	43
2005 Q3	41
2005 Q4	43
2006 Q1	43
2006 Q2	43
2006 Q3	45
2006 Q4	43
2007 Q1	47
2007 Q2	50
2007 Q3	50
2007 Q4	51
2008 Q1	48
2008 Q2	49
2008 Q3	51
2008 Q4	52
2009 Q1	50
2009 Q2	49
2009 Q3	52
2009 Q4	51
2010 Q1	53
2010 Q2	49
2010 Q3	28
2010 Q4	30
2011 Q1	28
2011 Q2	29
2011 Q3	30
2011 Q4	31
2012 Q1	34
2012 Q2	35
2012 Q3	36
2012 Q4	37
2013 Q1	40
2013 Q2	40
2013 Q3	39
2013 Q4	40
2014 Q1	46
2014 Q2	50
2014 Q3	51
2014 Q4	53
2015 Q1	50
2015 Q2	52
2015 Q3	49
2015 Q4	49
2016 Q1	51
2016 Q2	48
2016 Q3	49
2016 Q4	48
2017 Q1	52
2017 Q2	49
2017 Q3	52
2017 Q4	50
2018 Q1	47
2018 Q2	47
2018 Q3	51
2018 Q4	51
2019 Q1	50
2019 Q2	51
2019 Q3	50
2019 Q4	51
2020 Q1	50
2020 Q2	22
2020 Q3	34
2020 Q4	41
2021 Q1	41
2021 Q2	50
2021 Q3	60
2021 Q4	66
2022 Q1	68
2022 Q2	68
2022 Q3	70
2022 Q4	69
2023 Q1	69
2023 Q2	62
2023 Q3	59
2023 Q4	60
2024 Q1	58
2024 Q2	56
2024 Q3	55
2024 Q4	52
2025 Q1	48
2025 Q2	42
2025 Q3	49
2001 MAY	32
2001 JUN	32
2001 JUL	31
2001 AUG	32
2001 SEP	32
2001 OCT	32
2001 NOV	33
2001 DEC	33
2002 JAN	33
2002 FEB	35
2002 MAR	33
2002 APR	33
2002 MAY	31
2002 JUN	33
2002 JUL	33
2002 AUG	35
2002 SEP	35
2002 OCT	36
2002 NOV	37
2002 DEC	38
2003 JAN	38
2003 FEB	38
2003 MAR	39
2003 APR	39
2003 MAY	40
2003 JUN	39
2003 JUL	39
2003 AUG	40
2003 SEP	40
2003 OCT	40
2003 NOV	39
2003 DEC	39
2004 JAN	38
2004 FEB	38
2004 MAR	38
2004 APR	38
2004 MAY	38
2004 JUN	39
2004 JUL	40
2004 AUG	40
2004 SEP	40
2004 OCT	40
2004 NOV	41
2004 DEC	42
2005 JAN	43
2005 FEB	43
2005 MAR	42
2005 APR	43
2005 MAY	43
2005 JUN	42
2005 JUL	42
2005 AUG	41
2005 SEP	42
2005 OCT	41
2005 NOV	43
2005 DEC	43
2006 JAN	44
2006 FEB	43
2006 MAR	42
2006 APR	41
2006 MAY	43
2006 JUN	44
2006 JUL	45
2006 AUG	45
2006 SEP	45
2006 OCT	44
2006 NOV	43
2006 DEC	44
2007 JAN	44
2007 FEB	47
2007 MAR	48
2007 APR	49
2007 MAY	50
2007 JUN	49
2007 JUL	50
2007 AUG	50
2007 SEP	51
2007 OCT	51
2007 NOV	51
2007 DEC	50
2008 JAN	50
2008 FEB	48
2008 MAR	48
2008 APR	49
2008 MAY	49
2008 JUN	50
2008 JUL	49
2008 AUG	51
2008 SEP	51
2008 OCT	52
2008 NOV	52
2008 DEC	52
2009 JAN	50
2009 FEB	50
2009 MAR	50
2009 APR	50
2009 MAY	49
2009 JUN	49
2009 JUL	50
2009 AUG	52
2009 SEP	51
2009 OCT	51
2009 NOV	51
2009 DEC	53
2010 JAN	55
2010 FEB	53
2010 MAR	54
2010 APR	51
2010 MAY	49
2010 JUN	41
2010 JUL	35
2010 AUG	28
2010 SEP	28
2010 OCT	29
2010 NOV	30
2010 DEC	28
2011 JAN	27
2011 FEB	28
2011 MAR	28
2011 APR	29
2011 MAY	29
2011 JUN	30
2011 JUL	30
2011 AUG	30
2011 SEP	31
2011 OCT	31
2011 NOV	31
2011 DEC	33
2012 JAN	33
2012 FEB	34
2012 MAR	33
2012 APR	35
2012 MAY	35
2012 JUN	37
2012 JUL	36
2012 AUG	36
2012 SEP	36
2012 OCT	37
2012 NOV	37
2012 DEC	37
2013 JAN	40
2013 FEB	40
2013 MAR	40
2013 APR	39
2013 MAY	40
2013 JUN	41
2013 JUL	39
2013 AUG	39
2013 SEP	38
2013 OCT	40
2013 NOV	40
2013 DEC	41
2014 JAN	44
2014 FEB	46
2014 MAR	49
2014 APR	49
2014 MAY	50
2014 JUN	49
2014 JUL	52
2014 AUG	51
2014 SEP	52
2014 OCT	52
2014 NOV	53
2014 DEC	51
2015 JAN	50
2015 FEB	50
2015 MAR	52
2015 APR	51
2015 MAY	52
2015 JUN	51
2015 JUL	51
2015 AUG	49
2015 SEP	49
2015 OCT	49
2015 NOV	49
2015 DEC	52
2016 JAN	52
2016 FEB	51
2016 MAR	50
2016 APR	49
2016 MAY	48
2016 JUN	46
2016 JUL	47
2016 AUG	49
2016 SEP	51
2016 OCT	48
2016 NOV	48
2016 DEC	48
2017 JAN	50
2017 FEB	52
2017 MAR	54
2017 APR	51
2017 MAY	49
2017 JUN	48
2017 JUL	50
2017 AUG	52
2017 SEP	55
2017 OCT	53
2017 NOV	50
2017 DEC	49
2018 JAN	49
2018 FEB	47
2018 MAR	46
2018 APR	48
2018 MAY	47
2018 JUN	49
2018 JUL	50
2018 AUG	51
2018 SEP	52
2018 OCT	51
2018 NOV	51
2018 DEC	49
2019 JAN	49
2019 FEB	50
2019 MAR	52
2019 APR	51
2019 MAY	51
2019 JUN	52
2019 JUL	51
2019 AUG	50
2019 SEP	50
2019 OCT	52
2019 NOV	51
2019 DEC	53
2020 JAN	51
2020 FEB	50
2020 MAR	42
2020 APR	32
2020 MAY	22
2020 JUN	24
2020 JUL	29
2020 AUG	34
2020 SEP	40
2020 OCT	39
2020 NOV	41
2020 DEC	43
2021 JAN	42
2021 FEB	41
2021 MAR	43
2021 APR	46
2021 MAY	50
2021 JUN	53
2021 JUL	57
2021 AUG	60
2021 SEP	62
2021 OCT	63
2021 NOV	66
2021 DEC	69
2022 JAN	71
2022 FEB	68
2022 MAR	68
2022 APR	67
2022 MAY	68
2022 JUN	65
2022 JUL	70
2022 AUG	70
2022 SEP	77
2022 OCT	70
2022 NOV	69
2022 DEC	66
2023 JAN	67
2023 FEB	69
2023 MAR	67
2023 APR	64
2023 MAY	62
2023 JUN	61
2023 JUL	61
2023 AUG	59
2023 SEP	61
2023 OCT	60
2023 NOV	60
2023 DEC	58
2024 JAN	58
2024 FEB	58
2024 MAR	57
2024 APR	57
2024 MAY	56
2024 JUN	56
2024 JUL	55
2024 AUG	55
2024 SEP	53
2024 OCT	53
2024 NOV	52
2024 DEC	52
2025 JAN	52
2025 FEB	48
2025 MAR	46
2025 APR	44
2025 MAY	42
2025 JUN	45
2025 JUL	47
2025 AUG	49
2025 SEP	49

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