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Unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
4.3 %
2023 MAY-JUL
- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
Labour market overview, UK: November 2023
What's in the bulletin?
- In August to October 2023, the estimated number of vacancies in the UK fell by 58,000 on the quarter to 957,000.
- The estimate of payrolled employees in the UK for October 2023 increased by 33,000 on the revised September 2023 figure, to 30.2 million.
- The alternative estimates (using growth rates from Pay as You Earn Real-Time Information and the Claimant Count ) for July to September 2023 show that the UK employment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points on the quarter to 75.7%.
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Unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
4.3 % 2023 MAY-JUL- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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1,464 000's 2023 MAY-JUL
- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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Female unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
3.8 % 2023 MAY-JUL- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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Male unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16 and over
4.7 % 2023 MAY-JUL- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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4.4 % 2023 MAY-JUL
- Release date:
- 14 November 2023
- Next release:
- 12 December 2023
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Characteristics of those not in employment as of Census Day 2021: detailed industry estimates
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Characteristics of those not in employment as of Census Day 2021: broad occupation estimates
Census 2021 data outlining the last main occupation of those who were not employed on census day. Data is at one digit level of the Standard Occupation Classification.
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Characteristics of those not in employment as of Census Day 2021: broad industry estimates
Census 2021 data outlining the primary industry for people who were not employed on census day. This dataset is at the section level of the Standard Industrial Classification.
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Characteristics of those not in employment as of Census Day 2021: employment history
Census 2021 data outlining the employment history of those not in employment on census day, including estimates by personal characteristics and reason for not being employed.
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Characteristics of those not in employment as of Census Day 2021: detailed occupation estimates
Census 2021 data outlining the occupation of the last main job of those who were not employed on census day. This data is at the four-digit level of the Standard Occupational Classification.
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A01: Summary of labour market statistics
Labour market statistics summary data table, including earnings, employment, unemployment, redundancies and vacancies, Great Britain and UK, published monthly.
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Labour market overview, UK: November 2023
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Children living in long-term workless households in the UK: 2022
Annual UK estimates of the number of children living in households where all adults have not worked for at least 12 months.
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Employment in the UK: September 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), UK: August 2023
Estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex.
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Working and workless households in the UK: April to June 2023
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.
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Workless households for regions across the UK: 2022
Annual information at a local level about households and the adults and children living in them, by their economic activity status.
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Characteristics of those not in employment as of Census Day 2021
Breakdown of people out of work, using data from Census 2021. This covers economic inactivity, unemployment, employment history, occupation, and industry.
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