"Figure 9: Vacancies in the manufacturing and the total services sectors","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, March to May 2006 to March to May 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Manufacturing (RHS)","Total Services (LHS)" "Feb-Apr 2006","51","518" "Mar-May 2006","52","516" "Apr-Jun 2006","51","524" "May-Jul 2006","50","530" "Jun-Aug 2006","50","532" "Jul-Sep 2006","50","532" "Aug-Oct 2006","50","539" "Sep-Nov 2006","50","539" "Oct-Dec 2006","51","539" "Nov-Jan 2007","52","540" "Dec-Feb 2007","55","544" "Jan-Mar 2007","57","554" "Feb-Apr 2007","56","559" "Mar-May 2007","56","566" "Apr-Jun 2007","54","575" "May-Jul 2007","57","578" "Jun-Aug 2007","58","588" "Jul-Sep 2007","59","587" "Aug-Oct 2007","60","588" "Sep-Nov 2007","59","591" "Oct-Dec 2007","59","591" "Nov-Jan 2008","60","592" "Dec-Feb 2008","59","597" "Jan-Mar 2008","59","609" "Feb-Apr 2008","56","601" "Mar-May 2008","55","589" "Apr-Jun2008","55","568" "May-Jul 2008","52","558" "Jun-Aug 2008","50","542" "Jul-Sep 2008","46","537" "Aug-Oct 2008","44","526" "Sep-Nov 2008","39","500" "Oct-Dec 2008","34","469" "Nov-Jan 2009","31","440" "Dec-Feb 2009","29","421" "Jan-Mar 2009","28","413" "Feb-Apr 2009","27","407" "Mar-May 2009","27","400" "Apr-Jun 2009","27","389" "May-Jul 2009","27","390" "Jun-Aug 2009","27","399" "Jul-Sep 2009","28","397" "Aug-Oct 2009","27","398" "Sep-Nov 2009","29","399" "Oct-Dec 2009","30","410" "Nov-Jan 2010","30","413" "Dec-Feb 2010","26","419" "Jan-Mar 2010","27","419" "Feb-Apr 2010","26","426" "Mar-May 2010","30","434" "Apr-Jun 2010","31","438" "May-Jul 2010","35","430" "Jun-Aug 2010","34","413" "Jul-Sep 2010","34","409" "Aug-Oct 2010","33","411" "Sep-Nov 2010","34","425" "Oct-Dec 2010","34","429" "Nov-Jan 2011","34","438" "Dec-Feb 2011","37","431" "Jan-Mar 2011","39","422" "Feb-Apr 2011","41","413" "Mar-May 2011","40","404" "Apr-Jun 2011","38","406" "May-Jul 2011","37","407" "Jun-Aug 2011","36","411" "Jul-Sep 2011","37","413" "Aug-Oct 2011","37","419" "Sep-Nov 2011","36","412" "Oct-Dec 2011","38","411" "Nov-Jan 2012","41","411" "Dec-Feb 2012","41","409" "Jan-Mar 2012","40","406" "Feb-Apr 2012","40","404" "Mar-May 2012","38","411" "Apr-Jun 2012","38","416" "May-Jul 2012","36","423" "Jun-Aug 2012","37","428" "Jul-Sep 2012","37","432" "Aug-Oct 2012","38","434" "Sep-Nov 2012","37","438" "Oct-Dec 2012","36","445" "Nov-Jan 2013","36","442" "Dec-Feb 2013","37","445" "Jan-Mar 2013","38","447" "Feb-Apr 2013","37","457" "Mar-May 2013","38","462" "Apr-Jun 2013","37","474" "May-Jul 2013","37","480" "Jun-Aug 2013","37","478" "Jul-Sep 2013","37","491" "Aug-Oct 2013","39","493" "Sep-Nov 2013","40","507" "Oct-Dec 2013","40","508" "Nov-Jan 2014","40","518" "Dec-Feb 2014","39","530" "Jan-Mar 2014","44","546" "Feb-Apr 2014","46","564" "Mar-May 2014","47","577" "Apr-Jun 2014","46","587" "May-Jul 2014","50","590" "Jun-Aug 2014","51","599" "Jul-Sep 2014","53","601" "Aug-Oct 2014","48","619" "Sep-Nov 2014","48","625" "Oct-Dec 2014","47","631" "Nov-Jan 2015","48","637" "Dec-Feb 2015","50","641" "Jan-Mar 2015","48","652" "Feb-Apr 2015","47","647" "Mar-May 2015","47","648" "Apr-Jun 2015","49","646" "May-Jul 2015","50","654" "Jun-Aug 2015","50","657" "Jul-Sep 2015","50","657" "Aug-Oct 2015","49","656" "Sep-Nov 2015","48","660" "Oct-Dec 2015","48","667" "Nov-Jan 2016","49","679" "Dec-Feb 2016","47","675" "Jan-Mar 2016","47","675" "Feb-Apr 2016","45","668" "Mar-May 2016","46","669" "Apr-Jun 2016","46","669" "May-Jul 2016","48","667" "Jun-Aug 2016","49","671" "Jul-Sep 2016","51","670" "Aug-Oct 2016","51","674" "Sep-Nov 2016","52","666" "Oct-Dec 2016","52","663" "Nov-Jan 2017","52","663" "Dec-Feb 2017","52","672" "Jan-Mar 2017","50","683" "Feb-Apr 2017","55","698" "Mar-May 2017","53","696" "Apr-Jun 2017","53","695" "May-Jul 2017","50","693" "Jun-Aug 2017","51","700" "Jul-Sep 2017","51","708" "Aug-Oct 2017","53","709" "Sep-Nov 2017","55","718" "Oct-Dec 2017","58","721" "Nov-Jan 2018","57","730" "Dec-Feb 2018","58","725" "Jan-Mar 2018","58","728" "Feb-Apr 2018","60","715" "Mar-May 2018","59","727"