"Figure 3: The employment rate and vacancies have similar procyclical trends","" "UK, seasonally adjusted, January to March 2001 to February to April 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% and thousands" "","" "","Employment rate (%)","Vacancies (thousands)" "Jan-Mar 2001","72.6","680" "Feb-Apr 2001","72.7","673" "Mar-May 2001","72.7","661" "Apr-Jun 2001","72.7","661" "May-Jul 2001","72.6","637" "Jun-Aug 2001","72.6","625" "Jul-Sep 2001","72.5","602" "Aug-Oct 2001","72.5","607" "Sep-Nov 2001","72.6","616" "Oct-Dec 2001","72.6","619" "Nov-Jan 2002","72.5","619" "Dec-Feb 2002","72.5","612" "Jan-Mar 2002","72.5","616" "Feb-Apr 2002","72.6","612" "Mar-May 2002","72.6","613" "Apr-Jun 2002","72.7","609" "May-Jul 2002","72.6","609" "Jun-Aug 2002","72.7","608" "Jul-Sep 2002","72.6","603" "Aug-Oct 2002","72.7","603" "Sep-Nov 2002","72.8","593" "Oct-Dec 2002","72.9","592" "Nov-Jan 2003","72.8","585" "Dec-Feb 2003","72.6","588" "Jan-Mar 2003","72.7","579" "Feb-Apr 2003","72.7","575" "Mar-May 2003","72.8","578" "Apr-Jun 2003","72.9","593" "May-Jul 2003","72.8","605" "Jun-Aug 2003","72.8","611" "Jul-Sep 2003","72.8","614" "Aug-Oct 2003","72.8","616" "Sep-Nov 2003","72.8","616" "Oct-Dec 2003","72.8","623" "Nov-Jan 2004","73.0","630" "Dec-Feb 2004","73.0","637" "Jan-Mar 2004","73.0","640" "Feb-Apr 2004","73.0","652" "Mar-May 2004","72.9","654" "Apr-Jun 2004","72.9","652" "May-Jul 2004","72.8","653" "Jun-Aug 2004","72.8","656" "Jul-Sep 2004","72.9","661" "Aug-Oct 2004","72.9","668" "Sep-Nov 2004","73.0","657" "Oct-Dec 2004","73.0","643" "Nov-Jan 2005","73.1","635" "Dec-Feb 2005","73.2","641" "Jan-Mar 2005","73.1","641" "Feb-Apr 2005","72.9","633" "Mar-May 2005","72.9","625" "Apr-Jun 2005","72.9","622" "May-Jul 2005","73.0","610" "Jun-Aug 2005","73.0","606" "Jul-Sep 2005","73.0","608" "Aug-Oct 2005","72.9","618" "Sep-Nov 2005","72.8","610" "Oct-Dec 2005","72.7","597" "Nov-Jan 2006","72.8","597" "Dec-Feb 2006","72.8","596" "Jan-Mar 2006","72.9","603" "Feb-Apr 2006","72.9","608" "Mar-May 2006","72.8","611" "Apr-Jun 2006","72.8","612" "May-Jul 2006","72.9","620" "Jun-Aug 2006","73.0","619" "Jul-Sep 2006","72.8","619" "Aug-Oct 2006","72.8","622" "Sep-Nov 2006","72.7","627" "Oct-Dec 2006","72.7","642" "Nov-Jan 2007","72.6","646" "Dec-Feb 2007","72.5","650" "Jan-Mar 2007","72.5","658" "Feb-Apr 2007","72.5","669" "Mar-May 2007","72.7","680" "Apr-Jun 2007","72.7","682" "May-Jul 2007","72.6","684" "Jun-Aug 2007","72.6","687" "Jul-Sep 2007","72.7","686" "Aug-Oct 2007","72.8","686" "Sep-Nov 2007","72.8","691" "Oct-Dec 2007","72.9","701" "Nov-Jan 2008","72.9","693" "Dec-Feb 2008","73.0","678" "Jan-Mar 2008","73.0","656" "Feb-Apr 2008","73.0","642" "Mar-May 2008","73.0","625" "Apr-Jun 2008","72.9","616" "May-Jul 2008","72.8","599" "Jun-Aug 2008","72.6","564" "Jul-Sep 2008","72.4","525" "Aug-Oct 2008","72.3","492" "Sep-Nov 2008","72.3","468" "Oct-Dec 2008","72.2","459" "Nov-Jan 2009","72.2","453" "Dec-Feb 2009","71.9","444" "Jan-Mar 2009","71.7","432" "Feb-Apr 2009","71.4","433" "Mar-May 2009","71.0","442" "Apr-Jun 2009","70.8","441" "May-Jul 2009","70.6","441" "Jun-Aug 2009","70.7","443" "Jul-Sep 2009","70.6","453" "Aug-Oct 2009","70.6","456" "Sep-Nov 2009","70.6","458" "Oct-Dec 2009","70.6","460" "Nov-Jan 2010","70.4","466" "Dec-Feb 2010","70.3","479" "Jan-Mar 2010","70.2","484" "Feb-Apr 2010","70.2","482" "Mar-May 2010","70.4","463" "Apr-Jun 2010","70.4","459" "May-Jul 2010","70.6","462" "Jun-Aug 2010","70.6","477" "Jul-Sep 2010","70.7","482" "Aug-Oct 2010","70.5","489" "Sep-Nov 2010","70.3","484" "Oct-Dec 2010","70.4","479" "Nov-Jan 2011","70.5","471" "Dec-Feb 2011","70.6","461" "Jan-Mar 2011","70.5","461" "Feb-Apr 2011","70.5","460" "Mar-May 2011","70.5","464" "Apr-Jun 2011","70.5","467" "May-Jul 2011","70.2","473" "Jun-Aug 2011","70.2","466" "Jul-Sep 2011","70.1","465" "Aug-Oct 2011","70.1","469" "Sep-Nov 2011","70.1","467" "Oct-Dec 2011","70.2","464" "Nov-Jan 2012","70.2","464" "Dec-Feb 2012","70.3","470" "Jan-Mar 2012","70.5","475" "Feb-Apr 2012","70.5","481" "Mar-May 2012","70.7","484" "Apr-Jun 2012","70.9","490" "May-Jul 2012","71.1","494" "Jun-Aug 2012","71.2","497" "Jul-Sep 2012","71.1","501" "Aug-Oct 2012","71.1","497" "Sep-Nov 2012","71.3","500" "Oct-Dec 2012","71.4","504" "Nov-Jan 2013","71.4","514" "Dec-Feb 2013","71.2","522" "Jan-Mar 2013","71.2","534" "Feb-Apr 2013","71.2","540" "Mar-May 2013","71.2","536" "Apr-Jun 2013","71.3","549" "May-Jul 2013","71.5","553" "Jun-Aug 2013","71.5","569" "Jul-Sep 2013","71.7","573" "Aug-Oct 2013","71.9","581" "Sep-Nov 2013","72.0","595" "Oct-Dec 2013","72.0","617" "Nov-Jan 2014","72.1","639" "Dec-Feb 2014","72.4","652" "Jan-Mar 2014","72.5","660" "Feb-Apr 2014","72.7","667" "Mar-May 2014","72.9","680" "Apr-Jun 2014","72.8","685" "May-Jul 2014","72.8","697" "Jun-Aug 2014","73.0","702" "Jul-Sep 2014","73.0","708" "Aug-Oct 2014","73.0","716" "Sep-Nov 2014","73.0","726" "Oct-Dec 2014","73.2","735" "Nov-Jan 2015","73.3","728" "Dec-Feb 2015","73.4","727" "Jan-Mar 2015","73.4","728" "Feb-Apr 2015","73.4","738" "Mar-May 2015","73.3","740" "Apr-Jun 2015","73.4","739" "May-Jul 2015","73.5","735" "Jun-Aug 2015","73.6","739" "Jul-Sep 2015","73.8","746" "Aug-Oct 2015","74.0","756" "Sep-Nov 2015","74.0","751" "Oct-Dec 2015","74.1","752" "Nov-Jan 2016","74.1","745" "Dec-Feb 2016","74.1","746" "Jan-Mar 2016","74.1","746" "Feb-Apr 2016","74.2","746" "Mar-May 2016","74.4","750" "Apr-Jun 2016","74.4","752" "May-Jul 2016","74.5","759" "Jun-Aug 2016","74.5","755" "Jul-Sep 2016","74.4","754" "Aug-Oct 2016","74.4","752" "Sep-Nov 2016","74.4","765" "Oct-Dec 2016","74.6","774" "Nov-Jan 2017","74.5","794" "Dec-Feb 2017","74.6","787" "Jan-Mar 2017","74.8","786" "Feb-Apr 2017","74.8","782" "Mar-May 2017","74.9","791" "Apr-Jun 2017","75.1","798" "May-Jul 2017","75.3","801" "Jun-Aug 2017","75.1","811" "Jul-Sep 2017","75.0","816" "Aug-Oct 2017","75.1","822" "Sep-Nov 2017","75.3","818" "Oct-Dec 2017","75.2","820" "Nov-Jan 2018","75.3","817" "Dec-Feb 2018","75.4","825" "Jan-Mar 2018","75.6","835" "Feb-Apr 2018","75.6","837" "Mar-May 2018","75.6","825" "Apr-Jun 2018","75.5","835" "May-Jul 2018","75.5","837" "Jun-Aug 2018","75.6","842" "Jul-Sep 2018","75.6","845" "Aug-Oct 2018","75.7","852" "Sep-Nov 2018","75.8","851" "Oct-Dec 2018","75.8","852" "Nov-Jan 2019","76.1","861" "Dec-Feb 2019","76.1","849" "Jan-Mar 2019","76.1","848" "Feb-Apr 2019","76.1","841"