"Figure 4: Percentage of local authority districts that have seen an increase or decrease in the number of employees between 2016 and 2017, UK","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Region","Decrease in Employees","Increase in Employees" "North East","25","75" "North West","46.2","53.8" "Yorkshire and the Humber","19","81" "East Midlands","32.5","67.5" "West Midlands","16.7","83.3" "East of England","34","66" "London","18.2","81.8" "South East","64.2","35.8" "South West","37.8","62.2" "Wales","59.1","40.9" "Scotland","53.1","46.9" "Northern Ireland","9.1","90.9" "UK","39.1","60.9"