"Figure 3: The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic varied by sector","" "Three-month average vacancies in the UK, seasonally adjusted, between August to October 2019 and August to October 2020; index August to October 2019=100, difference in percentage points compared with August to October 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","" "","" "","Aug to Oct 2019 to May to Jul 2019","May to Jul 2020 to Aug to Oct 2020","Aug to Oct 20 19 to Aug to Oct 2020" "Construction","-48.6","56.7","8.2" "","","","" "Transport and storage","-59.7","51.9","-7.8" "","","","" "Human health and social work activities","-24.8","11.0","-13.9" "","","","" "Public admin and defence; compulsory social security","-26.2","7.7","-18.5" "","","","" "Other industries","-51.6","18.5","-33.0" "","","","" "Arts entertainment and recreation","-86.5","37.1","-49.4" "","","","" "Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","-65.4","12.1","-53.3" "","","","" "Accommodation and food service activities","-82.2","15.1","-67.1"