"Figure 2: Whole economy unit labour costs, year on year changes and contributions,quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2008 to quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2015, UK","" "Seasonally adjusted, ","" "","" "Notes","1. Labour cost per hour estimates in Figure 2 can differ from estimates published in the Index of Labour Costs per Hour (ILCH) ONS release. The main conceptual difference is that ILCH measures costs of employees only, whereas Figure 2 includes labour costs of the self employed." "Unit","Percentage points" "","" "Year","ULC","Output per hour (sign reversed)","Labour costs per hour" "Q1 2008","2.3","-0.5","2.8" "Q2 2008","0.9","-1.3","2.2" "Q3 2008","1.7","1.2","0.5" "Q4 2008","3.7","3.6","0.1" "Q1 2009","3.5","2.5","1" "Q2 2009","6.4","3.3","3.1" "Q3 2009","5.2","0.9","4.3" "Q4 2009","5.4","-0.9","6.3" "Q1 2010","3.8","-1.3","5.1" "Q2 2010","1","-1.4","2.4" "Q3 2010","0.8","-1.2","2" "Q4 2010","-1.2","-0.8","-0.4" "Q1 2011","0.9","-0.5","1.4" "Q2 2011","-0.5","-1.8","1.3" "Q3 2011","-1.9","-1.6","-0.3" "Q4 2011","-0.2","-1.8","1.6" "Q1 2012","0.1","-1","1.1" "Q2 2012","1.3","1.1","0.2" "Q3 2012","3.6","1.3","2.3" "Q4 2012","2.3","2","0.3" "Q1 2013","0.5","0.8","-0.3" "Q2 2013","1.6","-0.5","2.1" "Q3 2013","-0.1","-0.4","0.3" "Q4 2013","-1","-1.4","0.4" "Q1 2014","0","-0.4","0.4" "Q2 2014","-2","0.4","-2.4" "Q3 2014","-0.6","-0.3","-0.3" "Q4 2014","0.6","0","0.6" "Q1 2015","0.3","-0.5","0.8" "Q2 2015","1.7","-1.4","3.1" "Q3 2015","1.7","-1.5","3.2" "Q4 2015","1.3","-0.4","1.7"