Release

Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: January to March 2026 and October to December 2025

Released: 19 May 2026 9:30am
Next release: 18 August 2026

Summary

Productivity flash estimates for Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2026, based on the GDP first quarterly estimate and labour market statistics, and productivity overview for Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2025.

Publications

Data

  • Labour productivity time series

    Quarterly output per hour, output per job and output per worker for the whole UK economy and a range of industries.

  • Unit labour cost and unit wage cost time series

    Unit labour cost, average labour compensation per hour worked, labour share and unit wage cost for the whole UK economy, unit wage cost for manufacturing.

  • Labour costs and labour income, UK

    Labour share of income, unit labour costs (ULCs), unit wage costs (UWCs) and average labour compensation per hour worked (ALCH).

  • Output per hour worked, UK

    Estimates for gross value added (GVA), hours worked and output per hour worked for whole economy and section level industries, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007. Contains annual and quarterly statistics. Includes estimates for industry quarter-on-quarter, year-on-year and quarter-on-year contributions to whole economy output per hour worked.

  • Output per hour worked by division, UK

    Estimates for gross value added (GVA), hours worked and output per hour worked for bespoke industries and division level industry, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007. Contains annual and quarterly statistics.

  • Output per worker, UK

    Estimates for gross value added (GVA), workers, and output per worker. Contains annual and quarterly statistics.

  • Output per job, UK

    Estimates for gross value added (GVA), jobs and output per job by section level industry, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Contains annual and quarterly statistics. Contains estimates for industry quarter-on-quarter, year-on-year and quarter-on-year contributions to output per job.

  • Output per job by division, UK

    Estimates for gross value added (GVA), jobs and output per job for bespoke industries and division level industry, as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 2007. Contains annual and quarterly statistics.

Contact details

Name

Productivity team

Email

productivity@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1633 582563

Changes to this release date

  1. Previous date

    14 May 2026 9:30am

    Reason for change

    This article is postponed to align with the release of Labour Market statistics on 19 May 2026.