Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market related statistics for the UK.
Publications
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Labour market overview, UK: December 2023
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: December 2023
Estimates of growth in earnings for employees before tax and other deductions from pay.
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Revisions to workforce jobs, UK: December 2023
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Vacancies and jobs in the UK: December 2023
Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
Data
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EMP02: Public and private sector employment
Public and private sector employment, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.
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VACS03: Vacancies by size of business
Vacancies by size of business.
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JOBS04: Self-employment jobs by industry
Self-employment jobs by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey data are official statistics in development.
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CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle
Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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A10: International comparisons of employment and unemployment rates
International comparisons of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, published monthly. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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EARN01: Average weekly earnings
Average weekly earnings at sector level headline estimates, Great Britain, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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A01: Summary of labour market statistics
Labour market statistics summary data table, including earnings, employment, unemployment, redundancies and vacancies, Great Britain and UK, published monthly.
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CLA02: Claimant Count by age group (Experimental Statistics)
Claimant Count by age group and sex, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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VACS02: Vacancies by industry
Vacancies by industry.
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VACS01: Vacancies and unemployment
Vacancies and unemployment.
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EARN02: Average weekly earnings by sector
Average weekly earnings at sector level including manufacturing, finance and services, Great Britain, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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JOBS06: Workforce jobs revisions triangle
Workforce jobs revisions triangle, UK, published quarterly.
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JOBS01: Workforce jobs summary
Workforce jobs summary, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.
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JOBS05: Workforce jobs by region and industry
Workforce jobs by industry, UK countries and English regions, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.
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HR1: Potential redundancies
Numbers of potential redundancies from HR1 forms and employers submitting them, by region and industry, Great Britain. These are official statistics in development.
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CLA01: Claimant Count (Experimental Statistics)
Claimant Count by sex including Jobseeker's Allowance and out of work Universal Credit claimants, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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X10: Adjusted employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity
Experimental labour market estimates using administrative data to produce adjusted UK employment, unemployment and economic inactivity measures, seasonally adjusted. Includes a breakdown by countries and regions of the UK.
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X06: Single month vacancies estimates (not designated as National Statistics)
Vacancies by industry and size of business, UK, single month, not seasonally adjusted. Vacancy Survey.
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Revisions to workforce jobs by component
This dataset displays revisions to the workforce jobs (WFJ) series, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 12 December 2023 in the Vacancies and jobs statistical bulletin.
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JOBS03: Employee jobs by industry
Employee jobs by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted.
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X09: Real average weekly earnings using consumer price inflation (seasonally adjusted)
Average weekly earnings for the whole economy, for total and regular pay, in real terms (adjusted for consumer price inflation), UK, monthly, seasonally adjusted.
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EARN03: Average weekly earnings by industry
Average weekly earnings at industry level including manufacturing, construction and energy, Great Britain, monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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EMP03: Public sector employment by industry
Public sector employment by industry, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.
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LABD: Labour disputes in the UK
Monthly estimates of labour disputes back to 1931.
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JOBS02: Workforce jobs by industry
Workforce jobs by industry, employee jobs by industry and self-employment jobs by industry. UK, published quarterly.
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:
- meet identified user needs
- are well explained and readily accessible
- are produced according to sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.