Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market related statistics for the UK. This release also includes UK and non-UK people in the labour market, number of people on zero hour contracts and Labour market flows.
Publications
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Labour market overview, UK: February 2021
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Employment in the UK: February 2021
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: February 2021
Estimates of growth in earnings for employees before tax and other deductions from pay.
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Vacancies and jobs in the UK: February 2021
Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
Data
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A08: Labour market status of disabled people
Labour market status (employment, unemployment and inactivity) of disabled people. This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EMP11: Employment by socio-economic classification
Employment by socio-economic classification. It is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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EMP15: Job related training received by employees
Employees and self-employed by industry (Labour Force Survey). This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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HOUR01 SA: Actual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)
Actual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle
Claimant Count revisions triangle. The Claimant Count measures the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits.
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EARN06: Gross weekly earnings by occupation
Gross weekly earnings by occupation (Labour Force Survey). This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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RED01 NSA: Redundancies levels and rates (not seasonally adjusted)
Number of people (levels), men and women made redundant and redundancy rates, not seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EMP17: People in employment on zero hours contracts
Labour Force Survey estimates of people in work on zero hours contracts.
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EARN01: Average weekly earnings
Average Weekly Earnings (AWE), seasonally adjusted. This spreadsheet includes the headline estimates of earnings growth based on the Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.
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A01: Summary of labour market statistics
Labour market statistics summary data tables.
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EMP01 NSA: Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (not seasonally adjusted)
Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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CLA02: Claimant Count by age group (Experimental Statistics)
Experimental estimates of the Claimant Count by age group.
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A09: Labour market status by ethnic group
Labour market status (employment, unemployment and inactivity) by ethnic group. It is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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HOUR01 NSA: Actual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)
Actual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A04: Summary of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below state pension age
Labour market summary (employment, unemployment and inactivity) for people below state pension age. Estimates in this table follow the incremental increase in the female state pension age each quarter. These estimates are not the headline labour force survey estimates - they are shown at Tables A02 SA and A02 NSA. This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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HOUR02 SA: Usual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)
Usual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A02 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary. This table shows the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity series (seasonally adjusted).
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UNEM03: Unemployment by previous industrial sector
Unemployment by previous industrial sector. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A12: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by nationality and country of birth
Estimates of labour market activity by nationality and country of birth. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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CLA01: Claimant Count (Experimental Statistics)
Experimental estimates of the Claimant Count including Jobseeker's Allowance and out of work Universal Credit claimants.
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INAC01 NSA: Economic inactivity by reason (not seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64) by reason (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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UNEM04: Unemployment rate revisions triangle
Unemployment rate revisions triangle. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A06 NSA: Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (not seasonally adjusted)
Educational status and labour market status (employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) of people aged from 16 to 24 (not seasonally adjusted). This table shows estimates for people in full-time education and people not in full-time education. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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UNEM01 NSA: Unemployment by age and duration (not seasonally adjusted)
Unemployment by age and duration (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EMP05: Employment rate revisions triangle
Employment rate revisions triangle. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EMP06: Employment by country of birth and nationality
Employment levels and rates by country of birth and nationality. These estimates are usually updated in February, May, August and November.
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EMP13: Employment by industry
Employment by industry (Labour Force Survey). This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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EMP07: Temporary employees
Temporary employees: all and part-time. This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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Average weekly earnings time series
This dataset contains series for Average Weekly Earnings (AWE).
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X01: Labour Force Survey single-month estimates
Labour Force Survey (LFS) single-month estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) since 2004. Not designated as National Statistics.
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EARN04: Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees
Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees (Labour Force Survey). This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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HOUR02 NSA: Usual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)
Usual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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X07: Labour Force Survey weekly estimates
Labour Force Survey (LFS) weekly estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and hours in the UK. All estimates are calculated from highly experimental weekly Labour Force Survey datasets.
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X05: Comparison between unemployment and the Claimant Count
This table compares quarterly movements in unemployment with quarterly movements in the Claimant Count.
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A07: Regional labour market summary
Regional labour market summary (employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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VACS03: Vacancies by size of business
Vacancies by size of business.
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Claimant count and vacancies time series
This dataset contains series for the Claimant Count (which measures the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits) and Vacancies.
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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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X02: Labour Force Survey Flows estimates
Labour Force Survey (LFS) flows estimates. These estimates are usually published four times a year in February, May, August and November. They are not designated as National Statistics.
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EARN02: Average weekly earnings by sector
Average weekly earnings by sector (Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey).
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EMP01 SA: Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (seasonally adjusted)
Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EARN08: Distribution of gross hourly earnings of employees
Distribution of gross hourly earnings of employees (Labour Force Survey). This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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RED01 SA: Redundancies levels and rates (seasonally adjusted)
Number of people (levels), men and women made redundant and redundancy rates, seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A11: Labour Force Survey sampling variability
Labour Force Survey Sampling Variability (95% confidence intervals).
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EARN05: Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by region
Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees by region (Labour Force Survey). This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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A05 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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X06: Single month vacancies estimates (not designated as National Statistics)
Single Month Vacancy Survey estimates, not seasonally adjusted
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A02 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people aged 16 and over and aged from 16 to 64 (not seasonally adjusted)
Labour Force Survey summary. This table shows the headline employment, unemployment and inactivity series (not seasonally adjusted).
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HOUR03: Average hours worked by industry
Average hours worked by industry. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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Labour market statistics time series
Large dataset which contains labour market statistics data time series.
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EARN07: Gross weekly earnings by industry
Gross weekly earnings by industry (Labour Force Survey). This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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RED02: Redundancies by age, industry and region
Redundancies by age, industry, and region, not seasonally adjusted. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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UNEM01 SA: Unemployment by age and duration (seasonally adjusted)
Unemployment by age and duration (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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INAC01 SA: Economic inactivity by reason (seasonally adjusted)
Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years ) by reason (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)
Employment, unemployment, economic activity and inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EARN03: Average weekly earnings by industry
Average weekly earnings by industry (Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey).
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A06 SA: Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (seasonally adjusted)
Educational status and labour market status (employment, unemployment and economic inactivity) of people aged from 16 to 24 YEARS (seasonally adjusted). This table shows estimates for people in full-time education and people not in full-time education. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.
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EMP14: Employees and self-employed by industry
Employees and self-employed by industry (Labour Force Survey). This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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EMP16: Underemployment and overemployment
Underemployment and overemployment in the UK. This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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.