UK labour market: May 2020

Summary

Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market-related statistics for the UK. This release also includes experimental weekly Labour Force Survey data, found in the Single-month estimates article and table X07.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents a significant challenge to the UK. We are working to ensure that the UK has the vital information needed to respond to the impact of this pandemic on our economy and society.

The effects of the pandemic on ONS capacity and capability during this period means we have reviewed the existing labour market releases.

This is to protect the delivery and quality of our remaining outputs as well as ensuring we can respond to new demands as a direct result of COVID-19. More details about the impact on labour market outputs can be found in our statement.

Publications

• Vacancies and jobs in the UK: May 2020

  Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.

• Employment in the UK: May 2020

  Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.

• Labour market overview, UK: May 2020

  Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.

• Single-month Labour Force Survey estimates: May 2020

  Comparison of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) headline three-month average rates for employment, unemployment and economic inactivity with their equivalent single-month estimates.

• Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: May 2020

  Estimates of growth in earnings for employees before tax and other deductions from pay.

Data

• A09: Labour market status by ethnic group

  Labour market status by ethnic group, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• HOUR02 SA: Usual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)

  Usual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• 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. These are official statistics in development.

• 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. These are official statistics in development.

• CLA02: Claimant Count by age group

  Claimant Count by age group and sex, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

• A12: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by nationality and country of birth

  Labour market activity by nationality, country of birth and age, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• Labour market statistics time series

  Main labour market statistics time series data (large dataset).

• EMP07: Temporary employees

  Temporary employees: all and part-time, by sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• VACS03: Vacancies by size of business

  Vacancies by size of business.

• VACS02: Vacancies by industry

  Vacancies by industry.

• EMP01 SA: Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (seasonally adjusted)

  Full-time, part-time and temporary workers, by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• 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.

• 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 data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.

• INAC01 NSA: Economic inactivity by reason (not seasonally adjusted)

  Economic inactivity (aged 16 to 64 years) by reason (not seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

• UNEM04: Unemployment rate revisions triangle

  Unemployment rate revisions triangle. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households. These are official statistics in development.

• HOUR03: Average hours worked by industry

  Average actual weekly hours worked by industry, including by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published quarterly. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• EARN01: Average weekly earnings

  Average weekly earnings at sector level headline estimates, Great Britain, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

• EMP01 NSA: Full-time, part-time and temporary workers (not seasonally adjusted)

  Full-time, part-time and temporary workers, by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• EMP06: Employment by country of birth and nationality

  Employment levels and rates by country of birth and nationality, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• Average weekly earnings time series

  Average weekly earnings, UK, monthly.

• 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.

• 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.

• CLA01: Claimant Count

  Claimant Count by sex including Jobseeker's Allowance and out of work Universal Credit claimants, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

• EMP05: Employment rate revisions triangle

  Employment rate revisions triangle, published monthly. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development. These are official statistics in development.

• 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. These are official statistics in development.

• A04: Summary of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below state pension age

  Labour market indicators including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for people below State Pension age, by sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle

  Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.

• A06 NSA: Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (not seasonally adjusted)

  Educational status and labour market status of people aged 16 to 24 years, by sex, in and out of full-time education, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• HOUR02 NSA: Usual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)

  Usual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• A11: Labour Force Survey sampling variability

  Sampling variability for Labour Force Survey estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, 95% confidence intervals, rolling three-monthly figures, non-seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.

• BEN02: Jobseeker's Allowance claimants (not designated as National Statistics)

  Jobseeker's Allowance claimants.

• BEN03: Jobseeker's Allowance by age and duration (not designated as National Statistics)

  Jobseeker’s Allowance by age and duration.

• X05: Comparison between unemployment and the Claimant Count

  This table compares quarterly movements in unemployment with quarterly movements in the Claimant Count.

• 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 data, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. These are official statistics in development.

• 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.

• A06 SA: Educational status and labour market status for people aged from 16 to 24 (seasonally adjusted)

  Educational status and labour market status of people aged 16 to 24 years, by sex, in and out of full-time education, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• EMP14: Employees and self-employed by industry

  Employees and self-employed, by industry sectors and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• A08: Labour market status of disabled people

  Labour market status of disabled people, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• X01: Labour Force Survey single-month estimates

  Single-month estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.

• A07: Regional labour market summary

  Labour market indicators for UK countries and regions, including employment, unemployment and economic inactivity, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• VACS01: Vacancies and unemployment

  Vacancies and unemployment.

• HOUR01 SA: Actual weekly hours worked (seasonally adjusted)

  Actual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• 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.

• 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. These are official statistics in development.

• A05 NSA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted)

  Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• 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. These are official statistics in development.

• 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.

• HOUR01 NSA: Actual weekly hours worked (not seasonally adjusted)

  Actual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• X06: Single month vacancies estimates

  Vacancies by industry and size of business, UK, single month, not seasonally adjusted. Vacancy Survey. These are official statistics in development.

• A05 SA: Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (seasonally adjusted)

  Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity levels and rates by age group, UK, rolling three-monthly figures, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

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Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   19 May 2020 9:30am

   Reason for change

   As the demand increases for statistics and data to measure the impact of the COVID19 pandemic, we have had to change data gathering and release practices, focusing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. As such we have re-scheduled this release. Please see our statement on how we are responding to the coronavirus illness. https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/covid19andtheproductionofstatistics

2. Previous date

   19 May 2020 7:30am

   Reason for change

   As the demand increases for statistics and data to measure the impact of the COVID19 pandemic, we have had to change data gathering and release practices, focusing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. As such we have re-scheduled this release. Please see our statement on how we are responding to the coronavirus illness. https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/covid19andtheproductionofstatistics

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