Release:UK labour market: October 2020

Publications

• Labour market overview, UK: October 2020

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

• Vacancies and jobs in the UK: October 2020

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

• Single-month and weekly Labour Force Survey estimates: September 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. Includes weekly Labour Force Survey estimates.

• Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: October 2020

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

• Coronavirus and its impact on the Labour Force Survey

  The impact of changes made to the Labour Force Survey in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the methods used to adjust the data.

• Employment in the UK: October 2020

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

Data

• 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.

• 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.

• X08: Impact of LFS tenure reweighting on key Labour Force Survey indicators

  This table includes estimates of key LFS indicators using both old and new weighting methodology, and the revisions between the two series.

• 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.

• 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.

• CLA02: Claimant Count by age group (Experimental Statistics)

  Experimental estimates of the Claimant Count by age group.

• 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.

• JOBS07: Workforce jobs sampling variability

  Workforce jobs sampling variability estimates (95% confidence intervals and coefficients of variation). These sampling variability estimates are usually updated once a year.

• Labour market statistics time series

  Large dataset which contains labour market statistics data time series.

• 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.

• EMP07: Temporary employees

  Temporary employees: all and part-time. This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.

• X03: Reconciliation of estimates of employment and jobs

  Reconciles estimates of workforce jobs (derived primarily from employer surveys) with estimates of employment (derived from the Labour Force Survey). The spreadsheet is updated in those months when estimates of workforce jobs are published

• 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 (seasonally adjusted). These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.

• A01: Summary of labour market statistics

  Labour market statistics summary data tables.

• 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).

• 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.

• HOUR03: Average hours worked by industry

  Average hours worked by industry. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Average weekly earnings time series

  This dataset contains series for Average Weekly Earnings (AWE).

• 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 by sector (Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey).

• 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.

• 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.

• JOBS01: Workforce jobs summary

  Workforce jobs summary. Workforce jobs tables are usually updated in March, June, September and December.

• CLA01: Claimant Count (Experimental Statistics)

  Experimental estimates of the Claimant Count including Jobseeker's Allowance and out of work Universal Credit claimants.

• EMP05: Employment rate revisions triangle

  Employment rate revisions triangle. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.

• JOBS02: Workforce jobs by industry

  Workforce jobs by industry. Workforce jobs tables are usually updated in March, June, September and December.

• EMP17: People in employment on zero hours contracts

  Labour Force Survey estimates of people in work on zero hours contracts.

• JOBS03: Employee jobs by industry

  Employee jobs by industry. This table is usually updated in March, June, September and December.

• 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.

• EMP02: Public and private sector employment

  Public and private sector employment. This table is usually updated in March, June, September and December.

• 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.

• 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.

• EMP16: Underemployment and overemployment

  Underemployment and overemployment in the UK. This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.

• CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle

  Claimant Count revisions triangle. The Claimant Count measures the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits.

• 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.

• 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.

• A11: Labour Force Survey sampling variability

  Labour Force Survey Sampling Variability (95% confidence intervals).

• 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.

• JOBS04: Self-employment jobs by industry

  Self-employment jobs by industry. This table is usually updated in March, June, September and December.

• JOBS05: Workforce jobs by region and industry

  Workforce jobs by region and industry. Workforce jobs tables are usually updated in March, June, September and December.

• 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.

• 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).

• EARN03: Average weekly earnings by industry

  Average weekly earnings by industry (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 (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.

• 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.

• 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.

• EMP13: Employment by industry

  Employment by industry (Labour Force Survey). This table is updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.

• 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.

• 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.

• VACS01: Vacancies and unemployment

  Vacancies and unemployment.

• 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.

• A10: International comparisons of employment and unemployment rates

  International comparisons of employment and unemployment rates. The tables contains data for all EU member states plus the United States, Canada and Japan.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Labour Force Survey estimates using new weighting methodology

  The impact on Labour Force Survey estimates of applying tenure weighting to mitigate for non-response bias during the coronavirus pandemic. The new methodology is applied from January to March 2020.

• UNEM03: Unemployment by previous industrial sector

  Unemployment by previous industrial sector. These estimates are sourced from the Labour Force Survey, a survey of households.

• JOBS06: Workforce jobs revisions triangle

  Workforce jobs revisions triangle. Workforce jobs tables are usually updated in March, June, September and December.

• X06: Single month vacancies estimates (not designated as National Statistics)

  Single Month Vacancy Survey estimates, not seasonally adjusted

• 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.

• EMP03: Public sector employment by industry

  Public sector employment by industry. This table is updated in March, June, September and December.