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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
75 %
2024 NOV-JAN
- Release date:
- 20 March 2025
- Next release:
- 15 April 2025
Labour market overview, UK: March 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- Estimates for payrolled employees in the UK increased by 9,000 (0.0%) between December 2024 and January 2025 and rose by 44,000 (0.1%) between January 2024 and January 2025.
- Payrolled employees fell by 9,000 (0.0%) over the quarter but rose by 72,000 (0.2%) over the year, when looking at November 2024 to January 2025. This is the period comparable with our Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates.
- The early estimate of payrolled employees for February 2025 increased by 21,000 (0.1%) on the month and increased by 66,000 (0.2%) on the year to 30.4 million. The February 2025 estimate should be treated as a provisional estimate and is likely to be revised when more data are received next month.
Labour market transformation – update on progress and plans
Labour market transformation overview, building on previous engagement on the transformed Labour Force Survey.
Time series related to Employment and employee types
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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
75 % 2024 NOV-JAN- Release date:
- 20 March 2025
- Next release:
- 15 April 2025
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Number of People in Employment (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted):000s
UK: Aged 16 and over
33,922 000's 2024 NOV-JAN- Release date:
- 20 March 2025
- Next release:
- 15 April 2025
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71.7 % 2024 NOV-JAN
- Release date:
- 20 March 2025
- Next release:
- 15 April 2025
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Male employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %
UK: Aged 16-64
78.4 % 2024 NOV-JAN- Release date:
- 20 March 2025
- Next release:
- 15 April 2025
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710 2024 DEC-FEB
- Release date:
- 20 March 2025
- Next release:
- 15 April 2025
Datasets related to Employment and employee types
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EMP02: Public and private sector employment
Public and private sector employment, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
Publications related to Employment and employee types
Statistical bulletins
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Labour market overview, UK: March 2025
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Labour market in the regions of the UK: March 2025
Regional, local authority, and parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, and economic inactivity, and other related statistics. These are official statistics in development.
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Employment in the UK: March 2025
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Vacancies and jobs in the UK: March 2025
Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
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Working and workless households in the UK: October to December 2024
The economic status of households in the UK and the people living in them, where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years. Taken from the Labour Force Survey.
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Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK: March 2025
Monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data. This is a joint release between HMRC and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). These are official statistics in development.
Articles
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Technology intensity and homeworking in the UK
Recent trends and insights into technology as an enabler for homeworking. Analysis considers differences in technology usage across industries.
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Coronavirus and self-employment in the UK
An overview of self-employment across the UK, looking at the industrial, occupational, geographic and demographic characteristics of those who are self-employed.
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The commuting gap: men account for 65% of commutes lasting more than an hour
Discover differences between the commuting habits of men and women across the UK.
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Young people's career aspirations versus reality
What did you want to be when you grew up?
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One in eight young people without degrees work in graduate jobs
Analysis of the jobs and earnings of young non-graduates working in the UK.
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More mothers with young children working full-time
The proportion of mothers with children aged between three and four who are in employment is increasing, analysis suggests.
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