UK labour market: April 2021
Summary
Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market related statistics for the UK.
Publications
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Employment in the UK: April 2021
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Labour market overview, UK: April 2021
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
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Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: April 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: April 2021
Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
Data
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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
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.
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VACS03: Vacancies by size of business
Vacancies by size of business.
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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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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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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.
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CLA02: Claimant Count by age group
Claimant Count by age group and sex, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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Vacancies by industry.
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VACS01: Vacancies and unemployment
Vacancies and unemployment.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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. These are official statistics in development.
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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.
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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.
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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. These are official statistics in development.
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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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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.
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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. These are official statistics in development.
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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.
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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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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.
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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. These are official statistics in development.
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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.
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HOUR03: Average hours worked by industry
Average actual weekly hours worked by industry, including by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.
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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.
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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. These are official statistics in development.
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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. These are official statistics in development.
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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. These are official statistics in development.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Contact details
Changes to this release date
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Previous date
20 April 2021 9:30am
Reason for change
As the demand increases for statistics and data to measure the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we have had to change data gathering and release practices. This is to focus our efforts on priority analysis and statistics. As such, we are rescheduling this release. Please see our statement on how we are responding to COVID-19: https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/covid19andtheproductionofstatistics.
About the data
Accredited Official Statistics
These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:
- meet user needs
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- are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest