Summary

Estimates of employment, unemployment, inactivity, average weekly earnings, vacancies and other labour market related statistics for the UK. This release also includes latest estimates of workforce jobs and public sector employment.

Publications

• Labour market overview, UK: December 2020

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

• Employment in the UK: December 2020

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

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

• Revisions to workforce jobs: December 2020

  This article explains the developments and revisions to the workforce jobs (WFJ) series, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 15 December 2020 in the Vacancies and jobs statistical bulletin.

• Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: December 2020

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

• Vacancies and jobs in the UK: December 2020

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

Data

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

  Jobseeker’s Allowance by age and duration.

• EMP02: Public and private sector employment

  Public and private sector employment, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

• 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.

• CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle

  Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly. 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.

• EMP17: People in employment on zero hours contracts

  People in work on zero hours contracts in their main job, including by age, sex and region, UK, published quarterly, non-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.

• EARN01: Average weekly earnings

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

• 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.

• 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.

• CLA02: Claimant Count by age group

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

• 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.

• JOBS01: Workforce jobs summary

  Workforce jobs summary, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Average weekly earnings time series

  Average weekly earnings, UK, monthly.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• X05: Comparison between unemployment and the Claimant Count

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

• 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.

• VACS03: Vacancies by size of business

  Vacancies by size of business.

• JOBS04: Self-employment jobs by industry

  Self-employment jobs by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey data are official statistics in development.

• 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.

• VACS02: Vacancies by industry

  Vacancies by industry.

• VACS01: Vacancies and unemployment

  Vacancies and unemployment.

• 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.

• 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.

• JOBS06: Workforce jobs revisions triangle

  Workforce jobs revisions triangle, UK, published quarterly.

• 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.

• JOBS05: Workforce jobs by region and industry

  Workforce jobs by industry, UK countries and English regions, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Revisions to workforce jobs by component

  Revisions to the workforce jobs (WFJ) series, released as part of our 17 December 2024 Vacancies and jobs statistical bulletin.

• Labour market statistics time series

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

• 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.

• 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.

• JOBS03: Employee jobs by industry

  Employee jobs by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, not seasonally adjusted.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• EMP03: Public sector employment by industry

  Public sector employment by industry, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted.

• JOBS02: Workforce jobs by industry

  Workforce jobs by industry, employee jobs by industry and self-employment jobs by industry. UK, published quarterly.

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

  Jobseeker's Allowance claimants.

• 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.

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Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   15 December 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

   15 December 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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