Employment and employee types

Employment rates show the number of people in paid work as a proportion of the population, broken down by age and sex. Includes information on the number of people in employment and vacancies.

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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %

UK: Aged 16-64

75.5 %

2023 MAY-JUL

Release date:: 12 September 2023
Next release:: 17 October 2023

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Labour market overview, UK: September 2023

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The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.5% in May to July 2023, 0.5 percentage points lower than February to April 2023. The quarterly decrease in employment was mainly driven by full-time self-employed workers.
The estimate of payrolled employees for August 2023 shows a small monthly decrease, down 1,000 on the revised July 2023 figure, to 30.1 million. The August 2023 estimate should be treated as a provisional estimate and is likely to be revised when more data are received next month.
The unemployment rate for May to July 2023 increased by 0.5 percentage points on the quarter to 4.3%. The increase in unemployment was largely driven by people unemployed for up to 12 months.

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Employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %

UK: Aged 16-64

75.5 % 2023 MAY-JUL

Release date:

12 September 2023

Next release:

17 October 2023
Number of People in Employment (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted):000s

UK: Aged 16 and over

32,882 000's 2023 MAY-JUL

Release date:

12 September 2023

Next release:

17 October 2023
Female employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %

UK: Aged 16-64

72.4 % 2023 MAY-JUL

Release date:

12 September 2023

Next release:

17 October 2023
Male employment rate (aged 16 to 64, seasonally adjusted): %

UK: Aged 16-64

78.6 % 2023 MAY-JUL

Release date:

12 September 2023

Next release:

17 October 2023
UK Job Vacancies (thousands) - Total Services

870 2023 JUN-AUG

Release date:

12 September 2023

Next release:

17 October 2023

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Datasets related to Employment and employee types

EMP02: Public and private sector employment

Public and private sector employment, UK, published quarterly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey.
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.
CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle

Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly.
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.
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.

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Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.
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Estimates of the number of vacancies and jobs for the UK.
Working and workless households in the UK: April to June 2023

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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Number of employees in the UK, full-time and part-time, by sector, industry, country and English region, from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES).

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