UK Labor Market 2018

Statistical bulletin
UK labour market: April 2018

Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-
related statistics for the UK.
Contact: Release date: Next release:

Richard Clegg 17 April 2018 15 May 2018
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+44 (0)1633 455400
Table of contents
1. Main points for December 2017 to February 2018
2. Summary of latest labour market statistics
3. Things you need to know about this release
4. Employment
5. Public and private sector employment (first published on 21 March 2018)
6. Actual hours worked
7. Workforce jobs (first published on 21 March 2018)
8. Average weekly earnings
9. Labour disputes (not seasonally adjusted)
10. Unemployment
11. Economic inactivity
12. Young people in the labour market
13. Redundancies
14. Vacancies
15. Future publication dates
16. Links to related statistics
17. Quality and Methodology
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1 . Main points for December 2017 to February 2018
Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that, between September to November 2017 and December
2017 to February 2018, the number of people in work increased, the number of unemployed people
decreased and the number of people aged from 16 to 64 years not working and not seeking or available to
work (economically inactive) was little changed.
There were 32.26 million people in work, 55,000 more than for September to November 2017 and 427,000
more than for a year earlier.
The employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 years who were in work) was 75.4%,
higher than for a year earlier (74.6%) and the highest since comparable records began in 1971.
There were 1.42 million unemployed people (people not in work but seeking and available to work), 16,000
fewer than for September to November 2017 and 136,000 fewer than for a year earlier.
The unemployment rate (the proportion of those in work plus those unemployed, that were unemployed)
was 4.2%, down from 4.7% for a year earlier and the lowest since 1975.
There were 8.73 million people aged from 16 to 64 years who were economically inactive (not working and
not seeking or available to work), little changed compared with September to November 2017 but 154,000
fewer than for a year earlier.
The inactivity rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 years who were economically inactive) was
21.2%, lower than for a year earlier (21.6%) and the joint lowest since comparable records began in 1971.
Latest estimates show that average weekly earnings for employees in Great Britain in nominal terms (that
is, not adjusted for price inflation) increased by 2.8%, both excluding and including bonuses, compared
with a year earlier.
Latest estimates show that average weekly earnings for employees in Great Britain in real terms (that is,
adjusted for price inflation) increased by 0.2% excluding bonuses, and by 0.1% including bonuses,
compared with a year earlier.
2 . Summary of latest labour market statistics
Table 1, Figure 1a and Figure 1b show the latest estimates, for December 2017 to February 2018, for
employment, unemployment and economic inactivity and show how these estimates compare with the previous
quarter (September to November 2017) and the previous year (December 2016 to February 2017). Comparing
the estimates for December 2017 to February 2018 with those for September to November 2017 provides the
most robust short-term comparison. See Section 3 of this statistical bulletin for more information.
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Table 1: Summary of labour market statistics for December 2017 to February 2018, seasonally adjusted
Number Change on Sep Change on Dec Headline Change on Sep Change on Dec
(thousands) to Nov 2017 to Feb 2017 Rate (%) to Nov 2017 to Feb 2017
Employed 32,262 55 427
Aged 16 to 31,066 39 405 75.4 0.1 0.8

64
Aged 65 1,196 16 21
and over
Unemployed 1,423 -16 -136 4.2 -0.1 -0.4
Aged 16 to 1,403 -14 -143

64
Aged 65 20 -3 7
and over
Inactive 19,258 37 21
Aged 16 to 8,731 -2 -154 21.2 0.0 -0.4

64
Aged 65 10,527 39 175

and over
Source: Office for National Statistics
Notes:
1. Calculation of headline employment rate: Number of employed people aged from 16 to 64 years divided by
the population aged from 16 to 64 years. Population is the sum of employed plus unemployed plus inactive.
2. Calculation of headline unemployment rate: Number of unemployed people aged 16 years and over divided
by the sum of employed people aged 16 years and over plus unemployed people aged 16 years and over.
3. Calculation of headline economic inactivity rate: Number of economically inactive people aged from 16 to
64 years divided by the population aged from 16 to 64 years. Population is the sum of employed plus
unemployed plus inactive.
4. Components may not sum exactly to totals due to rounding.
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Figure 1a: Summary of UK labour market statistics for December 2017 to February 2018, seasonally
adjusted
Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics
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Figure 1b: Quarterly and annual changes in the number of people in the UK labour market, seasonally
adjusted
3 . Things you need to know about this release
Improvements to estimates of vacancies
There have been revisions to estimates of vacancies back to the start of the series in 2001 resulting from the
annual review of the seasonal adjustment process and from taking on board late and corrected information from
contributors to the Vacancy Survey.
About labour market statuses
Everybody aged 16 or over is either employed, unemployed or economically inactive. The employment estimates
include all people in paid work including those working part-time. People not working are classed as unemployed
if they have been looking for work within the last four weeks and are able to start work within the next two weeks.
A common misconception is that the unemployment statistics are a count of people on benefits; this is not the
case as they include unemployed people not claiming benefits.
Jobless people who have not been looking for work within the last four weeks or who are unable to start work
within the next two weeks are classed as economically inactive. Examples of economically inactive people
include people not looking for work because they are students, looking after the family or home, because of
illness or disability or because they have retired.
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Explaining the concepts of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity is available from the National
Archives website as a short video.
Making comparisons with earlier data derived from the Labour Force Survey
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, hours worked and redundancies are derived from
the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a survey of households. The most robust estimates of short-term movements in
these estimates are obtained by comparing the estimates for December 2017 to February 2018 with the
estimates for September to November 2017, which were first published on 24 January 2018. This provides a
more robust estimate than comparing with the estimates for November 2017 to January 2018. This is because
the December 2017 and January 2018 data are included within both estimates, so effectively observed
differences are those between the individual months of November 2017 and February 2018. The LFS is sampled
such that it is representative of the UK population over a three- month period, not for single month periods.
Accuracy and reliability of survey estimates
Most of the figures in this statistical bulletin come from surveys of households or businesses and are therefore
estimates rather than precise figures. Further information is available in the Quality and Methodology section of
this statistical bulletin.
Where to find explanatory information
A Guide to labour market statistics , which includes a Glossary, is available.
4 . Employment
Things you need to know about employment
Employment measures the number of people in paid work and differs from the number of jobs because some
people have more than one job. Further information is available at Notes for Employment at the end of this
section.
A comparison between estimates of employment and jobs is available.
Commentary
The proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 years in work is known as the employment rate. Figure 2 shows the
employment rates for people, men and women aged from 16 to 64 years since comparable records began in
1971. The lowest employment rate for people was 65.6% in 1983, during the economic downturn of the early
1980s. The employment rates for people, men and women have been generally increasing since early 2012. For
the latest time period, December 2017 to February 2018, the employment rate for people was 75.4%, up from
74.6% for a year earlier and the highest since comparable records began in 1971.
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Figure 2: UK employment rates (aged 16 to 64 years), seasonally adjusted
January to March 1971 to December to February 2018
Figure 3 looks in more detail at the employment rate for people for the last five years.
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Figure 3: UK employment rate (people aged 16 to 64 years), seasonally adjusted
December to February 2013 to December to February 2018
For December 2017 to February 2018:
75.4% of people aged from 16 to 64 years were in work, up from 74.6% for a year earlier and the highest
since comparable records began in 1971
79.8% of men aged from 16 to 64 years were in work, up from 79.4% for a year earlier
71.0% of women aged from 16 to 64 years were in work, the highest employment rate for women since
comparable records began in 1971
The increase in the employment rate for women over the last few years has been partly due to ongoing changes
to the State Pension age for women, resulting in fewer women retiring between the ages of 60 and 65.
For December 2017 to February 2018, there were 32.26 million people in work, 55,000 more than for September
to November 2017 and 427,000 more than for a year earlier.
Figure 4 shows how the estimates for full-time and part-time employment by sex for December 2017 to February
2018 compare with those for a year earlier. The annual increase in the number of people in employment
(427,000) was mainly due to more people in full-time employment (280,000).
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Figure 4: Changes in people in employment in the UK between December to February 2017 and
December to February 2018, seasonally adjusted
Comparing the estimates for employees and self-employed people for December 2017 to February 2018 with
those for a year earlier:
employees increased by 497,000 to 27.34 million (84.7% of all people in work)
self-employed people decreased by 30,000 to 4.76 million (14.7% of all people in work)
Employees and self-employed people do not account for all people in employment as there are two minor
additional categories; unpaid family workers and people on government-supported training and employment
programmes.
Where to find data about employment
Employment estimates are available at Tables 1 and 3 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at
datasets A02 SA and EMP01 SA .
Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for UK and non-UK workers are available at
Non-UK workers in the labour market and at datasets A12 and EMP06.
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International comparisons of employment rates are available at Table 17 of the PDF version of this statistical
bulletin and at dataset A10.
Historic estimates of employment (which do not have National Statistics status) have been published by the Bank
of England in the spreadsheet A millennium of macroeconomic data version 3.1 (at worksheets A49 and A50).
Notes for: Employment
1. Employment consists of employees, self-employed people, unpaid family workers and people on
government-supported training and employment programmes.
2. Unpaid family workers are people who work in a family business who do not receive a formal wage or
salary but benefit from the profits of that business.
3. The government-supported training and employment programmes series does not include all people on
these programmes; it only includes people engaging in any form of work, work experience or work-related
training who are not included in the employees or self-employed series. People on these programmes not
engaging in any form of work, work experience or work-related training are not included in the employment
estimates; they are classified as unemployed or economically inactive.
5 . Public and private sector employment (first published on

21 March 2018)
Things you need to know about public and private sector employment
Public sector employment measures the number of people in paid work in the public sector. The public sector
comprises central government, local government and public corporations. Estimates of public sector employment
are obtained from information provided by public sector organisations.
Private sector employment is estimated as the difference between total employment, sourced from the Labour
Force Survey, and public sector employment.
Comparisons of public and private sector employment over time are impacted by changes to the composition of
these sectors. For example, if a publicly owned body is privatised, public sector employment will fall and private
sector employment will increase by an equivalent amount. This is known as a reclassification effect. At Table 4 of
the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at dataset EMP02 we therefore publish estimates of public and
private sector employment excluding the effects of major, but not all, reclassifications alongside estimates of total
public and private sector employment.
Commentary
The estimates of public and private sector employment for December 2017 have been impacted by the
reclassification of English housing associations, which are included in the private sector for December 2017 but
are included in the public sector between September 2008 and September 2017.
There were 5.35 million people employed in the public sector for December 2017. This was 132,000 fewer than
for September 2017. This large fall in public sector employment was entirely due to the reclassification of English
housing associations. Excluding the effects of this reclassification, public sector employment increased by 9,000
between September and December 2017.
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There were 26.90 million people employed in the private sector for December 2017, 300,000 more than for
September 2017. This large increase in private sector employment was partly due to the reclassification of
English housing associations. Excluding the effects of this reclassification, private sector employment increased
by 159,000 between September and December 2017.
Figure 5 shows a breakdown of the 5.35 million people employed in the public sector for December 2017.
Figure 5: Public sector employment in the UK, millions of people (seasonally adjusted)
December 2017
Source: Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey, Office for National Statistics
For December 2017, 16.6% of all people in work were employed in the public sector and the remaining 83.4%
worked in the private sector.
Where to find data about public and private sector employment
Public and private sector employment estimates are available at Tables 4 and 4(1) of the PDF version of this
statistical bulletin and at datasets EMP02 and EMP03.
Further information on public sector employment is available in the Public sector employment release .
Historic estimates of public sector employment (which do not have National Statistics status) have been
published by the Bank of England in the spreadsheet A millennium of macroeconomic data version 3.1 (at
worksheet A51).
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6 . Actual hours worked
Things you need to know about actual hours worked
Actual hours worked measures the number of hours worked in the economy. Changes in actual hours worked
reflect changes in the number of people in employment and the average hours worked by those people.
Commentary
Between September to November 2017 and December 2017 to February 2018, total hours worked per week
increased by 4.2 million to 1.03 billion. This increase in hours worked per week reflected an increase of 55,000 in
the number of people in employment (as explained in Section 4 of this statistical bulletin ) and a small increase in
the average hours worked by people in employment.
people worked, on average, 32.0 hours per week, slightly more than for September to November 2017 but
0.4 hours fewer than for a year earlier; this annual fall reflects more hours worked over the 2016 to 2017
Christmas and New Year period compared with previous years
people working full-time worked, on average, 37.2 hours per week in their main job, unchanged compared
with September to November 2017 but fewer than for a year earlier
people working part-time worked, on average, 16.2 hours per week in their main job, slightly more than for
September to November 2017 but slightly fewer than for a year earlier
Figure 6 shows total hours worked and the number of people in work, as indices, for the last five years.
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Figure 6: Total hours worked and number of people in work in the UK, seasonally adjusted
Source: Labour Force Survey: Office for National Statistics
Where to find data about hours worked
Hours worked estimates are available at Tables 7 and 7(1) of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at
datasets HOUR01 SA and HOUR02 SA .
Historic estimates of hours worked (which do not have National Statistics status) have been published by the
Bank of England in the spreadsheet A millennium of macroeconomic data version 3.1 (at worksheet A54).
7 . Workforce jobs (first published on 21 March 2018)
Things you need to know about workforce jobs
Workforce jobs measures the number of filled jobs in the economy. The estimates are mainly sourced from
employer surveys. Workforce jobs is a different concept from employment, which is sourced from the Labour
Force Survey, as employment is an estimate of people in work and some people have more than one job.
A comparison between estimates of employment and jobs is available.
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Commentary
For December 2017, there were 35.11 million workforce jobs, 64,000 fewer than for September 2017 but 407,000
more than for a year earlier.
Figure 7 shows changes in the number of jobs by industrial sector between December 2016 and December 2017.
Figure 7: Changes in the number of jobs in the UK between December 2016 and December 2017,
seasonally adjusted
Source: Office for National Statistics
Looking at a longer-term comparison, between June 1978 (when comparable records began) and December
2017:
the proportion of jobs accounted for by the manufacturing and mining and quarrying sectors fell from 26.4%
to 7.8%
the proportion of jobs accounted for by the services sector increased from 63.2% to 83.3%
Where to find data about workforce jobs
Jobs estimates are available at Tables 5 and 6 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at datasets
JOBS01 and JOBS02.
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While comparable estimates for workforce jobs by industry begin in 1978, some historical information back to
1841, not comparable with the latest estimates, are available from 2011 Census Analysis, 170 years of industry .
Historic estimates of jobs by industry (which do not have National Statistics status) have been published by the
Bank of England in the spreadsheet A millennium of macroeconomic data version 3.1 (at worksheet A53).
8 . Average weekly earnings
Things you need to know about average weekly earnings
Average weekly earnings measures money paid per week, per job to employees in Great Britain in return for work
done, before tax and other deductions from pay. The estimates are not just a measure of pay rises as they do
not, for example, adjust for changes in the proportion of the workforce who work full-time or part-time, or other
compositional changes within the workforce. The estimates do not include earnings of self-employed people.
Estimates are available for both total pay (which includes bonuses) and for regular pay (which excludes bonus
payments). Estimates are available in both nominal terms (not adjusted for consumer price inflation) and real
terms (adjusted for consumer price inflation). Further information is available at Notes for Average weekly
earnings at the end of this section.
Commentary
For February 2018 in nominal terms (that is, not adjusted for price inflation):
average regular pay (excluding bonuses) for employees in Great Britain was £483 per week before tax and
other deductions from pay, up from £469 per week for a year earlier
average total pay (including bonuses) for employees in Great Britain was £513 per week before tax and
other deductions from pay, up from £501 per week for a year earlier
Between December 2016 to February 2017 and December 2017 to February 2018, in nominal terms, both regular
pay and total pay increased by 2.8%.
Figure 8 compares the annual growth rates for both regular and total pay, in nominal terms, for the last five years
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Figure 8: Great Britain nominal average earnings annual growth rates, seasonally adjusted
Source: Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, Office for National Statistics
Looking at longer-term movements, average total pay for employees in Great Britain in nominal terms increased
from £376 per week in January 2005 to £513 per week in February 2018; an increase of 36.2%. Over the same
period, the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) increased by 34.0%.
For February 2018 in real terms (constant 2015 prices):
average regular pay (excluding bonuses) for employees in Great Britain was £459 per week before tax and
other deductions from pay, £14 lower than the pre-downturn peak of £473 per week recorded for March
2008
average total pay (including bonuses) for employees in Great Britain was £486 per week before tax and
other deductions from pay, £36 lower than the pre-downturn peak of £522 per week recorded for February
2008
Figure 9 shows average weekly earnings for total pay and regular pay in real terms (constant 2015 prices) since
comparable records began in 2005.
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Figure 9: Great Britain average weekly earnings at constant 2015 prices, seasonally adjusted
January 2005 to February 2018
Source: Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, Office for National Statistics
Between December 2016 to February 2017 and December 2017 to February 2018, in real terms (that is, adjusted
for consumer price inflation), regular pay for employees in Great Britain increased by 0.2% while total pay for
employees in Great Britain increased by 0.1%.
A more detailed analysis of earnings growth in real terms is available in Analysis of real earnings .
Where to find data about average weekly earnings
Estimates of average weekly earnings in nominal terms (that is, not adjusted for consumer price inflation) are
available at Tables 13, 14 and 15 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at datasets EARN01, EARN02
and EARN03.
Estimates of average weekly earnings in real terms (that is, adjusted for consumer price inflation) are available at
Table 16 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at dataset EARN01.
While comparable records for average weekly earnings start in 2000, modelled estimates of average weekly
earnings in nominal terms back to 1963 (which do not have National Statistics status) are available at dataset
EARN02.
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Historic estimates (which do not have National Statistics status) have been published by the Bank of England in
the spreadsheet A millennium of macroeconomic data version 3.1 (at worksheets A47 and A48).
Where to find more information about earnings
Analysis of real earnings provides a more detailed analysis of real earnings.
An article looking at bonus payments is published annually. The most recent edition of this article was published
on 19 September 2017.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) , published on 26 October 2017, provides more detailed data
for 2017.
Notes for: Average Weekly Earnings
1. The estimates relate to Great Britain and include salaries but not unearned income, benefits in kind or
arrears of pay.
2. As well as pay settlements, the estimates reflect bonuses, changes in the number of paid hours worked
and the impact of employees paid at different rates joining and leaving individual businesses. The
estimates also reflect changes in the overall structure of the workforce; for example, more low paid jobs in
the economy would have a downward effect on the earnings growth rate.
9 . Labour disputes (not seasonally adjusted)
Things you need to know about labour disputes
Labour disputes estimates measures strikes connected with terms and conditions of employment.
Commentary
For February 2018:
there were 75,000 working days lost from 15 stoppages
20,000 people took strike action
Most of the working days lost in February 2018 were due to five days of strike action involving employees of
universities across the UK.
While the number of working days lost in February 2018 (75,000) was the highest figure since July 2016, these
are historically low figures when looking at the long-run monthly time series back to the 1930s. Since monthly
records began in December 1931:
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the highest cumulative 12-month estimate for working days lost was 32.2 million for the 12 months to April
1980
the lowest cumulative 12-month estimate for working days lost was 143,000 for the 12 months to March
2011
For the 12 months ending February 2018:
there were 323,000 working days lost from 79 stoppages and 45,000 people took strike action
there were 287,000 working days lost in the private sector, the highest figure since the 12 months to
October 1997
there were 36,000 working days lost in the public sector, the lowest figure since records for public and
private sector strikes began in 1996
Figure 10 shows cumulative 12-month totals for working days lost for the private and public sectors for the last
five years.
Figure 10: Working days lost in the UK, cumulative 12-month totals, not seasonally adjusted
February 2013 to February 2018
Source: Labour Disputes Inquiry, Office for National Statistics
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Where to find data about labour disputes
Labour disputes estimates are available at Table 18 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at dataset
LABD01.
Where to find more information about labour disputes
The labour disputes annual article provides more detailed information. The most recent edition of this article was
published on 30 May 2017.
10 . Unemployment
Things you need to know about unemployment
Unemployment measures people without a job who have been actively seeking work within the last four weeks
and are available to start work within the next two weeks.
The unemployment rate is not the proportion of the total population who are unemployed. It is the proportion of
the economically active population (those in work plus those seeking and available to work) who are unemployed.
This follows guidelines specified by the International Labour Organisation and it ensures that UK unemployment
statistics are broadly comparable with those published by other countries.
Commentary
The proportion of economically active people aged 16 years and over who are out of work and seeking work is
known as the unemployment rate. As shown in Figure 11 (which shows unemployment rates for people, men and
women), the lowest unemployment rate for people recorded since comparable records began in 1971 was 3.4%
in late 1973 to early 1974 and the highest rate, 11.9%, was recorded in 1984 during the downturn of the early
1980s. The unemployment rate for people for the latest time period, December 2017 to February 2018, was
4.2%, the lowest since 1975.
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Figure 11: UK unemployment rates (aged 16 years and over), seasonally adjusted
Figure 12 looks in more detail at the unemployment rates for the last five years.
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Figure 12: UK unemployment rates (aged 16 years and over), seasonally adjusted
the unemployment rate for people was 4.2%; it was last lower in 1975
the unemployment rate for men was 4.2%; it was last lower in 1975
the unemployment rate for women was 4.2%, lower than for a year earlier (4.5%)
For December 2017 to February 2018, there were:
1.42 million unemployed people, 16,000 fewer than for September to November 2017, 136,000 fewer than
for a year earlier and the lowest since June to August 2005
751,000 unemployed men, 17,000 fewer than for September to November 2017, 104,000 fewer than for a
year earlier and the lowest since September to November 1975
672,000 unemployed women, little changed compared with September to November 2017 but 32,000
fewer than for a year earlier
Looking at unemployment by how long people have been out of work and seeking work, for December 2017 to
February 2018, there were:
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842,000 people who had been unemployed for up to six months, 77,000 fewer than for a year earlier
228,000 people who had been unemployed for between six months and one year, 22,000 fewer than for a
year earlier
353,000 people who had been unemployed for over one year, 37,000 fewer than for a year earlier
Where to find data about unemployment
Unemployment estimates for the UK are available at Table 9 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at
dataset UNEM01 SA .
Historic estimates of unemployment (which do not have National Statistics status) have been published by the
Bank of England in the spreadsheet A millennium of macroeconomic data version 3.1 (at worksheets A49 and
A50).
International comparisons of unemployment rates are available at Table 17 of the PDF version of this statistical
bulletin and at dataset A10.
11 . Economic inactivity
Things you need to know about economic inactivity
Economically inactive people are not in employment but do not meet the internationally accepted definition of
unemployment because they have not been seeking work within the last four weeks and/or they are unable to
start work within the next two weeks.
Commentary
The proportion of people, aged from 16 to 64 years, not in work and neither seeking nor available to work is
known as the economic inactivity rate. Figure 13 shows that, since comparable records began in 1971, the
economic inactivity rate for people has been generally falling (although it increased during economic downturns)
due to a gradual fall in the economic inactivity rate for women. The economic inactivity rate for men has been
gradually rising.
the economic inactivity rate for people was 21.2%, lower than for a year earlier (21.6%) and the joint lowest
since comparable records began in 1971
the economic inactivity rate for men was 16.6%, higher than for September to November 2017 (16.4%) and
for a year earlier (16.5%)
the economic inactivity rate for women was 25.8%, lower than for September to November 2017 (26.0%)
and for a year earlier (26.7%)
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Figure 13: UK economic inactivity rates (aged 16 to 64 years), seasonally adjusted
Figure 14 looks in more detail at the economic inactivity rate for people since comparable records began in 1971.
The economic inactivity rate for people increased during the downturn of the early 1980s, reaching a record high
of 25.9% in 1983. As the economy improved in the late 1980s, it resumed its downward path, before the
economic downturn of the early 1990s drove it back up again.
Following an increase in the economic inactivity rate during the economic downturn of 2008 to 2009, it again
resumed a generally downward path.
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Figure 14: UK economic inactivity rate (people aged 16 to 64 years), seasonally adjusted
For December 2017 to February 2018, there were 8.73 million people aged from 16 to 64 years not in work and
neither seeking nor available to work (known as economically inactive). This was:
little changed compared with September to November 2017
154,000 fewer than for a year earlier
Looking in more detail at the 8.73 million people aged from 16 to 64 years who were economically inactive for
December 2017 to February 2018, the two largest categories were students (26.9% of the total) and people
looking after the family or home (23.6% of the total):
there were 2.35 million people who were not looking for work because they were studying, 17,000 more
than for September to November 2017 and 14,000 more than for a year earlier
there were 2.06 million people who were not looking for work because they were looking after the family or
home, 152,000 fewer than for a year earlier and the lowest since comparable records began in 1993
The third and fourth largest categories were long-term sick (22.7% of the total) and retired (13.2% of the total):
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there were 1.98 million people who were not looking for work due to long-term sickness, little changed
compared with September to November 2017 and with a year earlier
there were 1.15 million people who were not looking for work because they had retired, little changed
compared with September to November 2017 but 15,000 fewer than for a year earlier
Figure 15 shows the four largest categories of economic inactivity for the last five years. As shown in Figure 15,
the number of people younger than 65 years in the retired category has fallen by 232,000 over the five-year
period from December 2012 to February 2013 to December 2017 to February 2018. This reflects ongoing
changes to the State Pension age for women, resulting in fewer women retiring between the ages of 60 and 65
years.
Figure 15: Economic inactivity by main category in the UK (aged 16 to 64 years), seasonally adjusted
Source: Labour Force Survey: Office for National Statistics
Where to find data about economic inactivity
Economic inactivity estimates are available at Tables 1 and 11 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at
datasets A02 SA and INAC01 SA.
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12 . Young people in the labour market
Things you need to know about young people in the labour market
This section looks at people aged from 16 to 24 years. It is a common misconception that all people in full-time
education are classified as economically inactive. This is not the case as people in full-time education are
included in the employment estimates if they have a part-time job and are included in the unemployment
estimates if they are seeking part-time work.
Commentary
For December 2017 to February 2018, for people aged from 16 to 24 years, there were:
3.83 million people in work (including 861,000 full-time students with part-time jobs)
525,000 unemployed people (including 173,000 full-time students looking for part-time work)
2.69 million economically inactive people, most of whom (2.04 million) were full-time students
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Figure 16: Young people (aged 16 to 24 years) in the UK labour market for December 2017 to February
2018, seasonally adjusted
Notes:
1. The "Not in full-time education" series includes people in part-time education and/or some form of training.
Figure 17 shows how the latest estimates, for December 2017 to February 2018, for employment, unemployment
and economic inactivity for people aged from 16 to 24 years compare with the previous quarter (September to
November 2017) and the previous year (December 2016 to February 2017). The chart shows that, while the
overall UK household population is increasing, it is falling for the 16 to 24 years age group.
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Figure 17: Quarterly and annual changes in the number of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) in the UK
labour market, seasonally adjusted
For December 2017 to February 2018, the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds was 12.0%, lower than for
a year earlier (12.5%).
The unemployment rate for those aged from 16 to 24 years has been consistently higher than that for older age
groups. Since comparable records began in 1992:
the lowest youth unemployment rate was 11.6% for March to May 2001
the highest youth unemployment rate was 22.5% for late 2011
Between March to May 1992 (when comparable records began) and December 2017 to February 2018, the
proportion of people aged from 16 to 24 years who were in full-time education increased substantially from 26.2%
to 43.6%. This increase in the number of young people going into full-time education has reduced the size of the
economically active population (those in work plus those seeking and available to work) and therefore increased
the unemployment rate (because the unemployment rate is the proportion of the economically active population
who are unemployed).
Where to find data about young people in the labour market
Estimates for young people in the labour market are available at Table 12 of the PDF version of this statistical
bulletin and at dataset A06 SA .
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Where to find more information about young people in the labour market
Estimates for young people who were Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) for October to
December 2017 were published on 1 March 2018.
13 . Redundancies
Things you need to know about redundancies
The redundancies estimates measure the number of people who were made redundant or who took voluntary
redundancy in the three months before the Labour Force Survey interviews.
Commentary
For December 2017 to February 2018, 97,000 people had become redundant in the three months before the
Labour Force Survey interviews, 12,000 fewer than for September to November 2017 and 9,000 fewer than for a
year earlier.
Figure 18 shows the number of redundancies since comparable records began in 1995.
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Figure 18: Number of redundancies in the UK, seasonally adjusted
March to May 1995 to December to February 2018
Where to find data about redundancies
Redundancies estimates are available at Tables 22 and 23 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at
datasets RED01 SA and RED02.
14 . Vacancies
Things you need to know about vacancies
Vacancies are defined as positions for which employers are actively seeking to recruit outside their business or
organisation.
Commentary
There were 815,000 job vacancies for January to March 2018. This was:
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unchanged compared with October to December 2017
44,000 more than for a year earlier
Figure 19 shows the number of job vacancies since comparable records began in 2001.
Figure 19: Number of vacancies in the UK, seasonally adjusted
April to June 2001 to January to March 2018
Source: Vacancy Survey, Office for National Statistics
Notes:
1. The estimates exclude the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector.
There were 723,000 job vacancies in the services sectors for January to March 2018, accounting for 88.7% of all
vacancies. Looking at services in more detail, the sectors with the largest number of job vacancies were
wholesaling, retailing and repair of motor vehicles (136,000) and human health and social work (129,000).
There were 2.7 job vacancies per 100 filled employee jobs for January to March 2018. The industrial sector
showing the largest vacancy rate was accommodation and food service activities (3.9 vacancies per 100 filled
employee jobs) and the sector showing the smallest vacancy rate was public administration and defence (1.4
vacancies per 100 filled employee jobs).
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Where to find data about vacancies
Vacancies estimates are available at Tables 19, 20 and 21 of the PDF version of this statistical bulletin and at
datasets VACS01 , VACS02 and VACS03.
15 . Future publication dates
On 13 February 2018 we announced changes to previously announced publication dates from April 2018. The
revised publication dates up to the end of 2018 are:
Tuesday 15 May 2018

Tuesday 12 June 2018
Tuesday 17 July 2018
Tuesday 14 August 2018
Tuesday 11 September 2018
Tuesday 16 October 2018
Tuesday 13 November 2018
Tuesday 11 December 2018
16 . Links to related statistics
The Labour market economic commentary is published every month on the same day as this release.
The Regional Labour market statistics release is published every month on the same day as this release.
Regional and local area labour market statistics are also available on our NOMIS website.
The Public sector employment release is published four times a year (in March, June, September and December)
on the same day as this release.
The Young People not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) release is published four times a year (in
February, May, August and November).
The Working and workless households in the UK release is published four times a year.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) release is published annually. The most recent release was
published on 26 October 2017.
The Business Register and Employment Survey release is published annually. The most recent release was
published on 2 October 2017.
An article on Sickness absence in the labour market was published on 9 March 2017.
An article on International immigration and the labour market was published on 12 April 2017.
An article on Graduates in the labour market was published on 24 November 2017.
An article on Trends in self-employment in the UK was published on 7 February 2018.
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17 . Quality and Methodology
Revisions
Estimates for the most recent time periods are subject to revision due to the receipt of late and corrected
responses to business surveys and revisions to seasonal adjustment factors which are re-estimated every month.
Estimates are subject to longer run revisions, on an annual basis, resulting from reviews of the seasonal
adjustment process. Estimates derived from the Labour Force Survey (a survey of households) are usually only
revised once a year. Revisions to estimates derived from other sources are usually minor and are commented on
in the statistical bulletin if this is not the case. Further information is available in the labour market statistics
revisions policy .
One indication of the reliability of the main indicators in this statistical bulletin can be obtained by monitoring the
size of revisions. Datasets EMP05, UNEM04 and JOBS06 record the size and pattern of revisions over the last
five years. These indicators only report summary measures for revisions. The revised data itself may be subject
to sampling or other sources of error. Our standard presentation is to show five years worth of revisions (60
observations for a monthly series, 20 for a quarterly series).
Accuracy of the statistics: estimating and reporting uncertainty
Most of the figures in this statistical bulletin come from surveys of households or businesses. Surveys gather
information from a sample rather than from the whole population. The sample is designed to allow for this, and to
be as accurate as possible given practical limitations such as time and cost constraints, but results from sample
surveys are always estimates, not precise figures. This means that they are subject to some uncertainty. This can
have an impact on how changes in the estimates should be interpreted, especially for short-term comparisons.
There is a trade-off between sample size and sampling variability. As the number of people available in the
sample gets smaller, the variability of the estimates that we can make from that sample size gets larger. What
this means in practice is that estimates for small groups (for example, unemployed people aged from 16 to 17),
which are based on quite small subsets of the Labour Force Survey sample, are less reliable and tend to be more
volatile than estimates for larger aggregated groups (for example, the total number of unemployed people).
We can illustrate the level of uncertainty (also called “sampling variability”) around a survey estimate by defining a
range around the estimate (known as a “confidence interval”) within which we think the real value that the survey
is trying to measure lies. Confidence intervals are typically defined so that we can say we are 95% confident the
true value lies within the range – in which case we refer to a “95% confidence interval”.
The number of people unemployed for December 2017 to February 2018 was estimated at 1,423,000, with a
stated 95% confidence interval of plus or minus 70,000. This means that we are 95% confident that the true
number of unemployed people was between 1,353,000 and 1,493,000. Again, the best estimate from the survey
was that the number of unemployed people was 1,423,000.
As well as calculating precision measures around the numbers and rates obtained from the survey, we can also
calculate them for changes in the numbers. For example, for December 2017 to February 2018, the estimated
change in the number of unemployed people since September to November 2017 was a decrease of 16,000, with
a 95% confidence interval of plus or minus 75,000. This means that we are 95% confident the actual change in
unemployment was somewhere between an increase of 59,000 and a fall of 91,000, with the best estimate being
a decrease of 16,000. As the estimated decrease in unemployment of 16,000 is smaller than 75,000, the
estimated decrease in unemployment is said to be “not statistically significant”.
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In general, changes in the numbers (and especially the rates) reported in this statistical bulletin between three-
month periods are small, and are not usually greater than the level that is explainable by sampling variability. In
practice, this means that small, short-term movements in reported rates should be treated as indicative, and
considered alongside medium-and long-term patterns in the series and corresponding movements in
administrative sources, where available, to give a fuller picture.
Where to find data about uncertainty and reliability
Dataset A11 shows sampling variabilities for estimates derived from the Labour Force Survey.
Dataset JOBS07 shows sampling variabilities for estimates of workforce jobs.
The sampling variability of the three-month average vacancies level is around plus or minus 1.5% of that level.
Sampling variability information for average weekly earnings growth rates are available from the “Sampling
Variability” worksheets within datasets EARN01 and EARN03.
Seasonal adjustment and uncertainty
Like many economic indicators, the labour market is affected by factors that tend to occur at around the same
time every year; for example, school leavers entering the labour market in July and whether Easter falls in March
or April. In order to compare movements other than annual changes in labour market statistics, such as since the
previous quarter or since the previous month, the data are seasonally adjusted to remove the effects of seasonal
factors and the arrangement of the calendar. All estimates discussed in this statistical bulletin are seasonally
adjusted except where otherwise stated. While seasonal adjustment is essential to allow for robust comparisons
through time, it is not possible to estimate uncertainty measures for the seasonally adjusted series.
Quality and Methodology Information reports
The Quality and Methodology Information reports contain important information on:
the strengths and limitations of the data and how it compares with related data
users and uses of the data
how the output was created
the quality of the output including the accuracy of the data
Labour Force Survey Quality and Methodology Information
Labour Force Survey performance and quality monitoring reports
Vacancy Survey Quality and Methodology Information
Workforce Jobs Quality and Methodology Information
Average weekly earnings (AWE) Quality and Methodology Information
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Labour Disputes Quality and Methodology Information
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Summary of labour market statistics published on 17 April 2018
Reference Latest Last time Last time Comparable data

Series
period estimate higher lower begins in
Employment level Nov-Jan 2018
Dec-Feb 2018 32.262 million Never Jan-Mar 1971
(aged 16 and over) (32.248 million)
Employment rate Nov-Jan 2018

Dec-Feb 2018 75.4% Never Jan-Mar 1971
(aged 16 to 64) (75.3%)
Unemployment level Nov-Jan 2018 Jun-Aug 2005

Dec-Feb 2018 1.423 million Jan-Mar 1971
(aged 16 and over) (1.453 million) (1.420 million)
Unemployment rate Nov-Jan 2018 Feb-Apr 1975

Dec-Feb 2018 4.2% Jan-Mar 1971
(aged 16 and over) (4.3%) (4.1%)
Inactivity level Oct-Dec 2017 Nov-Jan 2018

Dec-Feb 2018 8.731 million Jan-Mar 1971
(aged 16 to 64) (8.773 million) (8.723 million)
Inactivity rate Oct-Dec 2017

Dec-Feb 2018 21.2% Never Jan-Mar 1971
(aged 16 to 64) (21.3%)
Average Earnings Jul-Sep 2015 Oct-Dec 2017

(total pay - nominal) (3.1%) (2.6%)
Average Earnings
Jun-Aug 2015 Nov-Jan 2018
(regular pay - Dec-Feb 2018 2.8% Jan-Mar 2001
(2.9%) (2.6%)
nominal)
Average Earnings Jan-Mar 2017 Nov-Jan 2018
(total pay - real) (0.2%) (0.0%)
Average Earnings Nov-Jan 2017 Oct-Dec 2017

(regular pay - real) (0.6%) (-0.3%)
Dec-Feb 2018 Sep-Nov 2017

Vacancies level Jan-Mar 2018 815,000 Apr-Jun 2001
(816,000) (810,000)
Index of Tables
The table below provides an index of the tables appearing in this Statistical Bulletin and it shows how these table numbers
match up with the Excel spreadsheet datasets which are available on the website at:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/april2018/relateddata
Statistical Bulletin Table

table number description Dataset
SUMMARY
1 Labour Force Survey Summary Dataset A02 SA
2 (*) Labour market status by age group Dataset A05 SA
EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS

3 Full-time, part-time & temporary workers Dataset EMP01 SA
4 Public and private sector employment Dataset EMP02
4(1) Public sector employment by industry Dataset EMP03
5 Workforce jobs summary Dataset JOBS01
6 (**) Workforce jobs by industry Dataset JOBS02
7 Actual weekly hours worked Dataset HOUR01 SA
7(1) Usual weekly hours worked Dataset HOUR02 SA
NON-UK WORKERS
8 Employment by country of birth and nationality Dataset EMP06
8(1) Unemployment and economic inactivity by country of birth and nationality Dataset A12
UNEMPLOYMENT
9 Unemployment by age and duration Dataset UNEM01 SA
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND INACTIVITY

10(*) Economic activity by age Dataset A05 SA
11 Economic inactivity by reason Dataset INAC01 SA
12 Labour market and educational status of young people Dataset A06 SA
EARNINGS
13 Average Weekly Earnings (nominal) - Total pay Dataset EARN01
14 Average Weekly Earnings (nominal) - Bonus pay Dataset EARN01
15 Average Weekly Earnings (nominal) - Regular pay Dataset EARN01
16 Average Weekly Earnings real and nominal (summary table) Dataset EARN01
INTERNATIONAL SUMMARY
17 International comparisons of employment and unemployment Dataset A10
LABOUR DISPUTES
18 Labour disputes Dataset LABD01
VACANCIES
19 Vacancies by size of business Dataset VACS03
20 Vacancies and unemployment Dataset VACS01
21 Vacancies by industry Dataset VACS02
REDUNDANCIES
22 Redundancies levels and rates Dataset RED01 SA
23 (***) Redundancies by industry Dataset RED02
REGIONAL SUMMARY
24 Regional labour market summary Dataset A07
(*) Tables 2 and 10 in the Statistical Bulletin pdf file have been amalgamated into one spreadsheet (Dataset A05 SA).
(**) Table JOBS02 provides more detail than Table 6 in the Statistical Bulletin pdf file.
(***) Table RED02 provides more detail than Table 23 in the Statistical Bulletin pdf file.
The following symbols are used in the tables: p provisional, r revised, .. Not available,* grossed up total less than 9,500.
The four-character identification codes appearing in the tables are the ONS references for the data series appearing in the
Labour Market Statistics dataset which is available on the website at:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatistics
SUMMARY
United Kingdom (thousands)
1 Summary of headline LFS1 indicators seasonally adjusted
1 Headline indicators
LFS household population
Employment Unemployment Inactivity
Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Rate Rate Rate
All aged All aged All aged All aged All aged All aged All aged All aged
16 & over 16 to 64 16 & over 16 to 64 16 & over 16 & over 16 to 64 16 to 64
MGSL LF2O MGRZ LF24 MGSC MGSX LF2M LF2S
People
Dec-Feb 2016 52,288 40,950 31,533 74.1 1,705 5.1 8,908 21.8
Dec-Feb 2017 52,631 41,092 31,835 74.6 1,559 4.7 8,886 21.6
Mar-May 2017 52,713 41,125 32,010 74.9 1,495 4.5 8,829 21.5
Jun-Aug 2017 52,792 41,154 32,105 75.1 1,443 4.3 8,812 21.4
Sep-Nov 2017 52,868 41,177 32,207 75.3 1,439 4.3 8,734 21.2
Dec-Feb 2018 52,943 41,201 32,262 75.4 1,423 4.2 8,731 21.2
Change on quarter 75 23 55 0.1 -16 -0.1 -2 0.0

Change % 0.1 0.1 0.2 -1.1 0.0
Change on year 312 108 427 0.8 -136 -0.4 -154 -0.4
Change % 0.6 0.3 1.3 -8.7 -1.7
Men MGSM YBTG MGSA MGSV MGSD MGSY YBSO YBTM
Dec-Feb 2016 25,531 20,334 16,841 79.2 936 5.3 3,310 16.3
Dec-Feb 2017 25,724 20,420 16,921 79.4 855 4.8 3,365 16.5
Mar-May 2017 25,770 20,439 16,989 79.5 831 4.7 3,358 16.4
Jun-Aug 2017 25,814 20,456 17,005 79.6 775 4.4 3,410 16.7
Sep-Nov 2017 25,856 20,471 17,089 79.9 768 4.3 3,357 16.4
Dec-Feb 2018 25,898 20,485 17,097 79.8 751 4.2 3,395 16.6
Change on quarter 42 14 8 -0.1 -17 -0.1 38 0.2
Change % 0.2 0.1 0.0 -2.2 1.1
Change on year 174 65 176 0.5 -104 -0.6 29 0.1

Change % 0.7 0.3 1.0 -12.2 0.9
Women MGSN LF2P MGSB LF25 MGSE MGSZ LF2N LF2T

Dec-Feb 2016 26,757 20,616 14,692 69.2 769 5.0 5,599 27.2
Dec-Feb 2017 26,907 20,672 14,914 69.9 704 4.5 5,520 26.7
Mar-May 2017 26,943 20,686 15,021 70.4 664 4.2 5,471 26.4
Jun-Aug 2017 26,979 20,698 15,099 70.7 668 4.2 5,403 26.1
Sep-Nov 2017 27,011 20,706 15,118 70.8 671 4.3 5,377 26.0
Dec-Feb 2018 27,045 20,715 15,165 71.0 672 4.2 5,336 25.8
Change on quarter 33 9 47 0.2 1 0.0 -40 -0.2

Change % 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 -0.8
Change on year 138 43 251 1.1 -32 -0.3 -184 -0.9

Change % 0.5 0.2 1.7 -4.5 -3.3
Source: Labour Force Survey

Labour market statistics enquiries: [email protected]
1. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a survey of the population of private households, student halls of residence and NHS accommodation.
2. The headline employment rate is the number of people aged 16 to 64 in employment divided by the population aged 16 to 64.
3. The headline unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people (aged 16+) divided by the economically active population (aged 16+). The
economically active population is defined as those in employment plus those who are unemployed.
4. The headline inactivity rate is the number of people aged 16 to 64 divided by the population aged 16-64.
Note on headline employment, unemployment and inactivity rates

The headline employment and inactivity rates are based on the population aged 16 to 64 but the headline unemployment rate is based on the
economically active population aged 16 and over. The employment and inactivity rates for those aged 16 and over are affected by the inclusion of the
retired population in the denominators and are therefore less meaningful than the rates for those aged from 16 to 64. However, for the unemployment
rate for those aged 16 and over, no such effect occurs as the denominator for the unemployment rate is the economically active population which
only includes people in work or actively seeking and able to work.
Note on headline employment, unemployment and inactivity levels

The headline employment and unemployment levels are for those aged 16 and over; they measure all people in work or actively seeking and able to work.
However, the headline inactivity level is for those aged 16 to 64. The inactivity rate for those aged 16 and over is less meaningful as it includes elderly
people who have retired from the labour force.
SUMMARY
2(1) Labour market status by age group
United Kingdom (thousands) seasonally adjusted
Aged 16 and over Aged 16-64

Employment Unemployment Inactivity Employment Unemployment Inactivity
Level Rate Level Rate Level Rate Level Rate Level Rate Level Rate
People MGRZ MGSR MGSC MGSX MGSI YBTC LF2G LF24 LF2I LF2Q LF2M LF2S
Dec-Feb 2016 31,533 60.3 1,705 5.1 19,050 36.4 30,357 74.1 1,684 5.3 8,908 21.8
Dec-Feb 2017 31,835 60.5 1,559 4.7 19,237 36.6 30,661 74.6 1,546 4.8 8,886 21.6
Mar-May 2017 32,010 60.7 1,495 4.5 19,208 36.4 30,815 74.9 1,481 4.6 8,829 21.5
Jun-Aug 2017 32,105 60.8 1,443 4.3 19,245 36.5 30,923 75.1 1,418 4.4 8,812 21.4
Sep-Nov 2017 32,207 60.9 1,439 4.3 19,221 36.4 31,027 75.3 1,417 4.4 8,734 21.2
Dec-Feb 2018 32,262 60.9 1,423 4.2 19,258 36.4 31,066 75.4 1,403 4.3 8,731 21.2
Change on quarter 55 0.0 -16 -0.1 37 0.0 39 0.1 -14 0.0 -2 0.0
Change % 0.2 -1.1 0.2 0.1 -1.0 0.0
Change on year 427 0.4 -136 -0.4 21 -0.2 405 0.8 -143 -0.5 -154 -0.4
Change % 1.3 -8.7 0.1 1.3 -9.2 -1.7
Men MGSA MGSS MGSD MGSY MGSJ YBTD YBSF MGSV YBSI YBTJ YBSO YBTM
Dec-Feb 2016 16,841 66.0 936 5.3 7,754 30.4 16,099 79.2 925 5.4 3,310 16.3
Dec-Feb 2017 16,921 65.8 855 4.8 7,949 30.9 16,208 79.4 847 5.0 3,365 16.5
Mar-May 2017 16,989 65.9 831 4.7 7,949 30.8 16,259 79.5 822 4.8 3,358 16.4
Jun-Aug 2017 17,005 65.9 775 4.4 8,033 31.1 16,288 79.6 758 4.4 3,410 16.7
Sep-Nov 2017 17,089 66.1 768 4.3 7,999 30.9 16,361 79.9 754 4.4 3,357 16.4
Dec-Feb 2018 17,097 66.0 751 4.2 8,050 31.1 16,355 79.8 736 4.3 3,395 16.6
Change on quarter 8 -0.1 -17 -0.1 51 0.1 -6 -0.1 -18 -0.1 38 0.2
Change % 0.0 -2.2 0.6 0.0 -2.4 1.1
Change on year 176 0.2 -104 -0.6 102 0.2 147 0.5 -111 -0.7 29 0.1
Change % 1.0 -12.2 1.3 0.9 -13.1 0.9
Women MGSB MGST MGSE MGSZ MGSK YBTE LF2H LF25 LF2J LF2R LF2N LF2T
Dec-Feb 2016 14,692 54.9 769 5.0 11,296 42.2 14,258 69.2 760 5.1 5,599 27.2
Dec-Feb 2017 14,914 55.4 704 4.5 11,289 42.0 14,453 69.9 699 4.6 5,520 26.7
Mar-May 2017 15,021 55.8 664 4.2 11,259 41.8 14,555 70.4 660 4.3 5,471 26.4
Jun-Aug 2017 15,099 56.0 668 4.2 11,212 41.6 14,635 70.7 660 4.3 5,403 26.1
Sep-Nov 2017 15,118 56.0 671 4.3 11,222 41.5 14,666 70.8 663 4.3 5,377 26.0
Dec-Feb 2018 15,165 56.1 672 4.2 11,208 41.4 14,711 71.0 668 4.3 5,336 25.8
Change on quarter 47 0.1 1 0.0 -14 -0.1 45 0.2 5 0.0 -40 -0.2
Change % 0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.7 -0.8
Change on year 251 0.6 -32 -0.3 -81 -0.5 258 1.1 -31 -0.3 -184 -0.9
Change % 1.7 -4.5 -0.7 1.8 -4.5 -3.3
Aged 16-17 Aged 18-24
People YBTO YBUA YBVH YBVK YCAS LWEX YBTR YBUD YBVN YBVQ YCAV LWFA
Dec-Feb 2016 367 25.1 132 26.4 967 66.0 3,593 62.4 500 12.2 1,667 28.9
Dec-Feb 2017 371 25.9 127 25.6 935 65.2 3,552 62.2 430 10.8 1,730 30.3
Mar-May 2017 347 24.4 121 25.8 955 67.1 3,574 62.7 441 11.0 1,683 29.5
Jun-Aug 2017 344 24.3 99 22.3 972 68.7 3,524 62.0 425 10.8 1,734 30.5
Sep-Nov 2017 334 23.8 117 25.9 956 68.0 3,528 62.3 421 10.7 1,718 30.3
Dec-Feb 2018 341 24.4 125 26.9 933 66.7 3,492 61.8 399 10.3 1,761 31.1
Change on quarter 7 0.6 9 1.0 -23 -1.3 -36 -0.5 -22 -0.4 42 0.8
Change % 2.0 7.6 -2.4 -1.0 -5.2 2.5
Change on year -30 -1.5 -2 1.3 -2 1.4 -59 -0.4 -31 -0.6 30 0.9
Change % -8.1 -1.6 -0.2 -1.7 -7.3 1.8
Men YBTP YBUB YBVI YBVL YCAT LWEY YBTS YBUE YBVO YBVR YCAW LWFB
Dec-Feb 2016 173 23.0 72 29.4 506 67.4 1,856 63.4 286 13.4 786 26.8
Dec-Feb 2017 175 23.9 63 26.5 495 67.5 1,831 62.9 271 12.9 810 27.8
Mar-May 2017 172 23.5 63 26.9 494 67.8 1,827 62.9 271 12.9 808 27.8
Jun-Aug 2017 165 22.8 55 24.8 504 69.6 1,808 62.3 244 11.9 849 29.3
Sep-Nov 2017 158 21.9 57 26.6 505 70.1 1,816 62.8 243 11.8 835 28.8
Dec-Feb 2018 162 22.7 60 27.1 493 68.9 1,796 62.2 232 11.4 859 29.7
Change % 2.8 5.3 -2.3 -1.1 -4.5 2.9
Change on year -13 -1.2 -3 0.6 -2 1.4 -35 -0.7 -39 -1.4 49 1.9
Change % -7.4 -4.7 -0.4 -1.9 -14.3 6.0
Women YBTQ YBUC YBVJ YBVM YCAU LWEZ YBTT YBUF YBVP YBVS YCAX LWFC
Dec-Feb 2016 195 27.2 60 23.5 460 64.4 1,737 61.3 214 11.0 881 31.1
Dec-Feb 2017 196 28.0 64 24.7 440 62.9 1,720 61.4 160 8.5 920 32.9
Mar-May 2017 176 25.3 58 24.7 462 66.4 1,746 62.6 170 8.9 875 31.3
Jun-Aug 2017 179 25.9 44 19.8 468 67.7 1,716 61.7 181 9.5 885 31.8
Sep-Nov 2017 177 25.7 59 25.2 451 65.7 1,712 61.7 178 9.4 884 31.9
Dec-Feb 2018 179 26.1 65 26.7 440 64.3 1,696 61.3 167 9.0 902 32.6
Change % 1.2 9.8 -2.6 -0.9 -6.1 2.1
Change on year -17 -1.8 1 2.0 0 1.5 -24 -0.1 7 0.5 -19 -0.2
Change % -8.6 1.5 0.1 -1.4 4.6 -2.0
SUMMARY
2(2) Labour market status by age group
United Kingdom (thousands) seasonally adjusted
Aged 25-34 Aged 35-49

People YBTU YBUG YCGM YCGP YCAY LWFD YBTX YBUJ YCGS YCGV YCBB LWFG
Dec-Feb 2016 7,182 81.6 369 4.9 1,248 14.2 10,768 83.6 370 3.3 1,737 13.5
Dec-Feb 2017 7,306 82.2 349 4.6 1,237 13.9 10,747 83.9 350 3.2 1,708 13.3
Mar-May 2017 7,391 82.9 313 4.1 1,210 13.6 10,765 84.2 332 3.0 1,691 13.2
Jun-Aug 2017 7,460 83.5 297 3.8 1,175 13.2 10,807 84.6 319 2.9 1,646 12.9
Sep-Nov 2017 7,470 83.5 300 3.9 1,177 13.2 10,825 84.8 305 2.7 1,630 12.8
Dec-Feb 2018 7,491 83.6 296 3.8 1,174 13.1 10,844 85.1 309 2.8 1,592 12.5
Change on quarter 21 0.1 -3 -0.1 -3 -0.1 19 0.2 4 0.0 -37 -0.3
Change % 0.3 -1.1 -0.3 0.2 1.4 -2.3
Change on year 185 1.4 -53 -0.8 -63 -0.8 97 1.1 -41 -0.4 -115 -0.8
Change % 2.5 -15.1 -5.1 0.9 -11.6 -6.8
Men YBTV YBUH YCGN YCGQ YCAZ LWFE YBTY YBUK YCGT YCGW YCBC LWFH
Dec-Feb 2016 3,914 89.3 184 4.5 284 6.5 5,681 89.4 187 3.2 487 7.7
Dec-Feb 2017 3,932 88.5 183 4.4 328 7.4 5,702 90.2 160 2.7 456 7.2
Mar-May 2017 3,986 89.5 162 3.9 308 6.9 5,694 90.2 158 2.7 458 7.3
Jun-Aug 2017 4,012 89.8 153 3.7 304 6.8 5,716 90.7 144 2.5 441 7.0
Sep-Nov 2017 4,037 90.1 142 3.4 300 6.7 5,719 90.9 150 2.6 425 6.8
Dec-Feb 2018 4,046 90.1 143 3.4 302 6.7 5,710 90.8 145 2.5 432 6.9
Change on quarter 9 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 -9 0.0 -5 -0.1 7 0.1
Change % 0.2 0.5 0.6 -0.2 -3.3 1.6
Change on year 114 1.6 -40 -1.0 -26 -0.7 8 0.6 -15 -0.3 -24 -0.3
Change % 2.9 -22.0 -7.9 0.1 -9.5 -5.2
Women YBTW YBUI YCGO YCGR YCBA LWFF YBTZ YBUL YCGU YCGX YCBD LWFI
Dec-Feb 2016 3,268 74.0 185 5.3 964 21.8 5,088 78.0 183 3.5 1,251 19.2
Dec-Feb 2017 3,374 75.8 166 4.7 909 20.4 5,046 77.8 189 3.6 1,252 19.3
Mar-May 2017 3,405 76.4 151 4.2 902 20.2 5,071 78.3 174 3.3 1,233 19.0
Jun-Aug 2017 3,448 77.3 144 4.0 871 19.5 5,091 78.7 175 3.3 1,206 18.6
Sep-Nov 2017 3,432 76.8 158 4.4 877 19.6 5,106 79.0 155 2.9 1,204 18.6
Dec-Feb 2018 3,445 77.1 154 4.3 872 19.5 5,134 79.5 164 3.1 1,160 18.0
Change on quarter 13 0.2 -4 -0.1 -5 -0.1 28 0.5 9 0.2 -44 -0.7
Change % 0.4 -2.6 -0.6 0.5 6.1 -3.7
Change on year 71 1.2 -12 -0.4 -37 -0.9 88 1.7 -25 -0.5 -92 -1.3
Change % 2.1 -7.4 -4.1 1.7 -13.4 -7.3
Aged 50-64 Age 65+
People LF26 LF2U LF28 LF2E LF2A LF2W LFK4 LFK6 K5HU K5HW LFL4 LFL6
Dec-Feb 2016 8,446 70.1 313 3.6 3,289 27.3 1,176 10.4 21 1.7 10,142 89.4
Dec-Feb 2017 8,685 70.9 289 3.2 3,276 26.7 1,174 10.2 13 1.1 10,352 89.7
Mar-May 2017 8,738 71.0 275 3.0 3,290 26.7 1,196 10.3 13 1.1 10,379 89.6
Jun-Aug 2017 8,788 71.1 279 3.1 3,286 26.6 1,181 10.1 24 2.0 10,432 89.6
Sep-Nov 2017 8,870 71.5 275 3.0 3,252 26.2 1,180 10.1 22 1.9 10,488 89.7
Dec-Feb 2018 8,898 71.5 273 3.0 3,271 26.3 1,196 10.2 20 1.6 10,527 89.6
Change on quarter 28 0.0 -2 0.0 19 0.1 16 0.1 -3 -0.2 39 -0.1

Change % 0.3 -0.6 0.6 1.3 -11.5 0.4
Change on year 213 0.6 -16 -0.2 -4 -0.4 21 0.0 7 0.5 175 -0.1
Change % 2.5 -5.5 -0.1 1.8 54.5 1.7
Men MGUX YBUN MGVM MGXF MGWB LWFK MGVA YBUQ MGVP MGXI MGWE LWFN
Dec-Feb 2016 4,476 75.6 195 4.2 1,247 21.1 742 14.3 11 1.4 4,444 85.5
Dec-Feb 2017 4,568 76.0 169 3.6 1,276 21.2 713 13.4 8 1.2 4,583 86.4
Mar-May 2017 4,581 75.9 168 3.5 1,291 21.4 730 13.7 10 1.3 4,591 86.1
Jun-Aug 2017 4,587 75.7 163 3.4 1,313 21.6 717 13.4 17 2.3 4,624 86.3
Sep-Nov 2017 4,630 76.1 161 3.4 1,292 21.2 728 13.5 15 2.0 4,642 86.2
Dec-Feb 2018 4,640 76.0 155 3.2 1,309 21.4 742 13.7 16 2.1 4,655 86.0
Change on quarter 10 -0.1 -6 -0.1 17 0.2 14 0.2 1 0.1 13 -0.2

Change % 0.2 -3.7 1.3 1.9 7.3 0.3
Change on year 73 0.1 -14 -0.3 32 0.2 29 0.3 7 0.9 72 -0.4
Change % 1.6 -8.2 2.5 4.0 84.2 1.6
Women LF27 LF2V LF29 LF2F LF2B LF2X LFK5 LFK7 K5HV K5HX LFL5 LFL7
Dec-Feb 2016 3,970 64.8 118 2.9 2,042 33.3 434 7.1 10 2.2 5,697 92.8
Dec-Feb 2017 4,117 66.0 120 2.8 1,999 32.1 462 7.4 * * 5,769 92.5
Mar-May 2017 4,157 66.4 107 2.5 1,999 31.9 466 7.4 * * 5,788 92.5
Jun-Aug 2017 4,201 66.8 116 2.7 1,973 31.4 464 7.4 8 1.6 5,809 92.5
Sep-Nov 2017 4,240 67.2 113 2.6 1,960 31.0 452 7.2 8 1.7 5,845 92.7
Dec-Feb 2018 4,258 67.2 118 2.7 1,963 31.0 454 7.2 * * 5,871 92.8
Change on quarter 18 0.0 4 0.1 2 -0.1 2 0.0 * * 26 0.1

Change % 0.4 3.9 0.1 0.5 * 0.4
Change on year 140 1.2 -2 -0.1 -37 -1.1 -8 -0.2 * * 103 0.2
Change % 3.4 -1.7 -1.8 -1.6 * 1.8
EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS
United Kingdom (thousands of
3 Full-time, part-time & temporary workers people aged 16 and over),

seasonally adjusted
All in employment Full-time and part-time workers1
Government Self- Self- Total

supported Total Total employed employed workers
Unpaid training & people people Employees Employees people people with
Self family employment working working working full- working working working second
Total Employees employed workers programmes2 full-time part-time time part-time full-time part-time jobs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
People MGRZ MGRN MGRQ MGRT MGRW YCBE YCBH YCBK YCBN YCBQ YCBT YCBW
Dec-Feb 2016 31,533 26,656 4,675 103 99 23,063 8,470 19,684 6,972 3,311 1,364 1,127
Dec-Feb 2017 31,835 26,841 4,785 116 93 23,399 8,436 19,901 6,940 3,427 1,358 1,116
Mar-May 2017 32,010 27,030 4,798 110 72 23,532 8,478 20,043 6,987 3,421 1,378 1,119
Jun-Aug 2017 32,105 27,069 4,855 109 71 23,557 8,547 20,077 6,992 3,407 1,448 1,110
Sep-Nov 2017 32,207 27,235 4,773 120 78 23,654 8,553 20,250 6,985 3,327 1,446 1,130
Dec-Feb 2018 32,262 27,339 4,755 108 60 23,679 8,582 20,318 7,021 3,312 1,443 1,154
Change on quarter 55 103 -18 -12 -18 25 29 67 36 -15 -3 24
Change % 0.2 0.4 -0.4 -10.2 -23.5 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 -0.4 -0.2 2.2
Change on year 427 497 -30 -8 -33 280 146 417 81 -115 85 39
Change % 1.3 1.9 -0.6 -7.0 -35.4 1.2 1.7 2.1 1.2 -3.4 6.3 3.5
Men MGSA MGRO MGRR MGRU MGRX YCBF YCBI YCBL YCBO YCBR YCBU YCBX
Dec-Feb 2016 16,841 13,546 3,188 52 56 14,584 2,258 11,923 1,623 2,621 566 484
Dec-Feb 2017 16,921 13,614 3,200 53 55 14,677 2,243 11,980 1,633 2,651 549 481
Mar-May 2017 16,989 13,681 3,228 40 40 14,731 2,258 12,036 1,645 2,661 567 479
Jun-Aug 2017 17,005 13,684 3,239 49 34 14,760 2,245 12,075 1,608 2,647 592 475
Sep-Nov 2017 17,089 13,806 3,185 59 38 14,826 2,262 12,179 1,628 2,610 575 500
Dec-Feb 2018 17,097 13,885 3,135 45 32 14,819 2,278 12,209 1,676 2,581 555 497
Change on quarter 8 79 -50 -15 -7 -8 16 31 48 -29 -21 -3
Change % 0.0 0.6 -1.6 -24.6 -17.3 -0.1 0.7 0.3 2.9 -1.1 -3.6 -0.6
Change on year 176 271 -64 -8 -23 142 34 229 42 -70 6 16
Change % 1.0 2.0 -2.0 -15.4 -42.0 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.6 -2.6 1.1 3.3
Women MGSB MGRP MGRS MGRV MGRY YCBG YCBJ YCBM YCBP YCBS YCBV YCBY
Dec-Feb 2016 14,692 13,110 1,487 52 43 8,479 6,213 7,761 5,349 690 797 643
Dec-Feb 2017 14,914 13,228 1,585 63 38 8,722 6,192 7,921 5,307 776 809 635
Mar-May 2017 15,021 13,349 1,570 70 32 8,801 6,220 8,007 5,342 760 810 641
Jun-Aug 2017 15,099 13,386 1,616 60 37 8,797 6,302 8,002 5,384 761 855 635
Sep-Nov 2017 15,118 13,429 1,588 61 40 8,828 6,291 8,072 5,357 717 871 630
Dec-Feb 2018 15,165 13,454 1,620 63 28 8,861 6,304 8,108 5,345 731 888 658
Change on quarter 47 24 32 2 -12 33 14 37 -12 14 18 27
Change % 0.3 0.2 2.0 3.7 -29.5 0.4 0.2 0.5 -0.2 2.0 2.0 4.3
Change on year 251 226 34 0 -10 139 112 187 39 -45 79 23
Change % 1.7 1.7 2.2 0.1 -25.9 1.6 1.8 2.4 0.7 -5.8 9.8 3.6
3
Temporary employees (reasons for temporary working) Part-time workers (reasons for working part-time)
Could not % that could Did not

Total as % of find not find want Had a contract Some Could not % that could Did not
all permanent permanent permanent with period of other find full-time not find full- want full- Ill or Student or
4
Total employees job job job training reason Total job time job time job disabled at school
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
People YCBZ YCCC YCCF YCCI YCCL YCCO YCCR YCCU YCCX YCDA YCDD YCDG YCDJ
Dec-Feb 2016 1,649 6.2 544 33.0 413 123 569 8,336 1,192 14.3 5,753 246 1,088
Dec-Feb 2017 1,603 6.0 447 27.9 410 114 631 8,298 1,042 12.6 5,811 254 1,120
Mar-May 2017 1,584 5.9 430 27.2 403 120 631 8,364 1,015 12.1 5,936 249 1,102
Jun-Aug 2017 1,600 5.9 441 27.6 431 122 606 8,440 1,039 12.3 5,949 273 1,099
Sep-Nov 2017 1,570 5.8 442 28.2 434 139 555 8,431 1,012 12.0 5,976 265 1,102
Dec-Feb 2018 1,564 5.7 455 29.1 433 159 517 8,464 1,020 12.0 6,028 246 1,119
Change on quarter -6 0.0 14 1.0 -1 20 -39 33 8 0.0 52 -19 17
Change % -0.4 3.1 -0.1 14.4 -7.0 0.4 0.7 0.9 -7.3 1.5
Change on year -39 -0.3 9 1.3 23 44 -115 166 -23 -0.5 216 -9 -1
Change % -2.4 2.0 5.5 38.5 -18.2 2.0 -2.2 3.7 -3.4 -0.1
Men YCCA YCCD YCCG YCCJ YCCM YCCP YCCS YCCV YCCY YCDB YCDE YCDH YCDK
Dec-Feb 2016 771 5.7 284 36.9 181 56 250 2,190 534 24.4 1,065 102 469
Dec-Feb 2017 733 5.4 219 29.9 175 50 289 2,182 449 20.6 1,131 101 477
Mar-May 2017 735 5.4 216 29.4 188 54 277 2,212 442 20.0 1,199 90 463
Jun-Aug 2017 755 5.5 224 29.7 207 55 269 2,200 445 20.2 1,150 105 475
Sep-Nov 2017 743 5.4 227 30.6 190 73 253 2,203 449 20.4 1,167 94 463
Dec-Feb 2018 748 5.4 236 31.5 190 80 242 2,230 474 21.2 1,186 77 471
Change on quarter 5 0.0 9 0.9 -1 8 -10 28 25 0.9 19 -17 8
Change % 0.7 3.8 -0.4 10.5 -4.1 1.2 5.5 1.6 -18.0 1.7
Change on year 15 0.0 16 1.6 15 30 -47 48 25 0.7 55 -24 -6
Change % 2.0 7.5 8.5 59.6 -16.1 2.2 5.5 4.9 -23.7 -1.3
Women YCCB YCCE YCCH YCCK YCCN YCCQ YCCT YCCW YCCZ YCDC YCDF YCDI YCDL
Dec-Feb 2016 878 6.7 259 29.6 232 67 319 6,146 658 10.7 4,688 144 620
Dec-Feb 2017 870 6.6 227 26.1 236 64 343 6,116 593 9.7 4,680 154 643
Mar-May 2017 850 6.4 214 25.2 215 66 354 6,152 573 9.3 4,737 159 640
Jun-Aug 2017 845 6.3 217 25.7 224 68 336 6,239 594 9.5 4,799 168 624
Sep-Nov 2017 827 6.2 215 26.0 243 66 303 6,228 563 9.0 4,809 172 639
Dec-Feb 2018 816 6.1 220 26.9 243 78 274 6,234 546 8.8 4,841 169 648
Change on quarter -11 -0.1 5 0.9 0 12 -28 5 -17 -0.3 33 -3 9
Change % -1.3 2.3 0.1 18.6 -9.3 0.1 -3.0 0.7 -1.5 1.4
Change on year -54 -0.5 -8 0.8 8 14 -68 118 -47 -0.9 161 15 5
Change % -6.2 -3.4 3.3 22.1 -19.9 1.9 -8.0 3.4 9.9 0.8
Relationship between columns: 1= 2+3+4+5; 1=6+7; 2=8+9; 3=10+11; 13=15+17+18+19; 20=9+11 ;14=13/2; 16=15/13; 22=21/20 Source: Labour Force Survey
1. The split between full-time and part-time employment is based on respondents' self-classification. Labour market statistics enquiries: [email protected]
2. This series does not include all people on these programmes; it only includes those engaging in any form of work, work experience or work-related training.
3. These series cover Employees and Self-employed only. These series include some temporary employees recorded in columns 13 to 19.
4. The total includes those who did not give a reason for working part-time and it therefore does not equal the sum of columns 21, 23, 24 and 25.
EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS
4 Public and private sector employment
(first published on 21 March 2018)
United Kingdom (thousands of people aged 16 and over), seasonally adjusted
Public sector excluding effects Private sector excluding effects of

of major reclassifications major reclassifications
Total (See Explanatory Note at (See Explanatory Note at bottom
Public sector Private sector 1 employment 2 bottom of table) of table)
(000s) (%) (000s) (%) (000s) (000s) (%) (000s) (%)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
G7AU G9BZ G7K5 G9C2 G7GO MFY7 MFY9 MFZ2 MFY5
Dec 15 5,480 17.4 26,057 82.6 31,537 5,209 16.5 26,328 83.5
Mar 16 5,481 17.4 26,102 82.6 31,583 5,207 16.5 26,376 83.5
Jun 16 5,464 17.2 26,293 82.8 31,757 5,202 16.4 26,555 83.6
Sep 16 5,471 17.2 26,284 82.8 31,755 5,200 16.4 26,555 83.6
Dec 16 5,453 17.1 26,393 82.9 31,846 5,190 16.3 26,656 83.7
Mar 17 5,467 17.1 26,487 82.9 31,954 5,201 16.3 26,753 83.7
Jun 17 5,473 17.0 26,663 83.0 32,136 5,219 16.2 26,917 83.8
Sep 17 5,485 17.1 26,595 82.9 32,080 5,225 16.3 26,855 83.7
Dec 17 5,353 16.6 26,895 83.4 32,248 5,234 16.2 27,014 83.8
Change on quarter -132 -0.5 300 0.5 168 9 -0.1 159 0.1
Change % -2.4 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.6
Change on year -100 -0.5 502 0.5 402 44 -0.1 358 0.1
Change % -1.8 1.9 1.3 0.8 1.3
Enquiries 01633 455400 Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) and returns from public sector organisations
See footnotes under table 4(1)
4(1) Public sector employment by industry

United Kingdom (thousands of people aged 16 and over), seasonally adjusted
Police National Other health Other (including Total public

(including Public Of which: Civil Health and social financial sector
3
Construction HM Forces civilians) administration Service 4 Education Service work corporations) employment 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
G7ER G7EU G7EX G7F2 G7D6 G7F5 G7FG G7FJ G7FM G7AU
Dec 15 35 159 250 1,015 417 1,516 1,571 294 639 5,480
Mar 16 36 158 248 1,011 419 1,517 1,579 290 642 5,481
Jun 16 36 158 246 1,003 416 1,516 1,588 289 633 5,464
Sep 16 35 158 245 1,002 416 1,519 1,596 280 632 5,471
Dec 16 36 157 243 1,003 416 1,514 1,602 275 624 5,453
Mar 17 37 157 245 1,005 419 1,517 1,612 273 618 5,467
Jun 17 36 156 248 1,013 423 1,518 1,621 270 616 5,473
Sep 17 35 155 250 1,017 423 1,512 1,629 268 615 5,485
Dec 17 35 155 254 1,018 427 1,512 1,639 226 514 5,353
Change on quarter 0 0 4 1 4 0 10 -42 -101 -132

Change % 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.6 -15.7 -16.4 -2.4
Change on year -1 -2 11 15 11 -2 37 -49 -110 -100
Change % -2.8
-2.1 -1.3
-2.6 4.5
1.0 1.5
1.7 2.6
-15.8 -0.1 2.3 -17.8 -17.6 -1.8
Enquiries 01633 455400 Source: returns from public sector organisations
Explanatory Note: The public and private sector employment series have been affected by a number of major reclassifications where bodies employing large
numbers of people have moved between the public and private sectors. These major reclassifications are as follows:
Further Education corporations and Sixth Form College corporations in England are included in the private sector from June 2012 but in the public sector for earlier time periods.
Royal Mail plc is included in the private sector from December 2013 but in the public sector for earlier time periods.
Lloyds Banking Group plc is included in the public sector from December 2008 to December 2013 but in the private sector for earlier and later time periods.
Royal Bank of Scotland plc is included in the public sector from December 2008 but in the private sector for earlier time periods.
Direct Line Group is included in the public sector from December 2008 to June 2013 but in the private sector for earlier and later time periods.
Network Rail is included in the private sector before December 2002. From December 2002 onwards it is included in the public sector (except for the period from June 2003 to
March 2004, when it is included in the private sector).
Northern Rock is included in the public sector from December 2007 until December 2011 but in the private sector for earlier and later time periods.
Bradford and Bingley is included in the public sector from September 2008 but in the private sector for earlier time periods.
Welsh Further Education colleges are included in the private sector from March 2015 but in the public sector for earlier time periods.
Housing Associations for England are included in the public sector between September 2008 and September 2017; they are in the private sector for earlier and later time periods.
Housing associations for Scotland are included in the public sector from September 2001; they are included in the private sector for earlier time periods.
Housing associations for Wales and Northern Ireland are included in the public sector back to the start of the time series in March 1999.
The series shown at Table 4 (in columns 6 to 9) for public and private sector employment excluding the effects of major reclassifications show all of the above
mentioned bodies included in the private sector for all time periods and excluded from the public sector for all time periods. When using figures from this
table, the latest estimate of the number of people employed in the public and private sectors should be taken from columns 1 and 3 respectively. However the
quarterly and annual changes in employment shown in these columns are affected by reclassifications. Figures from columns 6 and 8 should be used for
assessments of the recent underlying changes in public and private sector employment. The changes in employment shown in these columns are measured
on a consistent basis to remove the effect of major reclassifications.
1. Estimated as the difference between LFS total employment and the data from public sector organisations.
2. LFS employment data for March refer to February-April, June refers to May-July, September refers to August-October and December refers to November-January.
3. This series excludes locally engaged staff stationed outside the United Kingdom.
4. This series excludes the Northern Ireland Civil Service.
5. This series may not exactly equal the sum of the components because each component is independently seasonally adjusted.
More detailed estimates are available in the Public Sector Employment Statistical Bulletin at:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/latest
EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS
5 Workforce jobs
(first published on 21 March 2018)
United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
Self- Government-
employment supported
Workforce jobs Employee jobs jobs1 HM Forces trainees1
1 2 3 4 5
DYDC BCAJ DYZN LOJX LOJU
Dec 15 34,147 29,514 4,420 159 55
Mar 16 34,421 29,766 4,430 158 67

Jun 16 34,617 29,883 4,522 158 55
Sep 16 34,653 29,956 4,490 158 49
Dec 16 34,703 29,958 4,532 157 56
Mar 17 34,988 30,266 4,504 157 62

Jun 17 35,068 30,318 4,548 156 46
Sep 17 35,174 30,447 4,526 155 46
Dec 17 (p) 35,110 30,441 4,483 155 31
Change on quarter -64 -6 -43 0 -15

Change % -0.2 0.0 -1.0 -0.2 -33.0
Change on year 407 483 -49 -2 -25

Change % 1.2 1.6 -1.1 -1.4 -45.0
Relationship between columns: 1=2+3+4+5 See footnotes under table 6
6 Workforce jobs by industry

Standard Industrial Classification (2007) United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
Water supply, Wholesale &

Electricity, gas, sewerage, retail trade; Accommod-
Agriculture, steam & air waste & repair of motor ation & food
forestry & Mining & conditioning remediation vehicles and Transport & service Information &
All jobs fishing quarrying Manufacturing supply activities Construction motor cycles storage activities communication
SIC 2007 sections A-T A B C D E F G H I J
DYDC JWR5 JWR6 JWR7 JWR8 JWR9 JWS2 JWS3 JWS4 JWS5 JWS6
Dec 15 34,147 423 66 2,626 139 194 2,183 5,018 1,653 2,280 1,368
Mar 16 34,421 411 65 2,644 145 201 2,230 5,022 1,690 2,288 1,398
Jun 16 34,617 394 63 2,663 141 199 2,239 5,041 1,716 2,343 1,436
Sep 16 34,653 420 64 2,636 138 208 2,209 5,001 1,736 2,377 1,424
Dec 16 34,703 443 63 2,634 143 211 2,238 4,980 1,742 2,372 1,419
Mar 17 34,988 450 61 2,648 141 211 2,307 4,998 1,785 2,397 1,457
Jun 17 35,068 440 63 2,676 144 210 2,291 5,015 1,808 2,425 1,497
Sep 17 35,174 459 62 2,682 142 211 2,304 4,959 1,804 2,426 1,457
Dec 17 (p) 35,110 453 64 2,689 138 214 2,302 4,963 1,785 2,378 1,445
Change on quarter -64 -5 2 7 -4 3 -2 4 -20 -48 -12

Change % -0.2 -1.1 3.2 0.3 -3.0 1.4 -0.1 0.1 -1.1 -2.0 -0.8
Change on year 407 11 1 55 -5 3 63 -17 43 6 26

Change % 1.2 2.4 1.7 2.1 -3.7 1.2 2.8 -0.3 2.5 0.2 1.9
Professional Public admin &

Financial & scientific & Administrative & defence; Human health Arts, People
insurance Real estate technical support service compulsory & social work entertainment Other service employed by
activities activities activities activities social security2 Education activities & recreation activities households etc. Total services
SIC 2007 sections K L M N O P Q R S T G-T
JWS7 JWS8 JWS9 JWT2 JWT3 JWT4 JWT5 JWT6 JWT7 KW78 JWT8
Dec 15 1,111 566 2,967 2,911 1,478 2,970 4,229 982 918 64 28,515
Mar 16 1,121 555 3,006 2,944 1,486 2,956 4,294 966 927 71 28,725
Jun 16 1,122 578 3,017 2,970 1,478 2,959 4,297 966 921 77 28,919
Sep 16 1,141 557 3,047 2,952 1,474 2,963 4,284 1,011 922 92 28,979
Dec 16 1,127 549 3,052 2,982 1,467 2,969 4,288 1,021 931 71 28,969
Mar 17 1,124 580 3,051 3,000 1,468 2,934 4,359 1,008 942 67 29,170
Jun 17 1,135 546 3,018 3,015 1,489 2,922 4,390 977 943 65 29,245
Sep 17 1,127 563 3,058 3,092 1,491 2,925 4,355 1,028 956 74 29,316
Dec 17 (p) 1,134 571 3,065 3,061 1,491 2,917 4,408 1,016 957 60 29,249
Change on quarter 7 8 7 -31 0 -9 53 -12 0 -14 -67

Change % 0.6 1.4 0.2 -1.0 0.0 -0.3 1.2 -1.2 0.0 -19.2 -0.2
Change on year 7 22 13 79 24 -52 120 -5 26 -11 280

Change % 0.6 4.0 0.4 2.7 1.6 -1.8 2.8 -0.5 2.7 -15.9 1.0
Workforce jobs enquiries 01633 456776

Sources: Employer surveys, Labour Force Survey and administrative sources
1. Workforce Jobs figures are a measure of jobs rather than people. For this reason estimates of self-employment jobs and government supported trainee jobs differ from estimates of
people in self-employment and in government supported training and employment programmes shown at Table 3. The estimates for government supported trainees shown in this table
exclude trainees with contracts of employment as such people are included in the estimates of employee jobs.
2. This series is not exclusively a public sector series as it includes some private sector jobs. See table 4 for estimates of public and private sector employment.
EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS
7 Actual weekly hours worked
United Kingdom (hours worked by people aged 16 and over), seasonally adjusted
Average (mean) actual weekly hours worked
Total weekly hours Full-time Part-time
(millions)1 2 All workers1 workers3 workers3 Second Jobs
People YBUS YBUV YBUY YBVB YBVE
Dec-Feb 2016 1,012.8 32.1 37.5 16.2 9.5

Dec-Feb 2017 1,030.6 32.4 37.7 16.4 9.8
Mar-May 2017 1,028.8 32.1 37.5 16.2 9.3
Jun-Aug 2017 1,033.3 32.2 37.5 16.3 9.4
Sep-Nov 2017 1,028.4 31.9 37.2 16.1 10.0
Dec-Feb 2018 1,032.6 32.0 37.2 16.2 9.9
Change on quarter 4.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Change % 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.7 -1.0
Change on year 2.0 -0.4 -0.5 -0.1 0.0
Change % 0.2 -1.1 -1.3 -0.7 0.3
Men YBUT YBUW YBUZ YBVC YBVF
Dec-Feb 2016 617.0 36.6 39.4 16.2 10.5

Dec-Feb 2017 622.4 36.8 39.5 16.5 11.2
Mar-May 2017 620.5 36.5 39.3 16.1 10.1
Jun-Aug 2017 622.8 36.6 39.4 16.2 10.1
Sep-Nov 2017 620.2 36.3 39.0 15.9 11.1
Dec-Feb 2018 622.7 36.4 39.2 16.1 10.9
Change on quarter 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.2
Change % 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 -2.2
Change on year 0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3
Change % 0.1 -1.0 -0.9 -2.6 -3.0
Women YBUU YBUX YBVA YBVD YBVG
Dec-Feb 2016 395.9 26.9 34.2 16.2 8.8

Dec-Feb 2017 408.2 27.4 34.6 16.3 8.8
Mar-May 2017 408.3 27.2 34.3 16.2 8.7
Jun-Aug 2017 410.5 27.2 34.3 16.4 8.8
Sep-Nov 2017 408.3 27.0 34.1 16.2 9.1
Dec-Feb 2018 409.9 27.0 34.0 16.3 9.1
Change on quarter 1.6 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1
Change % 0.4 0.1 -0.4 0.6 0.6
Change on year 1.7 -0.3 -0.7 0.0 0.3
Change % 0.4 -1.2 -1.9 0.0 3.5
1. Main and second job. Labour market statistics enquiries: [email protected]
2. Total actual weekly hours worked including paid and unpaid overtime.
3. Main job only. The split between full-time and part-time employment is based on respondents' self-classification.
7(1) Usual weekly hours of work1 United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted
All in Employment (%) Employees (%) Self-Employed (%)

People Men Women People Men Women People Men Women
Dec-Feb 2017
Less than 6 Hours 1.4 1.0 1.9 1.0 0.7 1.3 3.4 2.0 6.1
6 up to 15 hours 6.6 3.5 10.0 6.2 3.3 9.2 8.0 4.1 16.0
16 up to 30 hours 19.9 10.2 31.1 19.5 8.7 30.7 22.5 16.2 35.2
31 up to 45 hours 52.7 58.2 46.5 55.4 61.8 48.8 38.0 42.9 28.0
Over 45 hours 19.3 27.1 10.5 17.9 25.5 10.0 28.2 34.8 14.8
Total (thousands) 31,835 16,921 14,914 26,841 13,614 13,228 4,785 3,200 1,585
Sep-Nov 2017
Less than 6 Hours 1.4 0.9 1.9 0.9 0.6 1.2 3.6 2.0 6.8
6 up to 15 hours 6.4 3.5 9.7 5.9 3.1 8.8 8.7 4.4 17.3
16 up to 30 hours 20.2 10.1 31.5 19.7 8.7 31.0 23.1 16.1 37.0
31 up to 45 hours 53.2 59.1 46.5 56.0 62.6 49.1 37.8 44.1 25.0
Over 45 hours 18.8 26.4 10.3 17.5 24.9 9.9 26.8 33.3 13.8
Total (thousands) 32,207 17,089 15,118 27,235 13,806 13,429 4,773 3,185 1,588
Dec-Feb 2018
Less than 6 Hours 1.3 0.8 1.8 0.9 0.6 1.2 3.0 1.5 5.8
6 up to 15 hours 6.6 3.5 10.0 6.0 3.2 9.0 8.8 4.4 17.4
16 up to 30 hours 19.8 10.1 30.8 19.3 8.8 30.2 22.9 15.6 37.2
31 up to 45 hours 53.6 59.4 47.0 56.2 62.6 49.6 39.0 45.9 25.7
Over 45 hours 18.7 26.2 10.4 17.5 24.8 10.0 26.2 32.6 13.9
Total (thousands) 32,262 17,097 15,165 27,339 13,885 13,454 4,755 3,135 1,620
1. Total usual weekly hours worked by people aged 16 and over in main job including paid and unpaid overtime. Source: Labour Force Survey
NON-UK WORKERS
8 Employment levels and rates by country of birth and nationality
(first published on 21 February 2018)
United Kingdom (thousands of people aged 16 and over) not seasonally adjusted
European Union (EU) Countries not in the European Union (non-EU)
Of which:
Africa Pakistan
Romania excluding Australia and
Total EU and Total South South and New Bangla- Rest of
1 2 3 4
Total UK Non UK (EU27) EU14 EUA8 Bulgaria non-EU Africa Africa Zealand India desh USA the world
Levels (aged 16 and over)

By country of birth MGTM JF6F JF6G EQ4Q JJR3 JJR5 EQ4R EQ4S JJR9 JJS3 JJS5 JJS7 JJS9 JJR7 EQ4T
Oct - Dec 2015 31,604 26,467 5,121 2,115 891 982 215 3,006 673 134 120 431 347 95 1,206
Oct - Dec 2016 31,902 26,328 5,570 2,309 932 1,033 305 3,261 731 163 142 466 357 95 1,306
Jan - Mar 2017 31,866 26,222 5,640 2,359 988 1,026 311 3,280 723 185 157 455 383 82 1,296
Apr - Jun 2017 31,996 26,312 5,681 2,373 972 1,007 362 3,308 772 213 138 441 381 81 1,282
Jul - Sep 2017 32,141 26,434 5,705 2,403 970 1,044 361 3,302 736 186 151 481 374 87 1,288
Oct - Dec 2017 32,231 26,629 5,599 2,389 999 995 360 3,210 699 171 146 469 353 99 1,273
Change on year 328 302 29 80 66 -38 55 -50 -32 8 4 3 -4 4 -34

Change % 1.0 1.1 0.5 3.4 7.1 -3.7 18.1 -1.5 -4.3 4.8 2.7 0.7 -1.1 4.4 -2.6
By nationality MGTM JF6H JF6I EQ4U JJR4 JJR6 EQ4V EQ4W JJS2 JJS4 JJS6 JJS8 JJT2 JJR8 EQ4X
Oct - Dec 2015 31,604 28,349 3,248 2,052 863 972 203 1,196 194 46 86 176 102 80 511
Oct - Dec 2016 31,902 28,409 3,490 2,248 935 1,015 285 1,242 243 51 91 173 109 85 490
Jan - Mar 2017 31,866 28,313 3,550 2,319 1,001 1,008 297 1,230 226 59 96 174 114 78 484
Apr - Jun 2017 31,996 28,427 3,564 2,365 1,020 997 337 1,199 240 77 82 163 95 75 469
Jul - Sep 2017 32,141 28,547 3,589 2,378 987 1,035 347 1,211 223 64 88 180 103 70 484
Oct - Dec 2017 32,231 28,703 3,523 2,349 1,014 961 364 1,174 203 63 90 179 87 91 461
Change on year 328 294 33 101 79 -53 79 -68 -40 13 -2 6 -22 6 -29
Change % 1.0 1.0 0.9 4.5 8.5 -5.2 27.8 -5.5 -16.4 24.9 -1.7 3.2 -20.4 6.9 -5.8
Rates (aged 16 to 64)

By country of birth LF9D LFM6 LFM7 EQ4Y LFM8 LFM9 EQ4Z EQ52 LFN3 LFN4 LFN5 LFN6 LFN7 LFN2 EQ53
Oct - Dec 2015 74.3 74.9 71.5 79.9 76.2 83.5 79.9 66.5 65.8 78.1 87.2 70.8 57.0 72.4 65.6
Oct - Dec 2016 74.7 75.2 72.8 80.8 77.1 83.6 85.0 68.0 72.4 82.7 89.2 73.5 54.7 72.3 65.0
Jan - Mar 2017 74.6 75.3 71.9 79.5 77.0 82.2 80.7 67.2 68.2 83.6 88.2 74.4 56.0 74.5 64.2
Apr - Jun 2017 75.0 75.5 72.6 80.6 77.5 82.6 84.6 67.7 69.5 86.0 84.6 72.7 54.1 73.3 66.0
Jul - Sep 2017 75.2 75.5 73.9 81.8 78.2 84.1 86.1 69.0 69.1 83.2 85.1 73.9 55.5 74.7 68.6
Oct - Dec 2017 75.4 75.8 73.6 81.6 77.7 85.4 83.6 68.5 68.7 82.1 86.4 73.6 56.2 77.3 67.3
Change on year 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.9 -1.4 0.6 -3.8 -0.5 -2.8 0.2 1.6 5.0 2.3
By nationality LF9D LFN8 LFN9 EQ54 LFO2 LFO3 EQ55 EQ56 LFO5 LFO6 LFO7 LFO8 LFO9 LFO4 EQ57
Oct - Dec 2015 74.3 74.6 72.1 79.1 74.7 83.3 78.6 62.6 58.5 78.4 89.2 67.2 54.6 68.4 59.6
Oct - Dec 2016 74.7 75.0 73.0 80.6 76.6 83.8 84.0 62.3 66.3 87.3 90.7 62.8 54.0 75.4 55.9
Jan - Mar 2017 74.6 75.1 71.6 79.7 77.3 82.4 79.9 60.0 60.0 90.5 87.5 65.0 52.6 79.2 52.9
Apr - Jun 2017 75.0 75.3 72.8 80.8 78.0 83.1 84.3 60.9 62.4 86.4 87.2 65.3 48.6 70.8 55.2
Jul - Sep 2017 75.2 75.3 74.5 81.6 78.2 84.3 85.9 63.6 62.5 81.1 86.9 67.5 53.7 70.7 59.7
Oct - Dec 2017 75.4 75.6 74.2 81.2 77.4 85.3 84.1 63.2 60.9 84.8 85.0 67.4 52.6 79.5 57.9
Change on year 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.9 -5.4 -2.4 -5.7 4.6 -1.3 4.1 2.0
1. The total series includes people who do not state their country of birth or nationality. The total levels series MGTM does not therefore equal the sum of the "UK" and "Non-UK" series.
2. This series consists of all 27 EU member states excluding the UK. It does not equal the sum of the EU14, EUA8, and "Romania & Bulgaria" series as it also includes Cyprus, Malta and Croatia.
3. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
4. Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovak Republic and Slovenia.
The estimates shown in this table relate to the number of people in employment and should not be used as a proxy for flows of foreign migrants into the UK.
NON-UK WORKERS
8(1) Unemployment and Economic inactivity levels and rates by country of birth
and nationality (first published on 21 February 2018)
United Kingdom (thousands of people) not seasonally adjusted
Unemployment (all aged 16 and over) Economically inactive (all aged from 16 to 64)
Total1 UK Non-UK EU272 Non-EU Total1 UK Non-UK EU272 Non-EU
All All All All All

econom- econom- econom- econom- econom-
ically Of which: ically Of which: ically Of which: ically Of which: ically Of which:
3 3 3 3 3
inactive Students inactive Students inactive Students inactive Students inactive Students
Levels (thousands of people)
By country of birth MGTP DSWD DT35 DT3F DTKB LF9L LF9W DTLK DYUP DYUR DYVR DYVZ DYWL DYWR DZ37
Oct - Dec 2015 1,646 1,313 332 93 239 8,896 2,261 7,190 1,779 1,679 477 434 152 1,245 324
Oct - Dec 2016 1,547 1,241 305 95 211 8,844 2,282 7,081 1,789 1,741 493 449 135 1,292 358
Jan - Mar 2017 1,527 1,181 346 120 226 8,916 2,455 7,076 1,895 1,825 560 483 161 1,342 399
Apr - Jun 2017 1,457 1,140 317 98 219 8,861 2,429 7,060 1,878 1,789 551 470 167 1,320 383
Jul - Sep 2017 1,501 1,220 281 72 209 8,728 2,150 7,019 1,685 1,692 465 456 152 1,237 313
Oct - Dec 2017 1,427 1,142 285 79 206 8,738 2,317 7,036 1,803 1,691 513 452 175 1,239 338
Change on year -120 -99 -21 -16 -5 -106 35 -44 14 -50 21 3 40 -53 -20
Change % -7.8 -8.0 -6.7 -16.7 -2.3 -1.2 1.5 -0.6 0.8 -2.9 4.2 0.6 30.0 -4.1 -5.5
By nationality MGTP DSWE DT39 DTG9 DTKC LF9L LF9W DYTC DYUQ DYUS DYVU DYWA DYWM DYWS DZGD
Oct - Dec 2015 1,646 1,442 203 99 103 8,896 2,261 7,837 1,903 1,041 354 439 159 602 195
Oct - Dec 2016 1,547 1,346 201 99 102 8,844 2,282 7,743 1,916 1,077 363 438 150 639 213
Jan - Mar 2017 1,527 1,284 243 126 117 8,916 2,455 7,746 2,037 1,153 417 460 171 693 246
Apr - Jun 2017 1,457 1,258 199 100 100 8,861 2,429 7,734 2,025 1,118 403 457 169 661 235
Jul - Sep 2017 1,501 1,325 175 79 95 8,728 2,150 7,669 1,812 1,042 337 452 155 590 182
Oct - Dec 2017 1,427 1,240 186 90 95 8,738 2,317 7,696 1,942 1,029 373 449 183 580 190
Change on year -120 -106 -15 -8 -7 -106 35 -48 26 -48 10 10 34 -59 -23
Change % -7.8 -7.9 -7.6 -8.5 -6.8 -1.2 1.5 -0.6 1.4 -4.5 2.8 2.4 22.5 -9.2 -11.0
Rates (%)
By country of birth MGUK DT2W DT3B DTJG DTKD CRZK DYTD DYUT DYWD DYWT
Oct - Dec 2015 4.9 4.7 6.1 4.2 7.4 21.7 21.2 23.9 16.6 28.2
Oct - Dec 2016 4.6 4.5 5.2 3.9 6.1 21.5 21.1 23.2 15.9 27.6
Jan - Mar 2017 4.6 4.3 5.8 4.8 6.5 21.7 21.2 23.7 16.5 28.1
Apr - Jun 2017 4.4 4.2 5.3 4.0 6.2 21.5 21.1 23.3 16.1 27.8
Jul - Sep 2017 4.5 4.4 4.7 2.9 5.9 21.2 20.9 22.4 15.7 26.6
Oct - Dec 2017 4.2 4.1 4.8 3.2 6.0 21.2 20.9 22.6 15.7 27.0
Change on year -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.7 0.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.5
By nationality MGUK DT2Z DT3D DTKA DTLH CRZK DYUO DYUU DYWE DZ36
Oct - Dec 2015 4.9 4.8 5.9 4.6 8.0 21.7 21.5 23.4 17.1 31.9
Oct - Dec 2016 4.6 4.5 5.4 4.2 7.6 21.5 21.3 22.8 15.8 32.5
Jan - Mar 2017 4.6 4.3 6.4 5.2 8.7 21.7 21.4 23.5 15.9 34.3
Apr - Jun 2017 4.4 4.2 5.3 4.0 7.7 21.5 21.3 23.1 15.7 34.0
Jul - Sep 2017 4.5 4.4 4.6 3.2 7.3 21.2 21.1 21.9 15.7 31.4
Oct - Dec 2017 4.2 4.1 5.0 3.7 7.5 21.2 21.1 21.9 15.7 31.7
Change on year -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.1 -0.3 -0.2 -0.8 -0.2 -0.8
1. The total series includes people who do not state their country of birth or nationality. The total levels series MGTM does not therefore equal the sum of the "UK" and "Non-UK" series.
2. This series consists of all 27 EU member states excluding the UK.
3. This series consists of those people whose main reason for being economically inactive was because they were students. It does not include all students as some students will be included in the
employment and unemployment estimates.
UNEMPLOYMENT
9(1) Unemployment by age and duration United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
All aged 16 & over All aged 16-64

Up to 6 Over 6 and up to All over % over 12 All over 24 Up to 6 Over 6 and up to All over % over 12 All over 24
1 1
All Rate(%) months 12 months 12 months months months All Rate(%) months 12 months 12 months months months
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
People MGSC MGSX YBWF YBWG YBWH YBWI YBWL LF2I LF2Q LF2Y LF32 LF34 LF36 LF38
Dec-Feb 2016 1,705 5.1 970 265 469 27.5 263 1,684 5.3 961 262 462 27.4 258
Dec-Feb 2017 1,559 4.7 918 250 391 25.1 211 1,546 4.8 909 249 388 25.1 208
Mar-May 2017 1,495 4.5 874 240 380 25.5 199 1,481 4.6 867 238 376 25.4 197
Jun-Aug 2017 1,443 4.3 837 225 381 26.4 211 1,418 4.4 829 218 372 26.2 208
Sep-Nov 2017 1,439 4.3 830 225 384 26.7 202 1,417 4.4 820 220 377 26.6 198
Dec-Feb 2018 1,423 4.2
0.0 842 228 353 24.8
0.0 184 1,403 4.3
0.0 831 223 350 24.9
0.0 183
Change on quarter -16 -0.1 11 3 -31 -1.9 -18 -14 0.0 11 3 -27 -1.7 -15
Change % -1.1 1.4 1.4 -8.0 -9.0 -1.0 1.3 1.5 -7.3 -7.6
Change on year -136 -0.4 -77 -22 -37 -0.2 -27 -143 -0.5 -79 -26 -38 -0.1 -26
Change % -8.7 -8.3 -8.7 -9.6 -12.6 -9.2 -8.7 -10.5 -9.7 -12.3
Men MGSD MGSY MGYK MGYM MGYO YBWJ YBWM YBSI YBTJ YBWP YBWS YBWV YBWY YBXB
Dec-Feb 2016 936 5.3 498 149 289 30.9 180 925 5.4 492 147 286 31.0 178
Dec-Feb 2017 855 4.8 487 130 239 27.9 147 847 5.0 480 129 238 28.1 146
Mar-May 2017 831 4.7 461 142 228 27.5 133 822 4.8 456 141 224 27.3 131
Jun-Aug 2017 775 4.4 414 138 223 28.8 127 758 4.4 407 133 219 28.8 126
Sep-Nov 2017 768 4.3 408 131 229 29.8 126 754 4.4 401 126 227 30.1 125
Dec-Feb 2018 751 4.2
0.0 408 133 210 27.9
0.0 120 736 4.3
0.0 400 130 206 28.0
0.0 119
Change on quarter -17 -0.1 0 2 -20 -1.9 -7 -18 -0.1 -1 4 -21 -2.0 -6
Change % -2.2 0.0 1.8 -8.5 -5.4 -2.4 -0.3 2.8 -9.1 -4.6
Change on year -104 -0.6 -78 4 -29 0.0 -27 -111 -0.7 -80 1 -32 -0.1 -27
Change % -12.2 -16.1 2.8 -12.2 -18.3 -13.1 -16.7 0.8 -13.4 -18.6
Women MGSE MGSZ MGYL MGYN MGYP YBWK YBWN LF2J LF2R LF2Z LF33 LF35 LF37 LF39
Dec-Feb 2016 769 5.0 473 116 181 23.5 83 760 5.1 469 115 175 23.1 80
Dec-Feb 2017 704 4.5 431 120 152 21.6 64 699 4.6 430 120 149 21.4 62
Mar-May 2017 664 4.2 413 98 152 22.9 66 660 4.3 412 97 151 22.9 66
Jun-Aug 2017 668 4.2 423 87 158 23.6 84 660 4.3 421 86 153 23.2 82
Sep-Nov 2017 671 4.3 422 94 155 23.1 76 663 4.3 419 93 151 22.7 73
Dec-Feb 2018 672 4.2
0.0 433 95 144 21.4
0.0 64 668 4.3
0.0 431 93 144 21.5
0.0 64
Change on quarter 1 0.0 11 1 -11 -1.7 -11 5 0.0 12 0 -7 -1.2 -9
Change % 0.1 2.7 0.9 -7.2 -15.0 0.7 2.8 -0.3 -4.5 -12.6
Change on year -32 -0.3 2 -25 -8 -0.2 0 -31 -0.3 1 -27 -6 0.1 1
Change % -4.5 0.4 -21.0 -5.3 0.4 -4.5 0.3 -22.6 -3.9 2.2
16-17 18-24
Up to 6 Over 6 and up to All over % over 12 All over 24 Up to 6 Over 6 and up to All over % over 12 All over 24
1 1
All Rate(%) months 12 months 12 months months months All Rate(%) months 12 months 12 months months months
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
People YBVH YBVK YBXD YBXG YBXJ YBXM YBXP YBVN YBVQ YBXS YBXV YBXY YBYB YBYE
Dec-Feb 2016 132 26.4 103 17 12 9.3 * 500 12.2 322 79 99 19.8 45
Dec-Feb 2017 127 25.6 102 19 7 5.2 * 430 10.8 283 73 75 17.4 33
Mar-May 2017 121 25.8 95 18 8 6.9 * 441 11.0 279 82 80 18.1 37
Jun-Aug 2017 99 22.3 76 18 5 4.9 * 425 10.8 269 76 80 18.8 30
Sep-Nov 2017 117 25.9 91 20 6 5.2 * 421 10.7 277 65 79 18.7 27
Dec-Feb 2018 125 26.9
0.0 101 20 5 3.8
0.0 * 399 10.3
0.0 272 61 67 16.7
0.0 24
Change on quarter 9 1.0 10 0 -1 -1.3 * -22 -0.4 -5 -4 -12 -2.0 -2

Change % 7.6 11.0 0.2 -20.1 * -5.2 -2.0 -6.6 -15.3 -9.0
Change on year -2 1.3 -1 1 -2 -1.3 * -31 -0.6 -11 -12 -8 -0.7 -9
Change % -1.6 -0.9 3.4 -26.9 * -7.3 -4.0 -16.6 -10.8 -27.3
Men YBVI YBVL YBXE YBXH YBXK YBXN YBXQ YBVO YBVR YBXT YBXW YBXZ YBYC YBYF
Dec-Feb 2016 72 29.4 50 13 9 12.7 * 286 13.4 175 45 66 23.1 30
Dec-Feb 2017 63 26.5 50 10 * * * 271 12.9 171 47 52 19.4 25
Mar-May 2017 63 26.9 49 9 5 7.1 * 271 12.9 159 58 54 19.9 28
Jun-Aug 2017 55 24.8 44 9 * * * 244 11.9 136 54 55 22.4 20
Sep-Nov 2017 57 26.6 47 8 * * * 243 11.8 143 42 57 23.6 20
Dec-Feb 2018 60 27.1
0.0 48 11 * 0.0* * 232 11.4
0.0 145 42 45 19.5
0.0 19
Change on quarter 3 0.5 1 2 * * * -11 -0.4 2 0 -12 -4.1 -1

Change % 5.3 2.7 28.9 * * -4.5 1.2 -1.0 -21.2 -4.4
Change on year -3 0.6 -2 1 * * * -39 -1.4 -26 -5 -7 0.1 -6
Change % -4.7 -3.8 11.7 * * -14.3 -15.5 -10.3 -14.0 -22.4
Women YBVJ YBVM YBXF YBXI YBXL YBXO YBXR YBVP YBVS YBXU YBXX YBYA YBYD YBYG
Dec-Feb 2016 60 23.5 53 * * * * 214 11.0 147 34 33 15.4 15
Dec-Feb 2017 64 24.7 52 9 * * * 160 8.5 112 26 22 14.1 9
Mar-May 2017 58 24.7 45 9 * * * 170 8.9 120 24 26 15.3 9
Jun-Aug 2017 44 19.8 33 9 * * * 181 9.5 133 22 25 13.8 10
Sep-Nov 2017 59 25.2 44 11 * * * 178 9.4 134 23 22 12.1 7
Dec-Feb 2018 65 26.7
0.0 53 9 * 0.0* * 167 9.0
0.0 127 19 22 13.0
0.0 5
Change on quarter 6 1.6 9 -2 * * * -11 -0.5 -7 -4 0 0.9 -1

Change % 9.8 19.8 -21.6 * * -6.1 -5.3 -17.3 0.5 -22.8
Change on year 1 2.0 1 0 * * * 7 0.5 15 -7 -1 -1.1 -4
Change % 1.5 1.9 -5.4 * * 4.6 13.7 -27.9 -3.3 -41.4
Relationship between columns: 1=3+4+5; 8=10+11+12; 15=17+18+19; 22=24+25+26. Source: Labour Force Survey
1. Denominator = economically active for that age group. Labour market statistics enquiries: [email protected]
UNEMPLOYMENT
9(2) Unemployment by age and duration United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
25-49 50 and over
Up to 6 Over 6 and up All over % over 12 All over 24 Up to 6 Over 6 and up All over % over 12 All over 24
1 1
All Rate(%) months to 12 months 12 months months months All Rate(%) months to 12 months 12 months months months
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
People MGVI MGXB YBYH YBYK YBYN YBYQ YBYT YBVT YBVW YBYW YBYZ YBZC YBZF YBZI
Dec-Feb 2016 739 4.0 400 121 218 29.5 123 334 3.4 145 49 140 41.9 91
Dec-Feb 2017 699 3.7 389 113 197 28.2 106 302 3.0 145 46 112 37.0 71
Mar-May 2017 645 3.4 364 96 185 28.6 98 288 2.8 136 45 108 37.4 66
Jun-Aug 2017 616 3.3 356 79 181 29.3 105 303 2.9 136 51 116 38.1 74
Sep-Nov 2017 605 3.2 335 94 176 29.1 98 297 2.9 127 47 123 41.4 77
Dec-Feb 2018 606 3.2 332 97 177 29.2 91 293 2.8 138 51 104 35.6 69
Change on quarter 1 0.0 -4 3 1 0.2 -7 -4 -0.1 11 4 -19 -5.8 -8
Change % 0.2 -1.1 3.6 0.8 -6.8 -1.4 8.3 8.7 -15.2 -10.2
Change on year -93 -0.5 -57 -16 -20 1.0 -14 -9 -0.2 -7 6 -7 -1.4 -2
Change % -13.3 -14.7 -14.0 -10.1 -13.6 -3.0 -4.9 12.1 -6.7 -2.9
Men MGVJ MGXC YBYI YBYL YBYO YBYR YBYU YBVU YBVX YBYX YBZA YBZD YBZG YBZJ
Dec-Feb 2016 372 3.7 189 60 123 33.2 86 206 3.8 84 32 90 43.7 62
Dec-Feb 2017 343 3.4 182 46 115 33.5 78 178 3.3 83 27 68 38.2 44
Mar-May 2017 320 3.2 171 48 101 31.6 63 177 3.2 82 27 69 38.8 43
Jun-Aug 2017 297 3.0 159 41 96 32.3 62 180 3.3 75 34 70 39.3 44
Sep-Nov 2017 292 2.9 148 49 96 32.7 60 176 3.2 70 31 74 42.3 46
Dec-Feb 2018 288 2.9 142 51 96 33.2 54 171 3.1 74 30 68 39.5 47
Change on quarter -4 0.0 -6 2 0 0.5 -6 -5 -0.1 3 -1 -7 -2.7 1
Change % -1.5 -4.2 3.7 0.1 -10.5 -2.8 4.7 -4.7 -9.1 2.4
Change on year -55 -0.6 -40 4 -19 -0.3 -25 -7 -0.2 -10 3 0 1.4 3
Change % -16.2 -22.2 9.4 -16.8 -31.4 -3.8 -11.4 11.2 -0.4 7.3
Women MGVK MGXD YBYJ YBYM YBYP YBYS YBYV YBVV YBVY YBYY YBZB YBZE YBZH YBZK
Dec-Feb 2016 367 4.2 212 61 94 25.7 38 128 2.8 61 17 50 39.1 29
Dec-Feb 2017 355 4.0 207 67 82 23.1 28 124 2.6 61 19 44 35.4 27
Mar-May 2017 325 3.7 193 48 83 25.7 35 111 2.3 54 18 39 35.0 24
Jun-Aug 2017 319 3.6 196 38 85 26.6 43 123 2.6 61 18 45 36.5 30
Sep-Nov 2017 312 3.5 187 45 80 25.7 38 121 2.5 57 16 49 40.2 31
Dec-Feb 2018 318 3.6 190 46 81 25.7 38 122 2.5 64 21 37 30.2 22
Change on quarter 5 0.0 2 2 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 7 6 -12 -10.1 -9
Change % 1.7 1.3 3.5 1.6 -1.0 0.6 12.8 35.1 -24.6 -29.0
Change on year -38 -0.5 -17 -20 -1 2.5 10 -2 -0.1 2 3 -7 -5.2 -5
Change % -10.6 -8.2 -30.3 -0.8 36.9 -1.7 4.1 13.4 -16.3 -19.5
Relationship between columns: 1=3+4+5; 8=10+11+12. Source: Labour Force Survey
1. Denominator = economically active for that age group. Labour market statistics enquiries: [email protected]
10 Economic activity by age United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
All aged
16 & over 16 - 64 16 - 17 18 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 49 50 - 64 65+
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Economically active levels

People MGSF LF2K YBZL YBZO YBZR YBZU LF3A LFK8
Dec-Feb 2016 33,238 32,042 499 4,094 7,551 11,138 8,760 1,197
Dec-Feb 2017 33,394 32,207 498 3,982 7,655 11,097 8,974 1,187
Mar-May 2017 33,505 32,296 468 4,014 7,704 11,097 9,012 1,209
Jun-Aug 2017 33,547 32,342 443 3,948 7,757 11,126 9,067 1,206
Sep-Nov 2017 33,646 32,444 451 3,949 7,769 11,129 9,145 1,202
Dec-Feb 2018 33,685 32,469 466 3,892 7,787 11,153 9,171 1,216
Change on quarter 38 25 15 -58 18 24 26 13
Change % 0.1 0.1 3.4 -1.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.1
Change on year 291 263 -32 -91 132 56 197 28
Change % 0.9 0.8 -6.4 -2.3 1.7 0.5 2.2 2.4
Men MGSG YBSL YBZM YBZP YBZS YBZV YBZY YCAE

Dec-Feb 2016 17,777 17,024 244 2,142 4,099 5,868 4,671 753
Dec-Feb 2017 17,776 17,054 238 2,102 4,115 5,862 4,737 721
Mar-May 2017 17,820 17,081 235 2,098 4,148 5,852 4,748 740
Jun-Aug 2017 17,781 17,047 220 2,052 4,165 5,860 4,750 734
Sep-Nov 2017 17,857 17,114 215 2,059 4,179 5,869 4,792 743
Dec-Feb 2018 17,848 17,090 222 2,028 4,189 5,855 4,796 757
Change on quarter -9 -24 7 -31 9 -14 4 15
Change % -0.1 -0.1 3.5 -1.5 0.2 -0.2 0.1 2.0
Change on year 72 36 -16 -74 74 -7 59 36
Change % 0.4 0.2 -6.7 -3.5 1.8 -0.1 1.2 5.0
Women MGSH LF2L YBZN YBZQ YBZT YBZW LF3B LFK9

Dec-Feb 2016 15,461 15,017 255 1,952 3,452 5,270 4,088 444
Dec-Feb 2017 15,618 15,152 260 1,880 3,540 5,235 4,237 466
Mar-May 2017 15,685 15,215 234 1,916 3,556 5,246 4,264 469
Jun-Aug 2017 15,767 15,295 223 1,897 3,592 5,266 4,317 472
Sep-Nov 2017 15,789 15,330 236 1,890 3,590 5,260 4,353 460
Dec-Feb 2018 15,837 15,379 244 1,863 3,599 5,298 4,375 458
Change on quarter 48 49 8 -27 9 37 22 -2
Change % 0.3 0.3 3.3 -1.4 0.2 0.7 0.5 -0.3
Change on year 219 227 -16 -17 58 63 138 -8
Change % 1.4 1.5 -6.1 -0.9 1.7 1.2 3.3 -1.7
Economic activity rates (%)1

People MGWG LF22 YCAG YCAJ YCAM YCAP LF2C LFL2
Dec-Feb 2016 63.6 78.2 34.0 71.1 85.8 86.5 72.7 10.6
Dec-Feb 2017 63.4 78.4 34.8 69.7 86.1 86.7 73.3 10.3
Mar-May 2017 63.6 78.5 32.9 70.5 86.4 86.8 73.3 10.4
Jun-Aug 2017 63.5 78.6 31.3 69.5 86.8 87.1 73.4 10.4
Sep-Nov 2017 63.6 78.8 32.0 69.7 86.8 87.2 73.8 10.3
Dec-Feb 2018 63.6 78.8 33.3 68.9 86.9 87.5 73.7 10.4
Change on quarter 0.0 0.0 1.3 -0.8 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.1
Change on year 0.2 0.4 -1.4 -0.9 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.1
Men MGWH MGSP YCAH YCAK YCAN YCAQ MGWQ MGWT

Dec-Feb 2016 69.6 83.7 32.6 73.2 93.5 92.3 78.9 14.5
Dec-Feb 2017 69.1 83.5 32.5 72.2 92.6 92.8 78.8 13.6
Mar-May 2017 69.2 83.6 32.2 72.2 93.1 92.7 78.6 13.9
Jun-Aug 2017 68.9 83.3 30.4 70.7 93.2 93.0 78.4 13.7
Sep-Nov 2017 69.1 83.6 29.9 71.2 93.3 93.2 78.8 13.8
Dec-Feb 2018 68.9 83.4 31.1 70.3 93.3 93.1 78.6 14.0
Change on quarter -0.1 -0.2 1.2 -0.9 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.2
Change on year -0.2 -0.1 -1.4 -1.9 0.7 0.3 -0.2 0.4
Women MGWI LF23 YCAI YCAL YCAO YCAR LF2D LFL3

Dec-Feb 2016 57.8 72.8 35.6 68.9 78.2 80.8 66.7 7.2
Dec-Feb 2017 58.0 73.3 37.1 67.1 79.6 80.7 67.9 7.5
Mar-May 2017 58.2 73.6 33.6 68.7 79.8 81.0 68.1 7.5
Jun-Aug 2017 58.4 73.9 32.3 68.2 80.5 81.4 68.6 7.5
Sep-Nov 2017 58.5 74.0 34.3 68.1 80.4 81.4 69.0 7.3
Dec-Feb 2018 58.6 74.2 35.7 67.4 80.5 82.0 69.0 7.2
Change on quarter 0.1 0.2 1.3 -0.8 0.1 0.7 0.1 -0.1
Change on year 0.5 0.9 -1.5 0.2 0.9 1.3 1.1 -0.2
Relationship between columns: 1= 2+8; 2=3+4+5+6+7. Source: Labour Force Survey
1. Denominator = all persons in the relevant age group. Labour market statistics enquiries: [email protected]
11 Economic inactivity: reasons United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
All aged Wanting/not wanting a job

16-64 Economic inactivity by reason (aged 16 to 64) (aged 16 to 64)
Looking after Does not want

Student family / home Temporary sick Long-term sick Discouraged Retired Other a job Wants a job1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
People LF2M LF63 LF65 LF67 LF69 LFL8 LF6B LF6D LFL9 LFM2
Dec-Feb 2016 8,908 2,253 2,245 198 2,081 29 1,168 935 6,697 2,212
Dec-Feb 2017 8,886 2,333 2,215 162 1,983 39 1,167 987 6,732 2,154
Mar-May 2017 8,829 2,292 2,167 165 1,985 34 1,224 962 6,746 2,083
Jun-Aug 2017 8,812 2,345 2,070 181 2,018 33 1,190 976 6,803 2,010
Sep-Nov 2017 8,734 2,330 2,107 193 1,979 37 1,153 934 6,767 1,966
Dec-Feb 2018 8,731 2,347 2,063 203 1,982 38 1,152 945 6,666 2,065
Change on quarter -2 17 -44 11 4 1 -1 11 -101 98
Change % 0.0 0.7 -2.1 5.5 0.2 3.0 -0.1 1.2 -1.5 5.0
Change on year -154 14 -152 42 -1 -1 -15 -42 -65 -89
Change % -1.7 0.6 -6.9 26.0 0.0 -3.3 -1.2 -4.2 -1.0 -4.1
Men YBSO BEEX BEAQ BEDI BEDL YCFP BEDR BEDU YBWA YBWD
Dec-Feb 2016 3,310 1,149 242 96 991 16 435 380 2,400 909
Dec-Feb 2017 3,365 1,178 258 71 946 21 458 432 2,491 875
Mar-May 2017 3,358 1,150 252 80 953 17 488 419 2,527 831
Jun-Aug 2017 3,410 1,180 224 91 998 19 477 421 2,594 815
Sep-Nov 2017 3,357 1,175 240 90 960 21 468 403 2,532 825
Dec-Feb 2018 3,395 1,189 246 96 951 21 471 421 2,533 862
Change on quarter 38 15 6 6 -9 0 3 18 2 36
Change % 1.1 1.2 2.6 6.1 -0.9 -0.3 0.6 4.4 0.1 4.4
Change on year 29 11 -12 25 5 0 12 -12 43 -13
Change % 0.9 0.9 -4.7 35.8 0.5 -1.5 2.7 -2.7 1.7 -1.5
Women LF2N LF64 LF66 LF68 LF6A LFM3 LF6C LF6E LFM4 LFM5
Dec-Feb 2016 5,599 1,104 2,003 102 1,089 13 733 555 4,296 1,302
Dec-Feb 2017 5,520 1,154 1,957 91 1,037 18 708 555 4,241 1,279
Mar-May 2017 5,471 1,142 1,916 85 1,033 17 736 543 4,220 1,251
Jun-Aug 2017 5,403 1,165 1,846 90 1,021 14 713 555 4,208 1,195
Sep-Nov 2017 5,377 1,155 1,867 102 1,019 16 686 531 4,236 1,141
Dec-Feb 2018 5,336 1,158 1,817 107 1,031 17 681 525 4,133 1,203
Change on quarter -40 2 -50 5 12 1 -4 -6 -102 62
Change % -0.8
-33 0.2
14 -2.7
-3 5.0
-3 1.2
-14 7.2
-4 -0.6
-9 -1.2
-14 -2.4
-22 5.4
-11
Change on year -184 3 -140 17 -6 -1 -27 -30 -108 -76
Change % -3.3 0.3 -7.2 18.3 -0.5 -5.4 -3.8 -5.5 -2.5 -5.9
Percentage of economically inactive aged from 16 to 64 (%)
People LF6V LF6X

#DIV/0! LF6Z
#DIV/0! LF73
#DIV/0! LF75
#DIV/0! LF77
#DIV/0! LF79
#DIV/0! LF7B
#DIV/0! LF7D LF7F
Dec-Feb 2016 100 25.3 25.2 2.2 23.4 0.3 13.1 10.5 75.2 24.8
Dec-Feb 2017 100 26.3 24.9 1.8 22.3 0.4 13.1 11.1 75.8 24.2
Mar-May 2017 100 26.0 24.5 1.9 22.5 0.4 13.9 10.9 76.4 23.6
Jun-Aug 2017 100 26.6 23.5 2.1 22.9 0.4 13.5 11.1 77.2 22.8
Sep-Nov 2017 100 26.7 24.1 2.2 22.7 0.4 13.2 10.7 77.5 22.5
Dec-Feb 2018 100 26.9 23.6 2.3 22.7 0.4 13.2 10.8 76.4 23.6
Men BEBP BEEH

#DIV/0! BEEK
#DIV/0! BEEN
#DIV/0! BEEQ
#DIV/0! BEET
#DIV/0! BEEW
#DIV/0! BEEZ
#DIV/0! BEAS BEGT
Dec-Feb 2016 100 34.7 7.3 2.9 30.0 0.5 13.1 11.5 72.5 27.5
Dec-Feb 2017 100 35.0 7.7 2.1 28.1 0.6 13.6 12.8 74.0 26.0
Mar-May 2017 100 34.3 7.5 2.4 28.4 0.5 14.5 12.5 75.2 24.8
Jun-Aug 2017 100 34.6 6.6 2.7 29.3 0.6 14.0 12.4 76.1 23.9
Sep-Nov 2017 100 35.0 7.1 2.7 28.6 0.6 13.9 12.0 75.4 24.6
Dec-Feb 2018 100 35.0 7.2 2.8 28.0 0.6 13.9 12.4 74.6 25.4
Women LF6W
100 LF6Y
#DIV/0! LF72
#DIV/0! LF74
#DIV/0! LF76
#DIV/0! LF78
#DIV/0! LF7A
#DIV/0! LF7C
#DIV/0! LF7E
77.2117565 LF7G
22.7882435
Dec-Feb 2016 100 19.7 35.8 1.8 19.5 0.2 13.1 9.9 76.7 23.3
Dec-Feb 2017 100 20.9 35.5 1.6 18.8 0.3 12.8 10.1 76.8 23.2
Mar-May 2017 100 20.9 35.0 1.6 18.9 0.3 13.4 9.9 77.1 22.9
Jun-Aug 2017 100 21.6 34.2 1.7 18.9 0.3 13.2 10.3 77.9 22.1
Sep-Nov 2017 100 21.5 34.7 1.9 19.0 0.3 12.8 9.9 78.8 21.2
Dec-Feb 2018 100 21.7 34.1 2.0 19.3 0.3 12.8 9.8 77.5 22.5
Relationship between columns : 1=2+3+4+5+6+7+8; 1=9+10. Source: Labour Force Survey

1. This series comprises those who say they would like a regular paid job, but who do not meet the internationally agreed definition of unemployment because they
have not been looking for work in the last four weeks and/or they were unable to start working within two weeks.
12 Educational status, economic activity and inactivity of
people aged from 16 to 24
December 2017 to February 2018 United Kingdom (thousands) seasonally adjusted
All aged 16 to 24 In full-time education (FTE) Not in full-time education (FTE)1

Economically Economically Economically
Total Employed Unemployed inactive Total Employed2 Unemployed2 inactive Total Employed Unemployed inactive
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Levels
People
16-17 1,399 341 125 933 1,210 256 91 864 189 85 35 68
18-24 5,652 3,492 399 1,761 1,864 605 83 1,176 3,789 2,887 316 585
16-24 7,051 3,833 525 2,693 3,074 861 173 2,040 3,977 2,973 351 653
Men
16-17 715 162 60 493 611 117 41 453 105 45 20 40
18-24 2,887 1,796 232 859 906 264 45 597 1,981 1,533 187 262
16-24 3,603 1,959 292 1,352 1,517 381 86 1,050 2,086 1,578 206 302
Women
16-17 684 179 65 440 600 138 50 411 84 40 15 28
18-24 2,765 1,696 167 902 958 342 37 579 1,807 1,355 130 323
16-24 3,449 1,875 232 1,341 1,557 480 88 990 1,891 1,395 145 352
Changes on quarter (changes since September to November 2017)

People
16-17 -8 7 9 -23 0 6 11 -16 -8 1 -2 -7
18-24 -15 -36 -22 42 -12 -4 -20 12 -4 -31 -2 30
16-24 -23 -29 -13 19 -11 2 -9 -4 -12 -31 -4 23
Men
16-17 -4 4 3 -12 -2 5 1 -7 -3 0 2 -4
18-24 -7 -20 -11 24 9 13 -9 5 -16 -33 -2 19
16-24 -11 -16 -8 12 7 17 -8 -2 -18 -33 0 15
Women
16-17 -4 2 6 -12 2 1 10 -9 -6 1 -4 -3
18-24 -8 -16 -11 18 -21 -17 -11 7 12 1 0 11
16-24 -12 -14 -5 7 -19 -16 -1 -2 6 2 -4 8
3
Rates(%)
People
16-17 24.4 26.9 66.7 21.1 26.2 71.4 45.2 29.0 36.3
18-24 61.8 10.3 31.1 32.5 12.0 63.1 76.2 9.9 15.4
16-24 54.4 12.0 38.2 28.0 16.8 66.4 74.7 10.6 16.4
Men
16-17 22.7 27.1 68.9 19.2 25.7 74.2 42.9 30.5 38.2
18-24 62.2 11.4 29.7 29.1 14.7 65.9 77.4 10.9 13.2
16-24 54.4 13.0 37.5 25.1 18.4 69.2 75.6 11.6 14.5
Women
16-17 26.1 26.7 64.3 23.1 26.6 68.6 48.1 27.3 33.9
18-24 61.3 9.0 32.6 35.7 9.9 60.4 74.9 8.7 17.9
16-24 54.4 11.0 38.9 30.8 15.4 63.6 73.8 9.4 18.6
Changes on quarter (changes since September to November 2017)

People
16-17 0.6 1.0 -1.3 0.5 2.0 -1.4 2.3 -1.3 -2.1
18-24 -0.5 -0.4 0.8 0.0 -2.3 1.0 -0.8 0.0 0.8
16-24 -0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.2 -0.7 0.1 -0.5 0.0 0.6
Men
16-17 0.8 0.5 -1.2 0.8 -0.2 -1.0 0.8 2.1 -3.0
18-24 -0.5 -0.4 0.9 1.1 -3.1 -0.1 -1.0 0.1 1.1
16-24 -0.3 -0.2 0.5 1.0 -2.0 -0.5 -0.9 0.2 0.8
Women
16-17 0.4 1.6 -1.3 0.1 3.8 -1.7 4.1 -5.2 -1.0
18-24 -0.4 -0.5 0.8 -1.0 -2.0 2.0 -0.4 0.0 0.5
16-24 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.6 0.2 0.6 -0.1 -0.2 0.4
Relationship between columns: 1=5+9; 2=6+10; 3=7+11. Source: Labour Force Survey
1. Not in full-time education includes people in part-time education and/or some form of training. Estimates of the number of young people who were not in employment, education or
training ("NEET") cannot therefore be derived from this table. Estimates of young people who were NEET are published separately at:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/bulletins/youngpeoplenotineducationemploymentortrainingneet/latest
2. People in full-time education are employed if they have a part-time job or unemployed if they are looking for part-time employment.
3. Denominator = all persons in the relevant age group for economically active, total in employment and economically inactive; economically active for unemployment.
EARNINGS
13 Average Weekly Earnings (nominal) - total pay1
Standard Industrial Classification (2007) Great Britain, seasonally adjusted
Whole Economy Private sector Public sector
(100%)2 (82%)2 (17%)2
Weekly % changes year on year Weekly % changes year on year Weekly % changes year on year
Earnings (£) Earnings (£) Earnings (£)
Single 3 month Single 3 month Single 3 month
month average3 month average3 month average3
KAB9 KAC2 KAC3 KAC4 KAC5 KAC6 KAC7 KAC8 KAC9
Feb 16 486 1.5 2.1 483 1.7 2.4 502 1.4 1.3
Dec 16 (r) 497 1.7 2.5 495 1.9 2.8 507 1.7 1.5
Jan 17 (r) 499 1.8 2.2 497 2.0 2.4 507 1.2 1.4
Feb 17 (r) 501 3.0 2.2 500 3.5 2.5 508 1.1 1.3
Mar 17 502 2.4 2.4 (r) 501 2.6 2.7 (r) 508 1.3 1.2
Apr 17 504 1.4 2.2 (r) 502 1.5 2.5 (r) 509 0.9 1.1
May 17 504 2.0 1.9 502 2.0 2.0 513 2.0 1.4
Jun 17 506 2.8 2.1 506 3.2 2.2 510 1.0 1.3
Jul 17 506 1.7 2.2 504 1.7 2.3 513 1.8 1.6
Aug 17 508 2.4 2.3 506 2.6 2.5 515 1.6 1.4
Sep 17 510 2.8 2.3 509 3.1 2.5 513 1.6 1.7
Oct 17 510 2.4 2.5 509 2.5 2.7 517 2.2 1.8
Nov 17 512 2.4 2.5 511 2.5 2.7 517 1.9 1.9
Dec 17 (r) 513 3.1 2.6 512 3.4 2.8 518 2.0 2.0
Jan 18 (r) 513 2.8 2.8 512 2.9 2.9 519 2.4 2.1
Feb 18 (p) 513 2.3 2.8 511 2.3 2.9 521 2.5 2.3
Finance and business services, Public sector excluding financial services

Services, SIC 2007 sections G-S (85%)2 SIC 2007 sections K-N (22%)2 (17%)2
K5BZ K5C2 K5C3 K5C4 K5C5 K5C6 KAD8 KAD9 KAE2
Feb 16 471 1.2 2.0 608 -0.3 2.4 498 1.5 1.4
Dec 16 (r) 482 1.6 2.4 626 -0.4 1.2 503 1.7 1.5
Jan 17 (r) 484 1.8 2.1 632 0.8 0.8 503 1.2 1.5
Feb 17 (r) 485 3.1 2.2 630 3.7 1.3 504 1.2 1.3
Mar 17 488 2.6 2.5 (r) 652 2.8 2.4 (r) 505 1.2 1.2
Apr 17 488 1.4 2.4 (r) 637 -0.3 2.0 (r) 505 0.8 1.0 (r)
May 17 489 2.3 2.1 642 1.9 1.4 508 2.1 1.3
Jun 17 490 3.2 2.3 651 4.0 1.8 505 1.0 1.3
Jul 17 491 1.7 2.4 644 1.1 2.3 508 1.9 1.6
Aug 17 492 2.5 2.5 649 3.4 2.8 512 1.7 1.5
Sep 17 494 2.9 2.4 655 4.6 3.0 508 1.6 1.7
Oct 17 495 2.6 2.6 650 3.1 3.7 512 2.3 1.9
Nov 17 496 2.4 2.6 650 2.4 3.4 512 1.9 2.0
Dec 17 (r) 497 3.2 2.7 653 4.4 3.3 513 2.0 2.1
Jan 18 (r) 497 2.7 2.8 651 2.9 3.2 515 2.4 2.1
Feb 18 (p) 497 2.4 2.8 648 2.8 3.4 516 2.6 2.3
Wholesaling, retailing, hotels & restaurants,

Manufacturing, SIC 2007 section C (8%)2 Construction, SIC 2007 section F (5%)2 SIC 2007 sections G & I (23%)2
K5CA K5CB K5CC K5CD K5CE K5CF K5CG K5CH K5CI
Feb 16 567 2.3 2.3 573 5.1 4.3 336 3.3 3.0
Dec 16 (r) 579 1.1 1.6 591 5.0 6.3 343 2.2 3.6
Jan 17 (r) 581 1.7 1.5 580 1.1 3.9 343 3.4 3.2
Feb 17 (r) 582 2.7 1.8 587 2.5 2.9 344 2.4 2.7
Mar 17 581 1.0 1.8 579 1.3 1.7 345 3.1 3.0
Apr 17 585 1.7 1.8 (r) 583 -0.2 1.2 346 2.3 2.6
May 17 584 0.8 1.1 581 -1.2 0.0 346 2.4 2.6
Jun 17 585 1.1 1.2 585 1.6 0.1 344 2.1 2.2
Jul 17 589 2.0 1.3 590 0.6 0.3 342 0.5 1.6
Aug 17 590 1.8 1.6 598 2.5 1.6 346 1.6 1.4
Sep 17 592 2.0 1.9 610 3.9 2.3 350 2.1 1.4
Oct 17 595 3.0 2.3 609 0.1 2.1 349 1.5 1.7
Nov 17 596 3.1 2.7 603 1.7 1.9 354 2.4 2.0
Dec 17 597 3.2 3.1 607 (r) 2.7 1.5 352 2.7 2.2
Jan 18 (r) 598 2.9 3.1 607 4.7 3.0 349 1.7 2.3
Feb 18 (p) 596 2.3 2.8 605 3.0 3.5 350 1.7 2.0
Source: Monthly Wages & Salaries Survey

1. Estimates of total pay include bonuses but exclude arrears of pay. Earnings enquiries: 01633 456120
2. The figure in brackets is the percentage of whole economy employment in that sector or industry for the latest time period. Email: [email protected]
3. The three month average figures are the changes in the average seasonally adjusted values for the three months ending with the relevant month compared with
the same period a year earlier.
EARNINGS
14 Average Weekly Earnings (nominal) - bonus pay
(100%)1 (82%)2 (17%)2
KAF4 KAF5 KAF6 KAF7 KAF8 KAF9 KAG2 KAG3 KAG4
Feb 16 26 -6.6 0.3 31 -6.6 0.3 3 -0.4 10.2
Dec 16 (r) 29 -5.4 4.1 35 -6.9 3.3 3 116.6 15.0
Jan 17 (r) 30 -0.8 1.4 36 -1.8 0.4 2 -50.7 -11.5
Feb 17 (r) 31 19.0 3.5 37 18.6 2.5 2 -25.0 -17.0
Mar 17 31 4.7 7.1 (r) 37 4.2 6.4 (r) 2 8.5 -30.8 (r)
Apr 17 31 -3.4 6.0 (r) 37 -3.4 5.8 (r) 2 -2.2 -8.3 (r)
May 17 31 -3.5 -0.9 36 -3.1 -0.8 2 -15.5 -4.8
Jun 17 31 19.5 3.3 41 17.5 3.3 2 -13.5 -10.7
Jul 17 32 -7.2 1.7 38 -7.5 1.7 2 11.3 -7.0
Aug 17 32 5.3 4.7 38 6.1 4.7 3 -4.5 -2.9
Sep 17 34 19.6 5.0 40 19.6 5.2 2 -18.0 -4.4
Oct 17 32 1.8 8.5 38 1.7 8.8 3 29.4 0.6
Nov 17 33 4.2 8.1 39 3.8 8.0 4 67.4 24.4
Dec 17 (r) 32 10.1 5.2 39 10.9 5.3 2 -25.3 20.0
Jan 18 (r) 32 4.1 6.1 38 4.3 6.3 2 -2.1 10.5
Feb 18 (p) 30 -3.3 3.5 36 -3.5 3.8 2 3.4 -9.7

K5CS K5CT K5CU K5CV K5CW K5CX KAH3 KAH4 KAH5
Feb 16 26 -8.1 0.5 60 -13.5 -3.2 2 -54.7 -26.1
Dec 16 (r) 29 -9.3 0.5 68 -13.1 0.5 2 126.3 21.9
Jan 17 (r) 31 -0.2 -0.3 72 -3.0 -2.0 1 -47.3 0.6
Feb 17 (r) 31 18.9 2.1 70 17.9 -0.8 1 -18.9 -7.6
Mar 17 32 5.8 7.6 (r) 81 6.4 6.4 (r) 1 -16.3 -29.0 (r)
Apr 17 31 -4.4 6.0 (r) 72 -9.5 3.7 (r) 1 0.6 -12.2 (r)
May 17 31 -0.5 0.2 75 -2.3 -1.9 1 -15.2 -11.1
Jun 17 33 24.4 5.4 88 27.8 4.4 1 -33.6 -17.4
Jul 17 32 -9.0 3.3 78 -13.9 2.0 1 16.6 -14.0
Aug 17 32 5.8 5.5 81 11.6 6.5 2 -8.0 -11.2
Sep 17 36 22.8 5.6 95 46.3 11.3 1 -12.4 -2.6
Oct 17 33 4.8 10.9 79 4.7 19.7 2 30.6 1.7
Nov 17 34 4.9 10.5 78 2.8 16.5 3 68.7 31.8
Dec 17 (r) 33 14.1 7.7 80 18.2 8.2 1 -28.3 21.4
Jan 18 (r) 32 3.3 7.3 76 5.7 8.6 1 11.2 16.1
Feb 18 (p) 30 -3.6 4.4 70 0.2 7.9 1 3.7 -7.6

Manufacturing, SIC 2007 section C (8%) 2 Construction, SIC 2007 section F (5%)1 SIC 2007 sections G & I (23%)2
K5D3 K5D4 K5D5 K5D6 K5D7 K5D8 K5D9 K5DA K5DB
Feb 16 21 6.2 -4.6 25 53.4 27.3 22 10.5 5.8
Dec 16 (r) 24 -0.2 0.3 29 22.7 62.4 22 -7.3 1.9
Jan 17 (r) 23 2.4 4.5 20 -30.6 5.1 22 0.3 -1.3
Feb 17 (r) 28 35.8 11.7 30 21.3 2.4 24 9.7 0.6
Mar 17 23 -4.9 10.0 (r) 25 6.2 -2.6 (r) 22 -3.2 2.2 (r)
Apr 17 25 8.0 11.8 (r) 25 -19.0 1.1 (r) 23 9.3 5.1 (r)
May 17 25 -6.0 -1.3 25 -45.9 -25.2 23 6.4 4.0
Jun 17 24 -3.8 -0.9 24 -3.3 -27.4 22 5.3 7.0
Jul 17 31 44.3 9.3 24 -27.7 -30.0 21 -8.8 0.6
Aug 17 25 -0.6 11.6 29 11.3 -8.6 23 8.9 1.4
Sep 17 26 0.4 13.0 32 18.7 -1.5 24 5.0 1.4
Oct 17 30 36.4 11.1 34 -30.3 -6.8 23 -1.8 3.8
Nov 17 28 14.5 16.3 29 0.6 -9.3 26 11.4 4.8
Dec 17 (r) 25 5.3 18.3 22 -22.9 -20.0 23 2.8 4.1
Jan 18 (r) 25 9.9 9.9 26 30.3 -0.5 22 -2.5 4.0
Feb 18 (p) 24 -12.8 -0.1 25 -18.6 -7.8 21 -9.9 -3.4

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EARNINGS
15 Average Weekly Earnings (nominal) - regular pay1
(100%)2 (82%)2 (17%)2
KAI7 KAI8 KAI9 KAJ2 KAJ3 KAJ4 KAJ5 KAJ6 KAJ7
Feb 16 461 2.4 2.3 453 2.7 2.6 500 1.5 1.4
Dec 16 469 (r) 2.3 2.5 461 2.5 2.8 505 1.5 1.5
Jan 17 (r) 469 2.0 2.3 461 2.2 2.6 505 1.3 1.4
Feb 17 469 1.7 2.0 461 1.9 2.2 506 1.2 1.3
Mar 17 470 1.7 1.8 462 1.9 2.0 507 1.2 1.2
Apr 17 472 1.8 1.8 465 2.1 2.0 507 0.8 1.1
May 17 473 2.3 2.0 466 2.4 2.2 510 2.1 1.4
Jun 17 474 2.1 2.1 467 2.3 2.3 509 1.2 1.4
Jul 17 475 2.1 2.2 467 2.2 2.3 510 1.7 1.7
Aug 17 477 2.3 2.2 469 2.5 2.3 512 1.7 1.5
Sep 17 478 2.3 2.2 471 2.5 2.4 511 1.7 1.7
Oct 17 479 2.4 2.3 471 2.5 2.5 515 2.3 1.9
Nov 17 480 2.3 2.3 473 2.5 2.5 514 1.8 1.9
Dec 17 481 2.7 2.5 474 2.9 2.6 515 2.0 2.0
Jan 18 (r) 482 2.7 2.6 474 2.8 2.7 517 2.4 2.1
Feb 18 (p) 483 2.9 2.8 475 3.0 2.9 519 2.5 2.3

K5DL K5DM K5DN K5DO K5DP K5DQ KAK6 KAK7 KAK8
Feb 16 446 2.4 2.2 556 3.4 3.6 496 1.6 1.4
Dec 16 453 2.3 2.5 559 1.1 (r) 1.4 501 1.5 1.5
Jan 17 453 1.9 2.3 562 1.2 (r) 1.3 502 1.3 1.4
Feb 17 453 1.7 2.0 562 1.1 1.1 502 1.2 1.3
Mar 17 455 1.9 1.8 562 1.2 1.2 (r) 503 1.2 1.2
Apr 17 456 1.7 1.8 565 0.9 1.1 503 0.8 1.1
May 17 458 2.5 2.1 568 2.4 1.5 507 2.2 1.4
Jun 17 458 2.1 2.1 568 1.8 1.7 505 1.2 1.4
Jul 17 459 2.2 2.3 570 2.6 2.3 506 1.8 1.7
Aug 17 460 2.4 2.2 572 2.8 2.4 509 1.7 1.6
Sep 17 461 2.3 2.3 573 2.8 2.7 507 1.7 1.7
Oct 17 462 2.5 2.4 572 2.9 2.8 511 2.3 1.9
Nov 17 464 2.3 2.3 572 2.2 2.6 511 1.8 1.9
Dec 17 464 2.6 2.4 573 2.5 2.5 512 (r) 2.1 2.0
Jan 18 (r) 465 2.6 2.5 574 2.1 2.3 514 2.4 2.1
Feb 18 (p) 466 2.9 2.7 579 3.2 2.6 515 2.6 2.3

Manufacturing, SIC 2007 section C (8%)2 Construction, SIC 2007 section F (5%)2 SIC 2007 sections G & I (23%)2
K5DU K5DV K5DW K5DX K5DY K5DZ K5E2 K5E3 K5E4
Feb 16 548 2.1 2.6 548 4.1 3.7 314 2.8 2.8
Dec 16 555 1.2 (r) 1.6 561 4.2 4.3 321 3.0 3.7
Jan 17 557 1.7 1.5 559 2.7 3.8 321 3.4 3.5
Feb 17 (r) 557 1.8 1.6 559 2.0 3.0 320 2.0 2.8
Mar 17 559 1.9 1.8 552 0.5 1.7 322 2.8 2.7
Apr 17 559 1.3 1.7 559 1.5 1.3 323 2.4 2.4
May 17 559 1.0 1.4 561 1.8 1.2 322 2.0 2.4
Jun 17 561 1.3 1.2 562 1.9 1.7 323 1.9 2.1
Jul 17 560 0.8 1.0 566 2.2 2.0 321 1.2 1.7
Aug 17 565 1.9 1.3 570 2.2 2.1 323 1.2 1.4
Sep 17 566 2.0 1.5 574 2.9 2.4 326 2.0 1.4
Oct 17 568 2.4 2.1 575 2.4 2.5 326 1.7 1.6
Nov 17 570 2.8 2.4 575 1.9 2.4 328 1.8 1.8
Dec 17 572 3.1 2.8 586 4.5 2.9 329 2.6 2.1
Jan 18 (r) 573 2.8 2.9 581 4.1 3.5 327 2.0 2.2
Feb 18 (p) 573 2.8 2.9 581 4.0 4.2 329 2.7 2.4

1. Estimates of regular pay exclude bonuses and arrears of pay. Earnings enquiries: 01633 456120
EARNINGS
16 Average Weekly Earnings - real and nominal1
Great Britain whole economy, seasonally adjusted
Total pay (including bonuses)1
3
Nominal earnings Real earnings
Nominal % changes year on year Weekly % changes year on year
Weekly Earnings at
Single 3 month Single 3 month
Earnings (£) 2 constant 2
month average month average
2015 prices
(£)
KAB9 KAC2 KAC3 A3WX A3WV A3WW
Feb 16 486 1.5 2.1 484 0.9 1.5

Dec 16 (r) 497 1.7 2.5 488 0.0 1.1
Jan 17 (r) 499 1.8 2.2 488 -0.1 0.5
Feb 17 (r) 501 3.0 2.2 487 0.6 0.2
Mar 17 502 2.4 2.4 (r) 490 0.1 0.2 (r)
Apr 17 504 1.4 2.2 (r) 489 -1.3 -0.2 (r)
May 17 504 2.0 1.9 488 -0.6 -0.6
Jun 17 506 2.8 2.1 488 0.5 -0.5
Jul 17 506 1.7 2.2 488 -0.9 -0.3
Aug 17 508 2.4 2.3 489 -0.3 -0.2
Sep 17 510 2.8 2.3 490 0.1 -0.4
Oct 17 510 2.4 2.5 490 -0.3 -0.2
Nov 17 512 2.4 2.5 490 -0.4 -0.2
Dec 17 (r) 513 3.1 2.6 489 0.4 -0.1
Jan 18 (r) 513 2.8 2.8 488 0.1 0.0
Feb 18 (p) 513 2.3 2.8 486 -0.2 0.1
Regular pay (excluding bonuses)

3
Nominal earnings Real earnings
Nominal % changes year on year Weekly % changes year on year
Weekly Earnings at
Single 3 month Single 3 month
Earnings (£) 2 constant 2
month average month average
2015 prices
(£)
KAI7 KAI8 KAI9 A2FC A2F9 A2FA

Feb 16 461 2.4 2.3 460 1.8 1.7
Dec 16 (r) 469 2.3 2.5 459 0.6 1.1
Jan 17 469 2.0 (r) 2.3 458 0.0 0.6
Feb 17 469 1.7 2.0 457 -0.6 0.0
Mar 17 470 1.7 1.8 457 -0.6 -0.4
Apr 17 472 1.8 1.8 458 -0.6 -0.6
May 17 473 2.3 2.0 458 -0.4 -0.5
Jun 17 474 2.1 2.1 459 -0.4 -0.5
Jul 17 475 2.1 2.2 458 -0.5 -0.4
Aug 17 477 2.3 2.2 459 -0.4 -0.4
Sep 17 478 2.3 2.2 459 -0.5 -0.5
Oct 17 479 2.4 2.3 459 -0.4 -0.4
Nov 17 480 2.3 2.3 459 -0.5 -0.5
Dec 17 481 2.7 2.5 459 -0.1 -0.3
Jan 18 482 2.7 (r) 2.6 459 0.1 -0.2
Feb 18 (p) 483 2.9 2.8 459 0.5 0.2

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1. Estimates of total pay include bonuses but exclude arrears of pay.

2. The three month average figures are the changes in the average seasonally adjusted values for the three months ending with the
relevant month compared with the same period a year earlier.
3. Estimates of real earnings are calculated by deflating the nominal earnings estimates by the Consumer Prices Index including owner
occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH).
17 International comparisons of employment and unemployment
Employment Change on year Unemployment rate Change on month Change on year
12 3
Latest period rate (%) % Latest Period (%) % %
0
Employment rates as published by EUROSTAT: (not seasonally adjusted) Unemployment rates as published by EUROSTAT on 4 April 2018 (seasonally adjusted)
European Union (EU) European Union (EU)

Austria YXSN Oct-Dec 17 72.7 0.9 Austria ZXDS Feb 18 5.2 -0.1 -0.6
Belgium YXSO Oct-Dec 17 64.1 0.7 Belgium ZXDI Feb 18 6.4 0.1 -1.3
Bulgaria A495 Oct-Dec 17 67.5 4.1 Bulgaria A492 Feb 18 5.3 -0.2 -1.2
Croatia GUMI Oct-Dec 17 59.6 2.8 Croatia GUMJ Feb 18 9.6 -0.2 -2.4
Cyprus A4AC Oct-Dec 17 66.0 1.6 Cyprus A4AN Feb 18 9.6 -0.4 -3.0
Czech Republic A4AD Oct-Dec 17 74.3 1.4 Czech Republic A4AO Feb 18 2.4 0.0 -1.0
Denmark YXSP Oct-Dec 17 74.6 0.1 Denmark ZXDJ Feb 18 4.8 -0.1 -1.4
Estonia A4AE Oct-Dec 17 75.4 3.8 Estonia A4AP Jan 18 6.5 0.8 0.7
Finland YXSQ Oct-Dec 17 70.4 2.0 Finland ZXDU Feb 18 8.4 -0.1 -0.4
France YXSR Oct-Dec 17 65.0 0.9 France ZXDN Feb 18 8.9 -0.1 -0.7
Germany YXSS Oct-Dec 17 76.0 0.7 Germany ZXDK Feb 18 3.5 0.0 -0.4
Greece YXST Oct-Dec 17 53.4 1.6 Greece ZXDL Dec 17 20.8 -0.2 -2.6
Hungary A4AF Oct-Dec 17 68.8 1.3 Hungary A4AQ Jan 18 3.7 -0.1 -0.6
Ireland YXSU Oct-Dec 17 68.3 1.2 Ireland ZXDO Mar 18 6.1 0.0 -0.9
Italy YXSV Oct-Dec 17 58.2 0.8 Italy ZXDP Feb 18 10.9 -0.2 -0.6
Latvia A4AG Oct-Dec 17 71.0 2.2 Latvia A4AR Feb 18 8.0 -0.3 -1.0
Lithuania A4AH Oct-Dec 17 71.0 1.3 Lithuania A4AS Feb 18 7.3 0.0 -0.4
Luxembourg YXSW Oct-Dec 17 66.3 -0.2 Luxembourg ZXDQ Feb 18 5.4 0.1 -0.5
Malta A4AI Oct-Dec 17 69.3 3.1 Malta A4AT Feb 18 3.5 -0.1 -0.7
Netherlands YXSX Oct-Dec 17 76.3 1.1 Netherlands ZXDR Feb 18 4.1 -0.1 -1.2
Poland A4AJ Oct-Dec 17 66.4 1.3 Poland A4AU Feb 18 4.4 -0.1 -0.8
Portugal YXSY Oct-Dec 17 68.9 3.0 Portugal ZXDT Feb 18 7.8 -0.1 -2.1
Romania A494 Oct-Dec 17 63.4 1.8 Romania A48Z Feb 18 4.6 0.0 -0.7
Slovak Republic A4AK Oct-Dec 17 66.4 1.1 Slovak Republic A4AV Feb 18 7.5 -0.1 -1.1
Slovenia A4AL Oct-Dec 17 70.3 3.7 Slovenia A4AW Feb 18 5.3 -0.1 -2.1
Spain YXSZ Oct-Dec 17 61.6 1.5 Spain ZXDM Feb 18 16.1 -0.1 -2.1
Sweden YXTA Oct-Dec 17 76.6 0.7 Sweden5 ZXDV Feb 18 5.9 -0.6 -1.0
United Kingdom (*) ANZ6 Oct-Dec 17 74.5 0.7 United Kingdom (*) ZXDW Dec 17 4.2 -0.1 -0.4
Total EU 4 A496 Oct-Dec 17 68.1 1.2 Total EU 4 A493 Feb 18 7.1 -0.1 -0.9
Eurozone 4 YXTC Oct-Dec 17 66.8 1.0 Eurozone 4 ZXDH Feb 18 8.5 -0.1 -1.0
Employment rates published by the OECD (seasonally adjusted) Unemployment rates as published by national statistical offices (seasonally adjusted)
Canada A48O Oct-Dec 17 73.9 1.0 Canada ZXDZ Mar 18 5.8 0.0 -0.8
Japan A48P Oct-Dec 17 75.7 0.9 Japan ZXDY Feb 18 2.5 0.1 -0.4
United States A48Q Oct-Dec 17 70.4 0.8 United States ZXDX Mar 18 4.1 0.0 -0.4
Sources: EUROSTAT, OECD, national statistical offices.

(*) Note: The UK rates shown in this table are as published by EUROSTAT (the EUs statistical office). See Table 1 for the latest rates for the UK as published by ONS.
1. All employment rates shown in this table are for those aged from 15 to 64 except for the rate for the United States published by OECD which are for those aged from 16 to 64.
2. The employment rates for the EU are published by EUROSTAT and are not seasonally adjusted. EUROSTAT do not publish seasonally adjusted (SA) employment rates but SA rates for some EU
countries are published by OECD. These OECD employment rates are available on our website at dataset A10.
3. Unemployment rates published by EUROSTAT for most EU countries (but not for the UK), are calculated by extrapolating from the most recent LFS data using monthly registered unemployment data.
A standard population basis (15-74) is used by EUROSTAT except for Spain, Italy and the UK (16-74). The unemployment rate for the US is based on those aged 16 and over, but the rates for Canada and
Japan are for those aged 15 and over. All unemployment rates shown in this table are seasonally adjusted.
4. The "Total EU" series consist of all 28 EU countries. The Eurozone figures consist of the following EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain.
5. The EU unemployment rates are as published on the EUROSTAT database. For Sweden the rates on the database differ from those shown in the EUROSTAT News Release published on 4 April 2018.
This is because the figures for Sweden on the database are seasonally adjusted estimates but the figures for Sweden shown in the News Release are the trend component.
18 Labour disputes United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Working days lost in Working days lost in the Number of Number of

Working days lost the Public Sector Private Sector Number of stoppages in the stoppages in the Workers involved
1,2
(thousands) (thousands)1,2 (thousands)1,2 stoppages3,4 Public Sector 3,4 Private Sector 3,4 (thousands)1,3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
BBFW F8XZ F8Y2 BLUU F8Y3 F8Y4 BLUT
2016 Feb 18 16 2 11 8 3 19
2017 Feb 20 1 19 14 6 8 3
Mar 18 5 14 17 8 9 5
Apr 20 5 15 14 4 10 12
May 50 16 34 11 6 5 10
Jun 2 1 1 11 7 4 2
Jul 50 1 49 12 3 9 3
Aug 62 1 61 10 4 6 4
Sep 10 1 9 11 4 7 3
Oct 8 0 8 11 1 10 3
Nov 8 0 8 11 1 10 3
Dec 10 4 6 16 3 13 5
2018 Jan 9 1 8 18 4 14 3
Feb (p) 75 0 74 15 4 11 20
Cumulative totals 12 months to:

Feb 17 322 219 102 96 38 58 156
Feb 18 (p) 323 36 287 79 27 52 45
Relationship between columns 1=2+3; 4=5+6 Source: ONS Labour Disputes Inquiry
Labour disputes enquiries 01633 455400
1. Estimates of working days lost and workers involved are shown to the nearest thousand. Unrounded estimates of less than 500 therefore round to zero.
2. Due to rounding the working days lost for the public and private sectors may not add up to the total working days lost.
3. The latest 12 month cumulative totals for the figures in these columns will not necessarily equal the sum of the 12 months as some disputes continue for over one month. These disputes appear in
each month's data, but only once in the total.
4. These series exclude disputes not resulting in a stoppage of work, those involving less than 10 workers or lasting less than 1 day unless the total number of working days lost in the dispute is 100 or more.
VACANCIES
19 Vacancies1 by size of business United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
Number of employees
All Vacancies 1-9 10-49 50-249 250-2499 2500+
AP2Y ALY5 ALY6

2.5 ALY7 ALY8 ALY9
Levels
Jan-Mar 2016 (r) 751 132 109 104 139 267
Jan-Mar 2017 (r) 771 130 114 111 146 271

Feb-Apr 2017 (r) 789 138 119 113 147 273
Mar-May 2017 (r) 784 128 118 115 148 276
Apr-Jun 2017 (r) 784 125 118 114 150 277
May-Jul 2017 (r) 779 121 117 115 148 278
Jun-Aug 2017 (r) 789 128 116 114 152 279
Jul-Sep 2017 (r) 797 127 115 123 151 280
Aug-Oct 2017 (r) 803 130 119 123 151 281
Sep-Nov 2017 (r) 810 128 119 127 153 282
Oct-Dec 2017 (r) 815 134 122 120 155 284
Nov-Jan 2018 (r) 823 132 120 122 159 290
Dec-Feb 2018 (r) 816 125 118 121 160 292
Jan-Mar 2018 (p) 815 125 114 122 159 294
Change on quarter * 0 -9 -8 2 4 11
Change % * 0.0 -6.8 -6.5 2.0 2.7 3.8
Change on year 44 -5 1 12 14 24
Change % 5.7 -4.1 0.5 10.4 9.5 8.7
1. Excludes Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. Source: ONS Vacancy Survey

Vacancy Survey enquiries: [email protected], 01633 456777
* Change on previous non-overlapping three month rolling average time period.
20 Vacancies1 and Unemployment

United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed
people per
1 2
All Vacancies Unemployment vacancy
AP2Y MGSC JPC5
Levels
Dec-Feb 2016 (r) 750 1,705 2.3
Dec-Feb 2017 (r) 762 1,559 2.0
Mar-May 2017 (r) 784 1,495 1.9
Jun-Aug 2017 (r) 789 1,443 1.8
Sep-Nov 2017 (r) 810 1,439 1.8
Dec-Feb 2018 (r) 816 1,423 1.7
Change on quarter 6 -16 0.0

Change % 0.8 -1.1
Change on year 54 -136 -0.3

Change % 7.1 -8.7
Source: ONS Vacancy Survey/ Labour Force Survey
Vacancy Survey enquiries: [email protected], 01633 456777

1. Excludes Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
2. Unemployment estimates are produced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and are always one period behind the ONS Vacancy Survey
estimates. This table therefore shows estimates for the same periods as shown in table 1 (which shows LFS estimates).
VACANCIES
21 Vacancies by industry
Standard Industrial Classification (2007) United Kingdom (thousands), seasonally adjusted
Water supply, Wholesale &

Electricity, gas, sewerage, retail trade; Accommoda-
steam & air waste & repair of motor tion & food Information &
All Mining & Manu- conditioning remediation vehicles and Transport & service communica-
vacancies1 quarrying facturing supply2 activities Construction motor cycles storage activities tion
SIC 2007 sections B-S B C D E F G H I J
AP2Y JP9H JP9I JP9J JP9K JP9L JP9M JP9N JP9O JP9P
Levels (thousands)
Jan-Mar 2016 (r) 751 1 47 4 3 21 140 31 83 42
Jan-Mar 2017 (r) 771 1 50 4 5 28 135 30 91 40
Feb-Apr 2017 (r) 789 1 55 4 4 27 137 32 90 42
Mar-May 2017 (r) 784 1 53 4 4 26 138 30 90 42
Apr-Jun 2017 (r) 784 1 53 4 4 28 139 30 91 42
May-Jul 2017 (r) 779 1 50 4 3 28 137 32 94 41
Jun-Aug 2017 (r) 789 1 51 4 3 30 142 33 93 42
Jul-Sep 2017 (r) 797 1 51 4 3 30 143 34 91 42
Aug-Oct 2017 (r) 803 1 53 4 4 32 145 32 90 41
Sep-Nov 2017 (r) 810 1 55 4 4 29 142 34 91 40
Oct-Dec 2017 (r) 815 1 58 4 4 27 137 35 93 43
Nov-Jan 2018 (r) 823 1 57 4 4 25 134 43 93 44
Dec-Feb 2018 (r) 816 1 59 4 4 24 132 45 92 45
Jan-Mar 2018 (p) 815 1 58 4 4 24 136 43 89 45
Change on quarter * 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -1 9 -5 2
Change % * 0.0 12.5 0.7 -4.9 19.4 -9.4 -0.7 24.4 -4.9 3.5
Change on year 44 0 8 0 0 -4 1 14 -3 5
Change % 5.7 0.0 16.1 -7.1 -6.5 -12.6 0.9 45.2 -2.7 11.5
AP2Z JPA2 JPA3 JPA4 JPA5 JPA6 JPA7 JPA8 JPA9 JPB2
Vacancies per 100 employee jobs
Jan-Mar 2016 (r) 2.5 1.2 1.9 3.1 1.4 1.6 3.0 2.1 3.8 3.4
Jan-Mar 2017 (r) 2.6 1.6 2.0 3.1 2.3 2.0 2.9 2.0 4.1 3.1
Feb-Apr 2017 (r) 2.6 1.6 2.2 3.1 1.9 1.9 3.0 2.1 4.0 3.3
Mar-May 2017 (r) 2.6 1.6 2.2 3.2 1.8 1.8 3.0 2.0 4.0 3.3
Apr-Jun 2017 (r) 2.6 1.8 2.2 3.3 1.7 1.9 3.0 2.0 4.0 3.3
May-Jul 2017 (r) 2.6 1.8 2.0 3.3 1.6 2.0 3.0 2.1 4.2 3.2
Jun-Aug 2017 (r) 2.6 1.6 2.1 3.2 1.6 2.1 3.1 2.2 4.1 3.3
Jul-Sep 2017 (r) 2.6 1.8 2.0 3.2 1.7 2.1 3.1 2.2 4.1 3.3
Aug-Oct 2017 (r) 2.7 1.6 2.2 3.1 1.7 2.2 3.1 2.1 4.0 3.2
Sep-Nov 2017 (r) 2.7 1.6 2.2 3.1 1.7 2.0 3.1 2.2 4.1 3.1
Oct-Dec 2017 (r) 2.7 1.4 2.3 3.1 1.8 1.9 3.0 2.3 4.2 3.4
Nov-Jan 2018 (r) 2.7 1.6 2.3 3.2 1.8 1.8 2.9 2.8 4.2 3.5
Dec-Feb 2018 (r) 2.7 1.6 2.4 3.1 2.1 1.7 2.9 3.0 4.1 3.5
Jan-Mar 2018 (p) 2.7 1.6 2.4 2.9 2.1 1.7 3.0 2.9 3.9 3.5
Change on quarter * 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.6 -0.2 0.1
Change on year 0.1 0.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.9 -0.1 0.4
Professional Public admin

Financial & scientific & Administrative & & defence; Human health Arts,
insurance Real estate technical support service compulsory & social work entertainment & Other service
activities activities2 activities activities social security Education activities recreation activities Total services
SIC 2007 sections K L M N O P Q R S G-S

JP9Q JP9R JP9S JP9T JP9U JP9V JP9W JP9X JP9Y JP9Z
Levels (thousands)
Jan-Mar 2016 (r) 30 9 66 49 11 51 124 19 21 675
Jan-Mar 2017 (r) 33 13 66 54 16 52 119 15 19 683
Feb-Apr 2017 (r) 34 13 69 54 16 54 122 17 19 699
Mar-May 2017 (r) 35 11 67 55 16 52 123 18 18 696
Apr-Jun 2017 (r) 36 11 69 53 16 49 122 18 19 695
May-Jul 2017 (r) 36 11 67 55 16 50 120 16 19 693
Jun-Aug 2017 (r) 37 10 68 55 17 50 119 13 20 700
Jul-Sep 2017 (r) 39 10 68 54 17 52 121 17 21 708
Aug-Oct 2017 (r) 39 9 71 51 17 52 124 18 20 709
Sep-Nov 2017 (r) 39 10 73 53 17 52 126 21 21 718
Oct-Dec 2017 (r) 39 9 77 53 17 51 127 20 21 721
Nov-Jan 2018 (r) 39 9 75 53 18 50 131 21 22 732
Dec-Feb 2018 (r) 39 9 71 53 18 48 129 20 22 724
Jan-Mar 2018 (p) 39 11 70 54 18 47 129 21 22 723
Change on quarter * 0 2 -7 1 1 -3 1 1 1 2
Change % * 0.8 17.8 -8.9 1.5 5.3 -6.1 1.0 6.1 5.7 0.3
Change on year 6 -2 4 -1 2 -5 10 6 4 40
Change % 17.1 -17.2 6.7 -1.1 10.5 -9.2 8.2 38.2 18.8 5.9
JPB3 JPB4 JPB5 JPB6 JPB7 JPB8 JPB9 JPC2 JPC3 JPC4
Vacancies per 100 employee jobs
Jan-Mar 2016 (r) 2.9 1.9 2.6 1.8 0.9 1.9 3.1 2.5 3.3 2.7
Jan-Mar 2017 (r) 3.1 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.3 2.0 2.9 2.0 2.9 2.6
Feb-Apr 2017 (r) 3.2 2.7 2.7 2.0 1.3 2.0 3.0 2.2 3.0 2.7
Mar-May 2017 (r) 3.3 2.3 2.6 2.0 1.3 1.9 3.0 2.4 2.9 2.7
Apr-Jun 2017 (r) 3.3 2.2 2.7 2.0 1.3 1.8 3.0 2.4 2.9 2.7
May-Jul 2017 (r) 3.4 2.2 2.6 2.0 1.3 1.9 3.0 2.2 3.0 2.7
Jun-Aug 2017 (r) 3.5 2.1 2.7 2.1 1.3 1.9 2.9 1.8 3.1 2.7
Jul-Sep 2017 (r) 3.6 2.0 2.7 2.0 1.3 1.9 3.0 2.3 3.2 2.7
Aug-Oct 2017 (r) 3.6 1.9 2.8 1.9 1.4 2.0 3.1 2.4 3.2 2.7
Sep-Nov 2017 (r) 3.7 2.0 2.9 2.0 1.3 2.0 3.1 2.8 3.2 2.8
Oct-Dec 2017 (r) 3.6 1.9 3.0 2.0 1.3 1.9 3.2 2.6 3.3 2.8
Nov-Jan 2018 (r) 3.6 1.9 2.9 2.0 1.4 1.9 3.2 2.8 3.4 2.8
Dec-Feb 2018 (r) 3.6 1.9 2.8 2.0 1.4 1.8 3.2 2.7 3.4 2.8
Jan-Mar 2018 (p) 3.7 2.2 2.8 2.0 1.4 1.8 3.2 2.8 3.4 2.8
Change on quarter * 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
Change on year 0.5 -0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.2
1. Excludes Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. Source: ONS Vacancy Survey
2. Not seasonally adjusted. These series do not display seasonality. Therefore the unadjusted series is the best estimate of a 'seasonally adjusted' series.
* Change on previous non-overlapping three month rolling average time period. Vacancy Survey enquiries: [email protected], 01633 456777
REDUNDANCIES
22 Redundancies levels and rates1 United Kingdom, (seasonally adjusted)
People (aged 16 and over) Men (aged 16 and over) Women (aged 16 and over)
Level (000s)2 Rate 1 Level (000s)2 Rate 1 Level (000s)2 Rate 1
BEAO BEIR BEIU BEIX BEJA BEJD

Dec-Feb 2016 112 4.2 70 5.1 42 3.2
Dec-Feb 2017 106 3.9 66 4.8 40 3.0
Mar-May 2017 97 3.6 60 4.4 36 2.7
Jun-Aug 2017 107 4.0 62 4.5 45 3.4
Sep-Nov 2017 109 4.0 60 4.4 50 3.7
Dec-Feb 2018 97 3.6 55 4.0 42 3.1
Change on quarter -12 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -8 -0.6
Change % -11.0 -7.3 -15.6
Change on year -9 -0.4 -10 -0.8 2 0.1
Change % -8.1 -15.6 4.1

1. The redundancy rate is the ratio of the redundancy level for the given quarter to the seasonally adjusted number of employees in the previous quarter, multiplied by 1,000.
2. The redundancies levels as derived directly from the Labour Force Survey do not currently display seasonality. For this reason series BEAO is currently identical to the not
seasonally adjusted series BEYV shown at Table 24.
23 Redundancies by industry1 United Kingdom (thousands of people aged 16 and over), not seasonally adjusted
Transport & Prof. scientific

storage, & technical Public
Wholesale & accommodation activities, Administration
retail trade; & food service Financial & admin & etc., education,
repair of motor activities, insurance and support human health
Total vehicles and information & real estate service and social work
redundancies2 Manufacturing Construction motor cycles communication activities activities activities3 Total services4
SIC 2007 sections C F G H,I,J K,L M,N O-Q G-T
People BEYV JWV6 JWV7 JWV8 JWV9 JWW2 JWW3 JWW4 JWW5
Oct-Dec 2015 98 15 8 16 16 9 8 22 73
Oct-Dec 2016 121 22 8 19 14 9 16 29 89
Jan-Mar 2017 95 18 5 16 17 7 10 13 66
Apr-Jun 2017 112 17 6 17 17 13 11 24 84
Jul-Sep 2017 102 14 7 15 15 7 11 23 77
Oct-Dec 2017 107 11 9 14 23 7 10 27 85
Change on year -15 -11 2 -4 9 -3 -6 -2 -4
Change % -12.0 -51.2 0 -22.7 60.7 0 -36.0 -8.5 -4.1

1. The estimates in this table are for calendar quarters only whereas the estimates at Table 23 are for rolling three-monthly time periods.
2. The total series includes those people who did not state their industry. The series also includes SIC 2007 categories A (Agriculture, forestry and fishing), B (Mining and quarrying), D
(Electricity, gas, etc.) and E (Water supply, sewerage, etc.). These sectors are not shown separately in this table as the sample size is too small to provide reliable estimates. See
footnote 2 at Table 23.
3. Includes both public and private sectors.
4. Other Services are not shown separately in this table as the sample size is too small to provide reliable estimates.
REGIONAL SUMMARY
24(1) Regional summary of labour market headline indicators Thousands, seasonally adjusted
Headline estimates for December 2017 to February 2018
Economically active 1 Employment Unemployment Economically inactive

Aged 16+ Aged 16-64 Aged 16+ Aged 16-64 Aged 16+ Aged 16+ Aged 16-64 Aged 16-64
Area Codes Area Names Level Rate (%)2 Level Rate (%)2 Level Rate (%)3 Level Rate (%)2
K02000001 United Kingdom 33,685 78.8 32,262 75.4 1,423 4.2 8,731 21.2
K03000001 Great Britain 32,810 79.0 31,417 75.6 1,393 4.2 8,405 21.0
E92000001 England 28,531 79.2 27,323 75.8 1,208 4.2 7,221 20.8
E12000001 North East 1,293 77.2 1,231 73.4 63 4.8 375 22.8
E12000002 North West 3,550 76.9 3,403 73.6 147 4.1 1,036 23.1
E12000003 Yorkshire and The Humber 2,710 77.9 2,568 73.8 141 5.2 745 22.1
E12000004 East Midlands 2,389 78.6 2,290 75.2 99 4.1 626 21.4
E12000005 West Midlands 2,866 77.0 2,723 73.0 143 5.0 822 23.0
E12000006 East 3,171 81.1 3,053 78.0 118 3.7 712 18.9
E12000007 London 4,959 79.0 4,720 75.1 239 4.8 1,282 21.0
E12000008 South East 4,720 81.5 4,559 78.6 161 3.4 1,029 18.5
E12000009 South West 2,874 82.1 2,776 79.2 97 3.4 593 17.9
W92000004 Wales 1,519 76.6 1,449 73.0 70 4.6 443 23.4
S92000003 Scotland 2,760 78.3 2,645 75.0 115 4.2 741 21.7
N92000002 Northern Ireland 875 72.1 845 69.5 30 3.5 327 27.9
Change on quarter (change since September to November 2017)

Note: Changes on quarter at regional level are particularly subject to sampling variability and should be interpreted in the context of changes over several quarters rather than in isolation.

K02000001 United Kingdom 38 0.0 55 0.1 -16 -0.1 -2 0.0

K03000001 Great Britain 34 0.0 47 0.0 -13 0.0 1 0.0
E92000001 England 39 0.0 52 0.0 -13 -0.1 6 0.0
E12000001 North East -3 0.9 2 1.2 -5 -0.4 -15 -0.9
E12000002 North West -11 -0.5 -15 -0.6 3 0.1 21 0.5
E12000003 Yorkshire and The Humber 49 1.0 42 0.8 7 0.2 -34 -1.0
E12000004 East Midlands 23 0.3 21 0.2 2 0.0 -9 -0.3
E12000005 West Midlands 22 0.2 34 0.5 -12 -0.5 -6 -0.2
E12000006 East -16 -0.6 -16 -0.6 0 0.0 25 0.6
E12000007 London 35 0.5 51 0.8 -16 -0.4 -25 -0.5
E12000008 South East -71 -1.2 -87 -1.5 16 0.4 65 1.2
E12000009 South West 13 0.5 20 0.7 -8 -0.3 -16 -0.5
W92000004 Wales 8 0.2 11 0.3 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.2
S92000003 Scotland -14 0.0 -17 -0.1 3 0.1 0 0.0
N92000002 Northern Ireland 5 0.3 8 0.5 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3
Change on year (change since December 2016 to February 2017)

K02000001 United Kingdom 291 0.4 427 0.8 -136 -0.4 -154 -0.4
K03000001 Great Britain 289 0.5 409 0.8 -120 -0.4 -161 -0.5
E92000001 England 245 0.4 354 0.8 -109 -0.4 -120 -0.4
E12000001 North East 7 1.6 27 2.8 -20 -1.6 -26 -1.6
E12000002 North West -19 -0.2 -5 0.2 -14 -0.4 6 0.2
E12000003 Yorkshire and The Humber 1 0.1 -2 0.0 3 0.1 -4 -0.1
E12000004 East Midlands 27 0.1 24 0.0 3 0.1 -3 -0.1
E12000005 West Midlands 53 0.9 69 1.3 -17 -0.7 -30 -0.9
E12000006 East 13 0.4 30 1.0 -17 -0.5 -13 -0.4
E12000007 London 108 1.0 156 1.8 -48 -1.1 -42 -1.0
E12000008 South East 28 0.1 26 0.0 2 0.0 0 -0.1
E12000009 South West 27 0.3 30 0.4 -3 -0.1 -7 -0.3
W92000004 Wales 2 -0.3 5 -0.1 -4 -0.3 5 0.3
S92000003 Scotland 42 1.3 50 1.6 -8 -0.3 -45 -1.3
N92000002 Northern Ireland 2 -0.5 18 0.8 -15 -1.8 7 0.5
The Labour Force Survey is tabulated by region of residence. Source: Labour Force Survey
1. Economically active = Employment plus Unemployment. Labour market statistics enquiries: [email protected]
2. Denominator = all persons aged 16 to 64.
3. Denominator = total economically active
REGIONAL SUMMARY
Thousands,
24(2) Regional summary of Workforce Jobs seasonally adjusted
Change on September
Area Codes Area Names December 2017 2017
K02000001 United Kingdom 35,110 -64

K03000001 Great Britain 34,216 -75
E92000001 England 29,898 -37
E12000001 North East 1,200 -4
E12000002 North West 3,677 4
E12000003 Yorkshire and The Humber 2,667 1
E12000004 East Midlands 2,443 11
E12000005 West Midlands 2,992 -30
E12000006 East 3,162 9
E12000007 London 5,863 35
E12000008 South East 4,968 -52
E12000009 South West 2,926 -10
W92000004 Wales 1,550 12
S92000003 Scotland 2,768 -50
N92000002 Northern Ireland 884 10
Workforce jobs are mainly sourced from employer surveys and are tabulated by region of workplace.
HM Forces stationed abroad are included in the UK workforce jobs estimates but not in the regional estimates. The
UK workforce jobs estimates therefore do not equal the sum of the regional estimates.

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UK labour market: April 2018

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2. Summary of latest labour market statistics

3. Things you need to know about this release

5. Public and private sector employment (first published on 21 March 2018)

6. Actual hours worked

7. Workforce jobs (first published on 21 March 2018)

8. Average weekly earnings

9. Labour disputes (not seasonally adjusted)

11. Economic inactivity

12. Young people in the labour market

15. Future publication dates

16. Links to related statistics

17. Quality and Methodology

2 . Summary of latest labour market statistics

Employed 32,262 55 427

Aged 16 to 31,066 39 405 75.4 0.1 0.8

Unemployed 1,423 -16 -136 4.2 -0.1 -0.4

Aged 16 to 1,403 -14 -143

Aged 16 to 8,731 -2 -154 21.2 0.0 -0.4

Aged 65 10,527 39 175

Source: Office for National Statistics

4. Components may not sum exactly to totals due to rounding.

Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics

Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics

3 . Things you need to know about this release

Improvements to estimates of vacancies

About labour market statuses

Accuracy and reliability of survey estimates

Where to find explanatory information

A Guide to labour market statistics , which includes a Glossary, is available.

Things you need to know about employment

A comparison between estimates of employment and jobs is available.

January to March 1971 to December to February 2018

Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics

December to February 2013 to December to February 2018

Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics

For December 2017 to February 2018:

Source: Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics

employees increased by 497,000 to 27.34 million (84.7% of all people in work)

Where to find data about employment

Notes for: Employment

5 . Public and private sector employment (first published on

Where to find data about public and private sector employment

Things you need to know about actual hours worked

For December 2017 to February 2018:

December to February 2013 to December to February 2018

Source: Labour Force Survey: Office for National Statistics

Where to find data about hours worked

7 . Workforce jobs (first published on 21 March 2018)

Things you need to know about workforce jobs

A comparison between estimates of employment and jobs is available.

Source: Office for National Statistics

Where to find data about workforce jobs

8 . Average weekly earnings

Things you need to know about average weekly earnings

December to February 2013 to December to February 2018