Labor market in the United Kingdom - Statistics & Facts

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Number of people employed in the UK
33.8m
Employment rate in the UK
75.5%
Region with the highest employment rate UK
South West

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Employment

  • Basic Statistic Number of people employed in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Employment rate in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Employment rate in the UK in 2024, by region
  • Basic Statistic Number of private sector employees in the UK 1999-2024
  • Premium Statistic Number of people employed in the private sector in the UK 2024, by sector
  • Basic Statistic Number of public sector employees in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of public sector employees UK 2024, by industry
  • Basic Statistic Number of jobs in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of job-to-job moves in the UK 2001-2024, by reason
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of businesses experiencing a worker shortage in the UK 2021-2024

Unemployment

  • Basic Statistic Unemployment rate of the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of people unemployed in the UK 2000-2024
  • Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 2024, by region
  • Basic Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 2000-2024, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 2000-2024, by age group
  • Basic Statistic Youth unemployment rate in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of job vacancies in the UK 2001-2024
  • Premium Statistic Number of redundancies in the UK 2000-2024

Labor force

  • Basic Statistic Overall weekly hours worked in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Average weekly hours of work for full-time workers in the UK 1992-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of full-time workers in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of part-time workers in the UK 2000-2024
  • Premium Statistic Number of temporary workers in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of self-employed workers in the UK 2000-2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of flexible working contract employees UK 2024, by type
  • Basic Statistic Number of days lost to sickness absence in the UK 1995-2022

Wages and earnings

  • Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1999-2024
  • Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1999-2024, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2004-2023, by age group
  • Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2024, by region
  • Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for part-time employees in the UK 1999-2023
  • Basic Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK 2001-2024
  • Basic Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK compared with inflation 2001-2024

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