As of August 2020, 31.1 million people were employed in the United Kingdom, compared to 31.44 million in the same month in 2019. The employment figures provided here do not yet however reflect the full impact of the Coronavirus pandemic,
Monthly employment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2010 to August 2020 (in 1,000s)
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Statistics on Employment in the UK
Employment
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- Basic Statistic Number of people employed in the UK 1971-2021
- Basic Statistic Employment rate in the UK 1971-2021
- Premium Statistic Employment rate in the UK in 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of private sector employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of people employed in the private sector in the UK 2022, by sector
- Basic Statistic Number of public sector employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of public sector employees UK 2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Number of jobs in the UK 1959-2022
Unemployment
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- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate of the UK 1971-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of people unemployed in the UK 1971-2022
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 1971-2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 1992-2022, by age group
- Premium Statistic Youth unemployment rate in the UK 1992-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of job vacancies in the UK 2001-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of redundancies in the UK 1995-2022
Labor force
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- Basic Statistic Overall weekly hours worked in the UK 1971-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of full-time workers in the UK 1992-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of part-time workers in the UK 1992-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of temporary workers in the UK 1992-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of self-employed workers in the UK 1992-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of flexible working contract employees UK 2022, by type
Wages and earnings
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- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1999-2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2004-2022, by age group
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for part-time employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Premium Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK 2001-2022
Impact of COVID-19
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- Premium Statistic Cumulative number of jobs furloughed under the job retention scheme UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of claims made by companies from the job retention scheme in the UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of employers using the job retention scheme in the UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Number of claims made to the self-employment support scheme in the UK 2021
- Premium Statistic Value of claims made to the self-employment support scheme in the UK 2021
Further related statistics
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- Quarterly employment figures in the UK 2000-2020
- Total financial services employment in the UK Q1 2019, by region
- United Kingdom (UK): quarterly employment levels (aged 65+) 2014-2018
- Share of financial services employment in the UK Q1 2019, by region
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 10, 2020). Monthly employment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2010 to August 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/282005/monthly-employment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Monthly employment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2010 to August 2020 (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed February 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282005/monthly-employment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2020). Monthly employment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2010 to August 2020 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/282005/monthly-employment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Monthly Employment Figures in The United Kingdom from January 2010 to August 2020 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282005/monthly-employment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Monthly employment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2010 to August 2020 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/282005/monthly-employment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited February 01, 2023)
Monthly employment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2010 to August 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), November 10, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/282005/monthly-employment-figures-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/