• UK monthly employment figures 2020

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, with around 9.6 million jobs currently on furlough.

Monthly employment figures in the United Kingdom from January 2010 to August 2020 (in 1,000s)

	People in employment in thousands
Aug 20	31,186
Jul 20	31,308
Jun 20	31,396
May 20	31,416
Apr 20	31,437
Mar 20	31,477
Feb 20	31,723
Jan 20	31,687
Dec 19	31,637
Nov 19	31,637
Oct 19	31,577
Sep19	31,493
Aug 19	31,443
Jul 19	31,365
Jun 19	31,463
May 19	31,448
Apr 19	31,421
Mar 19	31,443
Feb 19	31,414
Jan 19	31,438
Dec 18	31,425
Nov 18	31,307
Oct 18	31,272
Sep 18	31,247
Aug 18	31,176
Jul 18	31,173
Jun 18	31,153
May 18	31,159
Apr 18	31,188
Mar 18	31,165
Feb 18	31,146
Jan 18	31,064
Dec 17	31,028
Nov 17	30,970
Oct 17	31,031
Sep 17	30,917
Aug 17	30,883
Jul 17	30,931
Jun 17	30,977
May 17	30,904
Apr 17	30,818
Mar 17	30,753
Feb 17	30,747
Jan 17	30,681
Dec 16	30,639
Nov 16	30,645
Oct 16	30,590
Sep 16	30,577
Aug 16	30,577
Jul 16	30,587
Jun 16	30,588
May 16	30,540
Apr 16	30,502
Mar 16	30,422
Feb 16	30,387
Jan 16	30,376
Dec 15	30,343
Nov 15	30,340
Oct 15	30,301
Sep 15	30,261
Aug 15	30,165
Jul 15	30,064
Jun 15	30,020
May 15	29,967
Apr 15	29,924
Mar 15	29,963
Feb 15	29,952
Jan 15	29,938
Dec 14	29,871
Nov 14	29,820
Oct 14	29,722
Sep 14	29,715
Aug 14	29,717
Jul 14	29,677
Jun 14	29,587
May 14	29,599
Apr 14	29,621
Mar 14	29,527
Feb 14	29,426
Jan 14	29,384
Dec 13	29,267
Nov 13	29,215
Oct 13	29,224
Sep 13	29,152
Aug 13	29,055
Jul 13	28,989
Jun 13	28,972
May 13	28,909
Apr 13	28,855
Mar 13	28,867
Feb 13	28,841
Jan 13	28,831
Dec 12	28,908
Nov 12	28,925
Oct 12	28,876
Sep 12	28,786
Aug 12	28,808
Jul 12	28,819
Jun 12	28,777
May 12	28,718
Apr 12	28,621
Mar 12	28,572
Feb 12	28,550
Jan 12	28,492
Dec 11	28,466
Nov 11	28,461
Oct 11	28,435
Sep 11	28,438
Aug 11	28,426
Jul 11	28,467
Jun 11	28,480
May 11	28,558
Apr 11	28,569
Mar 11	28,541
Feb 11	28,552
Jan 11	28,554
Dec 10	28,491
Nov 10	28,444
Oct 10	28,408
Sep 10	28,455
Aug 10	28,526
Jul 10	28,484
Jun 10	28,462
May 10	28,367
Apr 10	28,343
Mar 10	28,254
Feb 10	28,232
Jan 10	28,251

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November 2020

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Survey time period

January 2010 to August 2020

Age group

16-64 years

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