Employment Report in United Kingdom

Oficina Nacional de Estadistica (ONS) · Monthly · Importance 90

IMF forecast (WEO): 2026: 5.6% 2027: 5.3% 2028: 4.8% 2029: 4.5% 2030: 4.5% 2031: 4.5%

4.9% (May-26) ABS · % · Mensual · CSV

Period	%
May 2026	4.9%
Apr 2026	4.9%
Mar 2026	4.9%
Feb 2026	5.0%
Jan 2026	4.9%
Dec 2025	5.2%
Nov 2025	5.2%
Oct 2025	5.1%
Sep 2025	5.1%
Aug 2025	5.0%
Jul 2025	4.8%
Jun 2025	4.7%
May 2025	4.7%
Apr 2025	4.7%
Mar 2025	4.6%
Feb 2025	4.6%
Jan 2025	4.5%
Dec 2024	4.4%
Nov 2024	4.4%
Oct 2024	4.4%
Sep 2024	4.2%
Aug 2024	4.3%
Jul 2024	4.1%
Jun 2024	4.2%
May 2024	4.2%
Apr 2024	4.4%
Mar 2024	4.4%
Feb 2024	4.3%
Jan 2024	4.2%
Dec 2023	4.1%
Nov 2023	3.9%
Oct 2023	4.0%
Sep 2023	4.0%
Aug 2023	4.1%
Jul 2023	4.3%
Jun 2023	4.4%
May 2023	4.2%
Apr 2023	4.0%
Mar 2023	3.9%
Feb 2023	4.0%
Jan 2023	4.0%
Dec 2022	3.9%
Nov 2022	3.9%
Oct 2022	3.9%
Sep 2022	3.8%
Aug 2022	3.7%
Jul 2022	3.6%
Jun 2022	3.6%
May 2022	3.8%
Apr 2022	3.7%
Mar 2022	3.8%
Feb 2022	3.8%
Jan 2022	3.9%
Dec 2021	4.1%
Nov 2021	4.2%
Oct 2021	4.2%
Sep 2021	4.3%
Aug 2021	4.4%
Jul 2021	4.5%
Jun 2021	4.6%

Period	%
Jun 2026	4.1%
May 2026	4.4%
Apr 2026	4.4%
Mar 2026	4.4%
Feb 2026	3.9%
Jan 2026	4.1%
Dec 2025	4.2%
Nov 2025	4.6%
Oct 2025	4.8%
Sep 2025	4.9%
Aug 2025	5.0%
Jul 2025	4.9%
Jun 2025	4.7%
May 2025	5.0%
Apr 2025	5.3%
Mar 2025	5.5%
Feb 2025	5.7%
Jan 2025	5.7%
Dec 2024	6.0%
Nov 2024	5.5%
Oct 2024	5.3%
Sep 2024	4.6%
Aug 2024	4.1%
Jul 2024	4.4%
Jun 2024	4.8%
May 2024	5.7%
Apr 2024	5.7%
Mar 2024	5.8%
Feb 2024	5.7%
Jan 2024	5.8%
Dec 2023	5.8%
Nov 2023	6.6%
Oct 2023	7.1%
Sep 2023	7.9%
Aug 2023	8.2%
Jul 2023	8.5%
Jun 2023	8.3%
May 2023	7.2%
Apr 2023	6.7%
Mar 2023	6.2%
Feb 2023	5.9%
Jan 2023	6.1%
Dec 2022	6.2%
Nov 2022	6.6%
Oct 2022	6.2%
Sep 2022	6.0%
Aug 2022	6.1%
Jul 2022	5.5%
Jun 2022	5.3%
May 2022	6.5%
Apr 2022	7.1%
Mar 2022	7.2%
Feb 2022	5.9%
Jan 2022	5.2%
Dec 2021	4.9%
Nov 2021	4.4%
Oct 2021	5.1%
Sep 2021	6.0%
Aug 2021	7.2%
Jul 2021	8.4%

Period	requests
Jul 2026	1,664.5
Jun 2026	1,675.5
May 2026	1,681.9
Apr 2026	1,680.6
Mar 2026	1,672.4
Feb 2026	1,667.4
Jan 2026	1,650.3
Dec 2025	1,650.4
Nov 2025	1,652.9
Oct 2025	1,657.0
Sep 2025	1,658.7
Aug 2025	1,662.4
Jul 2025	1,667.9
Jun 2025	1,694.4
May 2025	1,699.4
Apr 2025	1,702.1
Mar 2025	1,713.6
Feb 2025	1,714.9
Jan 2025	1,714.6
Dec 2024	1,724.3
Nov 2024	1,742.8
Oct 2024	1,764.0
Sep 2024	1,772.5
Aug 2024	1,771.3
Jul 2024	1,776.3
Jun 2024	1,638.6
May 2024	1,612.6
Apr 2024	1,584.2
Mar 2024	1,578.4
Feb 2024	1,562.9
Jan 2024	1,566.4
Dec 2023	1,563.2
Nov 2023	1,551.1
Oct 2023	1,539.0
Sep 2023	1,531.7
Aug 2023	1,530.9
Jul 2023	1,545.6
Jun 2023	1,536.8
May 2023	1,532.5
Apr 2023	1,567.3
Mar 2023	1,523.9
Feb 2023	1,494.8
Jan 2023	1,517.5
Dec 2022	1,536.6
Nov 2022	1,522.4
Oct 2022	1,509.9
Sep 2022	1,520.9
Aug 2022	1,521.2
Jul 2022	1,525.0
Jun 2022	1,554.1
May 2022	1,576.8
Apr 2022	1,596.7
Mar 2022	1,674.0
Feb 2022	1,743.5
Jan 2022	1,797.3
Dec 2021	1,840.3
Nov 2021	1,909.5
Oct 2021	1,985.9
Sep 2021	2,053.4
Aug 2021	2,146.8

Period	thousands
Jul 2026	-11.0
Jun 2026	-6.4
May 2026	1.3
Apr 2026	8.2
Mar 2026	5.0
Feb 2026	17.1
Jan 2026	-0.1
Dec 2025	-2.5
Nov 2025	-4.1
Oct 2025	-1.7
Sep 2025	-3.7
Aug 2025	-5.5
Jul 2025	-26.5
Jun 2025	-5.0
May 2025	-2.7
Apr 2025	-11.5
Mar 2025	-1.3
Feb 2025	0.3
Jan 2025	-9.7
Dec 2024	-18.5
Nov 2024	-21.2
Oct 2024	-8.5
Sep 2024	1.2
Aug 2024	-5.0
Jul 2024	137.7
Jun 2024	26.0
May 2024	28.4
Apr 2024	5.8
Mar 2024	15.5
Feb 2024	-3.5
Jan 2024	3.2
Dec 2023	12.1
Nov 2023	12.1
Oct 2023	7.3
Sep 2023	0.8
Aug 2023	-14.7
Jul 2023	8.8
Jun 2023	4.3
May 2023	-34.8
Apr 2023	43.4
Mar 2023	29.1
Feb 2023	-22.7
Jan 2023	-19.1
Dec 2022	14.2
Nov 2022	12.5
Oct 2022	-11.0
Sep 2022	-0.3
Aug 2022	-3.8
Jul 2022	-29.1
Jun 2022	-22.7
May 2022	-19.9
Apr 2022	-77.3
Mar 2022	-69.5
Feb 2022	-53.8
Jan 2022	-43.0
Dec 2021	-69.2
Nov 2021	-76.4
Oct 2021	-67.5
Sep 2021	-93.4
Aug 2021	-86.0

Period	%
Jul 2026	4.3%
Jun 2026	4.4%
May 2026	4.4%
Apr 2026	4.4%
Mar 2026	4.4%
Feb 2026	4.3%
Jan 2026	4.3%
Dec 2025	4.3%
Nov 2025	4.3%
Oct 2025	4.3%
Sep 2025	4.3%
Aug 2025	4.3%
Jul 2025	4.3%
Jun 2025	4.4%
May 2025	4.4%
Apr 2025	4.4%
Mar 2025	4.5%
Feb 2025	4.5%
Jan 2025	4.5%
Dec 2024	4.5%
Nov 2024	4.5%
Oct 2024	4.6%
Sep 2024	4.6%
Aug 2024	4.6%
Jul 2024	4.6%
Jun 2024	4.3%
May 2024	4.2%
Apr 2024	4.1%
Mar 2024	4.1%
Feb 2024	4.1%
Jan 2024	4.1%
Dec 2023	4.1%
Nov 2023	4.1%
Oct 2023	4.1%
Sep 2023	4.0%
Aug 2023	4.0%
Jul 2023	4.1%
Jun 2023	4.1%
May 2023	4.0%
Apr 2023	4.1%
Mar 2023	4.0%
Feb 2023	3.9%
Jan 2023	4.0%
Dec 2022	4.1%
Nov 2022	4.1%
Oct 2022	4.0%
Sep 2022	4.1%
Aug 2022	4.1%
Jul 2022	4.1%
Jun 2022	4.1%
May 2022	4.2%
Apr 2022	4.3%
Mar 2022	4.5%
Feb 2022	4.6%
Jan 2022	4.8%
Dec 2021	4.9%
Nov 2021	5.1%
Oct 2021	5.3%
Sep 2021	5.5%
Aug 2021	5.7%

Period	%
Jun 2026	3.5%
May 2026	3.4%
Apr 2026	3.4%
Mar 2026	3.4%
Feb 2026	3.6%
Jan 2026	3.8%
Dec 2025	4.1%
Nov 2025	4.4%
Oct 2025	4.6%
Sep 2025	4.7%
Aug 2025	4.7%
Jul 2025	4.8%
Jun 2025	5.0%
May 2025	5.0%
Apr 2025	5.3%
Mar 2025	5.6%
Feb 2025	5.9%
Jan 2025	5.8%
Dec 2024	5.9%
Nov 2024	5.6%
Oct 2024	5.4%
Sep 2024	5.1%
Aug 2024	5.2%
Jul 2024	5.3%
Jun 2024	5.5%
May 2024	5.8%
Apr 2024	5.9%
Mar 2024	5.9%
Feb 2024	6.0%
Jan 2024	6.1%
Dec 2023	6.2%
Nov 2023	6.6%
Oct 2023	7.2%
Sep 2023	7.8%
Aug 2023	7.9%
Jul 2023	7.8%
Jun 2023	7.8%
May 2023	7.5%
Apr 2023	7.3%
Mar 2023	6.9%
Feb 2023	6.7%
Jan 2023	6.7%
Dec 2022	6.7%
Nov 2022	6.6%
Oct 2022	6.2%
Sep 2022	5.8%
Aug 2022	5.5%
Jul 2022	5.3%
Jun 2022	4.9%
May 2022	4.7%
Apr 2022	4.5%
Mar 2022	4.6%
Feb 2022	4.3%
Jan 2022	4.1%
Dec 2021	3.9%
Nov 2021	4.0%
Oct 2021	4.4%
Sep 2021	5.1%
Aug 2021	6.0%
Jul 2021	6.8%

About this indicator

Source	Office for National Statistics
Frequency	Monthly
Release	A mediados de mes se publican datos del mes terminado y de 3 meses previos al terminado (07:00 GMT)
What it is	Main source of information on the labor market in the UK.
How it's calculated	It provides information sobe employment, unemployment, and other data relevant labor market. data for the month ended are provided with regard to requests for unemployment benefits and the percentage of people who apply for the active population, excluding unemployed not entitled to benefits. In addition, complete data (ILO) of a previous month, with the rate offered full stop.
Market implications	The employment report shows the creation or destruction of jobs, a number related to the evolution of the economy in business and consumption. The unemployment rate also depends on the active population, but it is a relevant indicator of economic developments.
Limitations	Employment reacts with delay to economic cycles, often destroyed by the downward cycle started and created when the cycle takes months recovering. Moreover, in the past economic recoveries crises occur less job creation and more delay.