Labour market update for London – December 2022

Alongside the summary of key points, you can find our London labour market update on the London Datastore. To complement our London-level update, you can also find more in-depth analysis of Claimant Count data for London boroughs here. Previous updates and other labour market analyses are also available. The most timely estimate of payrolled employees…

Labour market update for London – November 2022

Alongside the summary of key points, you can find our London labour market update on the London Datastore. To complement our London-level update, you can also find more in-depth analysis of Claimant Count data for London boroughs here. Previous updates and other labour market analyses are also available. The most timely estimate of payrolled employees…

Labour market update for London – October 2022

Alongside the summary of key points, you can find our London labour market update on the London Datastore . To complement our London-level update, you can also find more in-depth analysis of Claimant Count data for London boroughs here. Previous updates and other labour market analyses are also available. The most timely estimate of payrolled…

Labour market update for London – September 2022

Alongside the summary of key points, you can find our London labour market update on the London Datastore. To complement our London-level update, you can also find more in-depth analysis of Claimant Count data for London boroughs here. Previous updates and other labour market analyses are also available. The most timely estimate of payrolled employees shows an…

Labour market update for London – August 2022

Alongside the summary of key points, you can find the interactive web-based version of our London labour market update on the London Datastore here. To complement our London-level update, you can also find: The in-depth analysis of Claimant Count data for London boroughs here. Previous updates and other labour market analyses are also available. The…

Labour market update for London – July 2022

Alongside the summary of key points below, you can find the interactive web-based version of our London labour market update on the London Datastore here. To complement our London-level update, you can also find: the more in-depth analysis of Claimant Count data for London boroughs here; a new analysis of online job postings data, to…

Labour market update for London – June 2022

Alongside the summary of key points below, you can view an interactive web-based version of our London labour market update. The update now includes a section on median pay for payrolled employees living in the capital, including an adjustment for inflation. We have also introduced a comment on the latest statistics. To complement our London-level…

Labour market update for London – May 2022

Alongside the summary of key points below, you can view an interactive web-based version of our London labour market update. To complement our London-level update, you can find the more in-depth analysis of Claimant Count data for London boroughs here. Previous updates and other labour market analyses are also available. The most timely estimate of payrolled…

Labour market update for London – April 2022

Alongside the summary of key points below, you can view the interactive version of our London labour market update. To complement our London-level update, you can find the more in-depth analysis of Claimant Count data for London boroughs here. This month we are also releasing an ad hoc analysis on payrolled employments by worker nationality…

Labour market update for London – March 2022

Alongside the summary of key points below, you can view the interactive version of our London labour market update. This month’s briefing includes a quarterly update on total workforce jobs numbers in the capital (the ONS’ preferred source of jobs broken down by region of workplace). It also features ad hoc analysis on payrolled employees…

Labour market update for London – February 2022

Alongside the summary of key points below, you can view the interactive version of our London labour market update. Previous updates and other labour market analyses are also available. The total number of payrolled employees rose by around 22,600 in London, or 0.5%, between December and January 2022 and is 0.4% above pre-pandemic (February 2020) levels. Employee…

Labour market update for London – January 2022

Alongside the summary of key points below, you can view the interactive version of our London labour market update. Previous updates and other labour market analyses are also available. Payrolled employees rose by around 30,500, or 0.7%, between November and December 2021 and was 0.2% above pre-pandemic (February 2020) levels. Unemployment rate continued to fall from its…

Labour market update for London – December 2021

Alongside the summary of key points below, we are introducing a new interactive version of our London labour market update. Payrolled employees rose by around 55,400, or 1.4%, between October and November 2021 and is 0.1% above pre-pandemic (February 2020) levels. This was both the largest monthly percentage increase and the highest level of employees…

Labour market update for London – November 2021

Summary of latest labour market data Payrolled employees rose by around 30,600 or 0.7% between September and October 2021 but remain 0.6% below pre-pandemic (February 2020) levels. Unemployment rate estimated at 5.6% for the three months ending September 2021, down 0.8 percentage points (pp) on the quarter but above the UK average of 4.3%. Employment rate estimated at…

Labour market update for London – October 2021

Summary of latest labour market data Payrolled employees rose by around 42,000 or 1.0% between August and September 2021 but remain 1.2% below pre-pandemic (February 2020) levels. Unemployment rate estimated at 5.8% for the three months ending August 2021, down 0.8 percentage points (pp) on the quarter but up 0.5pp on the same period in the previous…

Labour market update for London – September 2021

Summary of latest labour market data Payrolled employees rose by around 51,800 or 1.3% between July and August 2021 (almost double the previous monthly increase) but remain 1.8% below pre-pandemic (February 2020) levels. Unemployment rate estimated at 6.0% for the three months ending July 2021, down 0.5 percentage points (pp) on the quarter but up 0.8pp on…

Labour market update for London – August 2021

Summary of latest labour market data Payrolled employees up by almost 30,000 or 0.7% on the previous month (the fifth consecutive month of growth), bringing the number of payrolled employees in London close to levels seen in June 2020. Unemployment rate estimated at 6.4% for the three months ending June 2021, down 0.5 percentage points (pp) on…

Labour market update for London – July 2021

Summary of latest labour market data Payrolled employees up by almost 53,800 or 1.4% on the previous month (the fourth consecutive month of growth), bringing the number of payrolled employees in London close to levels seen in June 2020. Unemployment rate estimated at 6.5% for the three months ending May 2021, down 0.7 percentage points (pp) on…

Labour market update for London – June 2021

Summary of latest labour market data Payrolled employees up by almost 34,500 or 0.9% on the previous month (a third consecutive month of growth) but still down on the previous year (-1.7%). Unemployment rate estimated at 6.5% for the three months ending April 2021, down 0.7 percentage points (pp) on the previous quarter but up 1.5pp on…

Labour market update for London – May 2021

Summary of latest labour market data Payrolled employees living in London down by 109,000 or 2.7% from the previous year, three times the rate of decline recorded on average nationally. Unemployment rate for the three months ending March 2021 rose to 6.8%, up 2.0 percentage points on the previous year (up 0.8 percentage points across…

Labour market update for London – April 2021

Summary of latest labour market data Payrolled employees living in London down by 223,000 or 5.4% from the previous year, double the rate of decline recorded on average nationally. Unemployment rate for the three months ending February 2021 rose to 7.2%, up 2.7 percentage points on the previous year (up 0.9 percentage points across the…

Labour market update for London – March 2021

Summary of latest labour market data London labour market continues to be particularly affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the social distancing and lockdown measures to contain it. Despite recording another small increase in February 2021, the number of payrolled employees living in London was still down by 209,300 or 5.0% from the previous…

Labour market update for London – February 2021

Summary of latest labour market data The London labour market continues to be particularly affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the social distancing and lockdown measures to contain it. Despite a small increase in the last month, the number of payrolled employees living in London has decreased by 213,900 or 5.2% since January 2020,…

Labour market update for London – January 2021

Summary of latest labour market data The London labour market continues to be particularly affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the measures to contain it. Data from the ONS Labour Force Survey show unemployment in London increasing faster than across the UK, while the fall in the employment rate has been similar to national trends.…

Labour market update for London – December 2020

Many of the statistics presented here are estimates based on a survey, and as such have a margin of error – known as sampling variability. Summary of latest labour market data (1) The unemployment rate in the capital saw a record rise this quarter and the employment rate continued to fall, although it remains higher…

Labour market update for London – November 2020

Many of the statistics presented here are estimates based on a survey, and as such have a margin of error – known as sampling variability. Summary of latest labour market data (1) The unemployment rate in the capital saw a record rise this quarter and the employment rate continued to fall, although it remains higher…

Labour market update for London – October 2020

Many of the statistics presented here are estimates based on a survey, and as such have a margin of error – known as sampling variability Summary of latest labour market data (1) The employment rate in the capital remains high while unemployment is relatively stable. Overall, this suggests that the Government support is still mitigating…

Labour market update for London – September 2020

Many of the statistics presented here are estimates based on a survey, and as such have a margin of error – known as sampling variability. Summary of latest labour market data (1) The employment rate in the capital is the highest since the record began while unemployment has started to increase. Overall this suggests that…

Labour market update for London – August 2020

Many of the statistics presented here are estimates based on a survey, and as such have a margin of error – known as sampling variability. Summary of latest labour market data (1) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its latest labour market estimates. The changes in employment and unemployment remain modest, suggesting that…

Labour market update for London – July 2020

Many of the estimates presented in these slides cover up to May 2020 and account only for the two full months of the social distance measures (more details on Slide 4). Many of the statistics presented here are estimates based on a survey, and as such have a margin of error – known as sampling…

Labour market update for London – June 2020

Many of the estimates presented in these slides cover up to April 2020 and account only for the first full month of the social distance measures (more details on Slide 4). Many of the statistics presented here are estimates based on a survey, and as such have a margin of error – known as sampling…

Labour market update for London – May 2020

Most of the estimates presented in these slides cover up to March 2020 and account only for the first few weeks of the social distancing measures. Summary of latest labour market data The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released their latest labour market estimates. For London, in the three months to March 2020 (covering…

Labour market update for London – April 2020

The estimates presented in these slides cover the period prior to the implementation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) social distancing measures. Employment rate in London hit record high In the three months to February 2020, London’s 16-64 employment rate was estimated at 76.7%, the highest level since the series began (in 1992). This was up by…

Labour market update for London – March 2020

Employment rate in London hits record high The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to January 2019. The latest figures show that London’s labour market remained buoyant during this period, with the employment reaching its highest level since the series began (in 1992).The workforce jobs series was also updated this month,…

Labour market update for London – February 2020

Employment rate in London remains high  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to December 2019. The latest figures show that London’s labour market remained resilient during this period, with the employment rate continuing at its highest level since the series began (in 1992). Adjusting for inflation, average regular pay is…

Labour market update for London – January 2020

Employment rate in London rises to record high  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to November 2019. The latest figures show that London’s labour market was buoyant during this period, with the employment rate rising to its highest level since the series began (in 1992). In real terms, growth in…

Labour market update for London – December 2019

London and UK labour market remains steady  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to October 2019. The latest figures show that London’s labour market remained steady during the three months to October. In real terms, growth in regular pay for employees across the UK slowed down to 1.7% on the…

Labour market update for London – November 2019

The strength in the London and UK labour markets continues  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to September 2019. The latest figures show that London’s labour market remained reasonably stable in the three months to September. However, in the year to April 2019, median weekly pay growth was relatively strong…

Labour market update for London – October 2019

London and UK labour markets remain stable  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to August 2019. London’s labour market was largely stable with a fall in the recorded employment rate on the previous quarter while the unemployment rate increased slightly. The UK employment rate was higher than a year earlier…

Labour market update for London – September 2019

Labour markets remain tight in London and the UK   The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to July 2019. London’s labour market was largely stable with a small fall in the employment rate while the unemployment rate remained unchanged. The UK maintained its highest employment rate on record and unemployment…

Labour market update for London – August 2019

London and UK labour markets remain tight as wage growth increases  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to June 2019. London’s labour market was relatively stable in this time, with employment and unemployment largely unchanged. The UK employment rate returned to its record high. Meanwhile, a tight labour market, along…

Labour market update for London – July 2019

London and UK employment rate remain high, with wage growth accelerating  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to May 2019. London’s labour market was relatively stable in this time, with employment largely unchanged and unemployment falling on the previous year. The UK employment rate was virtually unchanged from its record…

Labour market update for London – June 2019

Labour markets remain tight in London and the UK  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to April 2019. London’s labour market was stable over this period, with employment and unemployment largely unchanged on the previous quarter. The UK maintained its record high employment rate and unemployment stayed at its lowest…

Labour market update for London – May 2019

London and UK labour markets remain stable  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to March 2019. London’s labour market was stable over this period, with employment and unemployed showing little change on the previous quarter. The UK maintained its record high employment rate, while unemployment fell slightly to the lowest…

Labour market update for London – April 2019

London and UK labour markets remain steady  The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to February 2019. London’s labour market remains stable, with employment showing little change on the previous quarter and unemployment slightly lower. At the UK level, the labour market maintained its record high employment rate and lowest unemployment…

Labour market update for London – March 2019

London’s unemployment rate falls to a record low, while the total number of jobs in the capital reaches 6 million. The ONS today released labour market data for the three months to January 2019. London’s labour market continued to perform well on headline measures, with the ILO unemployment rate reaching a new record low. The…

Labour market update for London – February 2019

London’s unemployment rate still at record low Labour market data released by the ONS shows that in the three months to December 2018 London’s labour market remained buoyant, with unemployment staying at a record low rate. There were 4.7 million Londoners in work, up by 84,000 on the previous year. At the same time, there…

Labour market update for London – January 2019

London’s unemployment rate reaches record low  The capital’s labour market remains buoyant with unemployment at record lows, according to the latest ONS labour market data. In the three months to November 2018: There were 4.8 million Londoners in work, up by 12,000 on the previous quarter. At the same time, there were 227,000 unemployed residents…

Labour market update for London – December 2018

London employment rate increases, with improving wage growth nationally  Today the ONS released labour market data for the three-month period August to October 2018. The capital’s labour market remains healthy, with employment and unemployment rates matching record highs and lows respectively. There is further evidence that a ‘tightening’ labour market is feeding into higher pay…

Labour market update for London – November 2018

London’s employment remains high, with strong wage growth in London and the UK  Labour market data for the three-month period July to September 2018 was released today. The capital’s labour market remains healthy, with the employment rate near record highs and the unemployment rate equalling its record low. There is evidence that a ‘tightening’ labour…

Labour market update for London – October 2018

London employment rate steady, with further signs of rising wage growth nationally  Labour market data for the three-month period June to August 2018 was released today. The capital’s labour market remains healthy, with the employment and unemployment rates near record highs and lows respectively. There is further evidence that a ‘tightening’ labour market is feeding…

Labour market update for London – September 2018

London employment rate steady, and jobs growth in line with long-term average Labour market data for the three-month period May to July 2018 was released today. The labour market remains healthy, with the employment rate in London near its recent record high. Jobs data for the 12 months to June 2018 was also released, and…

Labour market update for London – August 2018

London employment rate down and economic inactivity up on the previous quarter Labour market data for the three-month period April to June 2018 was released today. The employment rate in London was down (-0.6 percentage points) on the quarter, and there was an increase (+0.7 percentage points) in the proportion of working age people not…

Labour market update for London – July 2018

London employment rate down and unemployment rate up (slightly) on the previous quarter Labour market data for the three-month period March to May 2018 was released today. London’s employment rate fell on the quarter, one of only three UK regions to see a fall (along with the North East and East Midlands). London’s unemployment rate…

Labour market update for London – June 2018

London’s employment rate unchanged, but fair jobs growth on the year Labour market data for the three-month period February to April 2018 was released today, as well as jobs data for the first quarter of 2018. Broadly, the figures suggest little change on the previous quarter, with employment (and unemployment) still at near record highs…

Labour market update for London – May 2018

London’s employment rate reaches a record high (again) Labour market data for the three-month period January to March 2018 was released today. At 75.2%, London’s employment rate was the highest since the series began (in 1992) and the unemployment rate, 4.9%, was also close to a record low. The economic inactivity rate in London (the…

Labour market update for London – April 2018

London’s employment rate reaches record high (again) Labour market data for the three-month period December 2017 to February 2018 was released yesterday. At 75.1%, London’s employment rate was the highest since the series began, and the unemployment rate, 4.8%, was the lowest since this series began (in 1992). The UK’s employment rate (75.4%) was the…

Labour market update for London – March 2018

London’s labour market remains strong – with it improving on the year earlier Summary The ONS have released labour market data for London for the three-month period November 2017 to January 2018. In London, compared to the previous quarter, there were slight increases in the employment and unemployment rates, and a slight decrease inactivity rate.…

Labour market update for London – February 2018

London’s labour market remains strong – little change on the quarter, improvement on the year The ONS have released labour market data for London for the three-month period October to December 2017, with the data showing almost no change in the headline indicators on the previous quarter. The employment rate was up slightly and the…

Labour market update for London – January 2018

London’s employment rate down (slightly) and unemployment rate up (slightly) on quarter but still remain improved on a year earlier The ONS have released labour market data for London for the three-month period September to November 2017. In terms of headline indicators (employment rate, unemployment rate and economic inactivity rate) the data showed London doing…