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Latest monthly vacancies

916,000Estimated number of open job vacancies in the last reported rolling quarter across the UK, Jan-Mar 2024.

Growth on previous quarter

-1.4%Estimated percentage change on last quarter, Dec-Feb 2024

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These visualisations are driven by data from from the Office for National Statistics. Specific links to the data sets used are provided below. The page is automatically updated when the latest LMS data is published. The current data was published on 16 April 2024. The next scheduled publication is 14 May 2024.

The page is automatically regenerated when the latest ONS data is published.

Estimated number of vacancies (seasonally adjusted)

This chart shows the seasonally adjusted estimated number of vacancies in the UK. The figures are derived from Vacancies and Unemployment (VACS01) data published by the Office of National Statistics, and show the estimated vacancies over a rolling three-month period.

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Estimated Number of Vacancies

Estimated number of vacancies (seasonally adjusted)

Rolling 3-month periodJul-Sep2011Sep-Nov2015Nov-Jan2020Mar-May2003Jan-Mar2024May-Jul2007Number of vacancies (thousands)0100012001400200400600800Apr-Jun 2001
680,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2001
674,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2001
663,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2001
663,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2001
639,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2001
626,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2001
602,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2002
605,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2002
616,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2002
617,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2002
622,000 vacanciesMar-May 2002
613,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2002
616,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2002
612,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2002
613,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2002
609,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2002
609,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2002
608,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2002
603,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2003
602,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2003
596,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2003
594,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2003
585,000 vacanciesMar-May 2003
588,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2003
579,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2003
574,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2003
576,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2003
592,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2003
604,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2003
610,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2003
615,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2004
613,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2004
617,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2004
624,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2004
631,000 vacanciesMar-May 2004
636,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2004
641,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2004
652,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2004
654,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2004
654,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2004
654,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2004
658,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2004
662,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2005
661,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2005
655,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2005
642,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2005
638,000 vacanciesMar-May 2005
642,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2005
642,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2005
633,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2005
624,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2005
622,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2005
608,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2005
606,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2005
609,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2006
615,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2006
612,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2006
600,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2006
598,000 vacanciesMar-May 2006
597,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2006
604,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2006
607,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2006
611,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2006
611,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2006
618,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2006
620,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2006
620,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2007
619,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2007
629,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2007
642,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2007
648,000 vacanciesMar-May 2007
651,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2007
659,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2007
670,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2007
681,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2007
683,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2007
686,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2007
691,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2007
687,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2008
678,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2008
687,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2008
697,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2008
696,000 vacanciesMar-May 2008
679,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2008
657,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2008
643,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2008
624,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2008
615,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2008
596,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2008
562,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2008
527,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2009
497,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2009
478,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2009
465,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2009
455,000 vacanciesMar-May 2009
443,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2009
431,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2009
430,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2009
438,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2009
436,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2009
432,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2009
437,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2009
454,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2010
463,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2010
467,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2010
465,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2010
469,000 vacanciesMar-May 2010
479,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2010
484,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2010
479,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2010
461,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2010
455,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2010
454,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2010
474,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2010
483,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2011
493,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2011
490,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2011
484,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2011
472,000 vacanciesMar-May 2011
461,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2011
461,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2011
457,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2011
462,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2011
464,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2011
466,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2011
462,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2011
465,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2012
473,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2012
473,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2012
467,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2012
465,000 vacanciesMar-May 2012
471,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2012
474,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2012
480,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2012
484,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2012
488,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2012
490,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2012
494,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2012
501,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2013
500,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2013
505,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2013
504,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2013
516,000 vacanciesMar-May 2013
523,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2013
534,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2013
540,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2013
536,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2013
548,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2013
552,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2013
567,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2013
572,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2014
581,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2014
595,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2014
616,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2014
638,000 vacanciesMar-May 2014
654,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2014
663,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2014
670,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2014
681,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2014
687,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2014
702,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2014
703,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2014
707,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2015
708,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2015
720,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2015
729,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2015
728,000 vacanciesMar-May 2015
728,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2015
732,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2015
742,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2015
742,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2015
742,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2015
741,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2015
742,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2015
743,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2016
746,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2016
745,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2016
746,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2016
745,000 vacanciesMar-May 2016
748,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2016
750,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2016
749,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2016
753,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2016
755,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2016
762,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2016
758,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2016
758,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2017
754,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2017
767,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2017
773,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2017
788,000 vacanciesMar-May 2017
783,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2017
782,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2017
785,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2017
794,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2017
799,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2017
809,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2017
819,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2017
821,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2018
822,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2018
815,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2018
814,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2018
812,000 vacanciesMar-May 2018
819,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2018
829,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2018
839,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2018
843,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2018
844,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2018
862,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2018
861,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2018
856,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2019
859,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2019
847,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2019
845,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2019
840,000 vacanciesMar-May 2019
835,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2019
821,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2019
823,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2019
816,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2019
817,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2019
810,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2019
807,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2019
810,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2020
816,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2020
819,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2020
796,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2020
638,000 vacanciesMar-May 2020
472,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2020
328,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2020
371,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2020
429,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2020
488,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2020
531,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2020
557,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2020
600,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2021
619,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2021
621,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2021
628,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2021
663,000 vacanciesMar-May 2021
765,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2021
867,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2021
971,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2021
1,052,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2021
1,122,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2021
1,194,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2021
1,218,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2021
1,241,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2022
1,257,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2022
1,273,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2022
1,286,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2022
1,296,000 vacanciesMar-May 2022
1,304,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2022
1,299,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2022
1,280,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2022
1,259,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2022
1,233,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2022
1,216,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2022
1,175,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2022
1,153,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2023
1,132,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2023
1,128,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2023
1,120,000 vacanciesFeb-Apr 2023
1,088,000 vacanciesMar-May 2023
1,058,000 vacanciesApr-Jun 2023
1,037,000 vacanciesMay-Jul 2023
1,024,000 vacanciesJun-Aug 2023
997,000 vacanciesJul-Sep 2023
982,000 vacanciesAug-Oct 2023
959,000 vacanciesSep-Nov 2023
951,000 vacanciesOct-Dec 2023
929,000 vacanciesNov-Jan 2024
923,000 vacanciesDec-Feb 2024
910,000 vacanciesJan-Mar 2024
916,000 vacancies

Growth by sector

This visualisation shows the percentage growth in quarterly average job vacancies in the UK by sector. The figures are derived from Vacancies by industry (VACS02) data published the Office of National Statistics. Categories in each tab were selected based on the Large Employers and the Youth Labour Market Report published by the Youth Futures Foundation.

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All sectors

Quarterly growth in vacancies by sector

Growth since previous quarter (%)
Growth since pre-coronavirus January to March 2020 (%)
-20%0%20%40%60%80%Transport & storageReal estate activitiesOther service activitiesHealth & social workEducationConstructionArts entertainment & recreationAdministrative & supportAccommodation & food serviceAccommodation & food service monthly change: -1.2%Administrative & support monthly change: 4.9%Arts entertainment & recreation monthly change: -18.3%Construction monthly change: 1.4%Education monthly change: -6.1%Health & social work monthly change: -5.6%Other service activities monthly change: 0%Real estate activities monthly change: 28.0%Transport & storage monthly change: 13.0%Accommodation & food service quarterly change: 25.8%Administrative & support quarterly change: 26.0%Arts entertainment & recreation quarterly change: -40.3%Construction quarterly change: 39.0%Education quarterly change: 21.4%Health & social work quarterly change: 17.5%Other service activities quarterly change: 9.9%Real estate activities quarterly change: 14.3%Transport & storage quarterly change: -5.7%
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Key sectors for youth employment

Quarterly growth in vacancies by key sectors for young people

Growth since previous quarter (%)
Growth since pre-coronavirus January to March 2020 (%)
-20%0%20%40%60%80%Health & social workAccommodation & foodserviceAccommodation & food service quarterly change: -1.2%Health & social work quarterly change: -5.6%Accommodation & food service growth since pre-coronavirus: 25.8%Health & social work growth since pre-coronavirus: 17.5%
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Sectors targeted by young people

Quarterly growth in vacancies in the most desirable sectors for young people

Growth since previous quarter (%)
Growth since pre-coronavirus January to March 2020 (%)
-20%0%20%40%60%80%Arts entertainment &recreationArts entertainment & recreation monthly change: -18.3%Arts entertainment & recreation quarterly change: -40.3%