ONS · 2001 Q2 to 2026 Q2 · vacancies

Job vacancies

Job vacancies: 2001 Q2 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m201020202001 Q2: 680,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262001 Q3: 664,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262001 Q4: 602,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262002 Q1: 619,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262002 Q2: 616,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262002 Q3: 609,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262002 Q4: 603,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262003 Q1: 593,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262003 Q2: 579,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262003 Q3: 592,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262003 Q4: 614,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262004 Q1: 624,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262004 Q2: 641,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262004 Q3: 654,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262004 Q4: 661,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262005 Q1: 643,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262005 Q2: 642,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262005 Q3: 621,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262005 Q4: 609,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262006 Q1: 599,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262006 Q2: 604,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262006 Q3: 611,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262006 Q4: 621,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262007 Q1: 642,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262007 Q2: 659,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262007 Q3: 684,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262007 Q4: 687,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262008 Q1: 698,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262008 Q2: 657,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262008 Q3: 615,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262008 Q4: 527,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262009 Q1: 464,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262009 Q2: 431,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262009 Q3: 436,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262009 Q4: 454,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262010 Q1: 465,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262010 Q2: 484,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262010 Q3: 455,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262010 Q4: 482,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262011 Q1: 482,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262011 Q2: 460,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262011 Q3: 464,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262011 Q4: 465,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262012 Q1: 467,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262012 Q2: 474,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262012 Q3: 488,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262012 Q4: 501,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262013 Q1: 506,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262013 Q2: 533,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262013 Q3: 548,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262013 Q4: 573,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262014 Q1: 615,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262014 Q2: 662,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262014 Q3: 686,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262014 Q4: 708,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262015 Q1: 729,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262015 Q2: 730,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262015 Q3: 742,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262015 Q4: 745,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262016 Q1: 745,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262016 Q2: 748,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262016 Q3: 756,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262016 Q4: 753,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262017 Q1: 766,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262017 Q2: 792,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262017 Q3: 806,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262017 Q4: 815,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262018 Q1: 808,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262018 Q2: 841,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262018 Q3: 853,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262018 Q4: 848,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262019 Q1: 837,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262019 Q2: 835,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262019 Q3: 827,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262019 Q4: 799,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262020 Q1: 788,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262020 Q2: 343,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262020 Q3: 499,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262020 Q4: 586,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262021 Q1: 621,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262021 Q2: 883,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262021 Q3: 1,132,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262021 Q4: 1,244,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262022 Q1: 1,259,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262022 Q2: 1,294,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262022 Q3: 1,235,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262022 Q4: 1,138,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262023 Q1: 1,089,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262023 Q2: 1,029,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262023 Q3: 984,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262023 Q4: 923,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262024 Q1: 893,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262024 Q2: 872,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262024 Q3: 840,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262024 Q4: 805,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262025 Q1: 775,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262025 Q2: 730,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262025 Q3: 729,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262025 Q4: 739,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262026 Q1: 718,000 vacancies · published 17 August 20262026 Q2: 711,000 vacancies · published 17 August 2026

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Source: ONS, Labour market overview, UK (LMS time series), Labour market overview, UK: August 2026 (published 17 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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