UK workforce jobs 2024| Statista

There were estimated to be almost 36.9 million workforce jobs in the United Kingdom's economy as of the fourth quarter of 2024, compared with 36.8 million in the same quarter of 2023.

Number of workforce jobs in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2024 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of jobs in thousands
Q4 2024	36,909
Q3 2024	36,793
Q2 2024	36,720
Q1 2024	36,791
Q4 2023	36,506
Q3 2023	36,429
Q2 2023	36,304
Q1 2023	36,537
Q4 2022	36,181
Q3 2022	35,985
Q2 2022	35,920
Q1 2022	35,712
Q4 2021	35,328
Q3 2021	35,286
Q2 2021	35,072
Q1 2021	34,734
Q4 2020	34,522
Q3 2020	34,594
Q2 2020	35,135
Q1 2020	35,609
Q4 2019	35,661
Q3 2019	35,615
Q2 2019	35,546
Q1 2019	35,438
Q4 2018	35,244
Q3 2018	35,075
Q2 2018	34,972
Q1 2018	34,946
Q4 2017	34,874
Q3 2017	34,960
Q2 2017	34,856
Q1 2017	34,846
Q4 2016	34,669
Q3 2016	34,595
Q2 2016	34,562
Q1 2016	34,369
Q4 2015	34,157
Q3 2015	34,083
Q2 2015	33,892
Q1 2015	33,806
Q4 2014	33,686
Q3 2014	33,575
Q2 2014	33,446
Q1 2014	33,134
Q4 2013	32,836
Q3 2013	32,464
Q2 2013	32,236
Q1 2013	32,173
Q4 2012	31,990
Q3 2012	32,035
Q2 2012	32,093
Q1 2012	32,147
Q4 2011	31,803
Q3 2011	31,785
Q2 2011	31,557
Q1 2011	31,634
Q4 2010	31,567
Q3 2010	31,514
Q2 2010	31,558
Q1 2010	31,476
Q4 2009	31,478
Q3 2009	31,613
Q2 2009	31,728
Q1 2009	31,906
Q4 2008	32,130
Q3 2008	32,317
Q2 2008	32,347
Q1 2008	32,277
Q4 2007	32,259
Q3 2007	32,221
Q2 2007	32,084
Q1 2007	31,996
Q4 2006	32,071
Q3 2006	31,951
Q2 2006	31,807
Q1 2006	31,702
Q4 2005	31,633
Q3 2005	31,543
Q2 2005	31,401
Q1 2005	31,353
Q4 2004	31,215
Q3 2004	31,065
Q2 2004	31,030
Q1 2004	30,976
Q4 2003	30,898
Q3 2003	30,878
Q2 2003	30,706
Q1 2003	30,533
Q4 2002	30,487
Q3 2002	30,507
Q2 2002	30,419
Q1 2002	30,313
Q4 2001	30,322
Q3 2001	30,316
Q2 2001	30,136
Q1 2001	30,026
Q4 2000	30,012
Q3 2000	29,957
Q2 2000	29,775
Q1 2000	29,644

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Release date

2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q4 2024

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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