Labour Market In The Regions Of The UK November 2022

15th November 2022

Regional, local authority and Parliamentary constituency breakdowns of changes in UK employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other related statistics.

The highest employment rate estimate in the UK was in the East of England (79.1%) and the lowest was in Northern Ireland (70.1%) for the three months ending September 2022.

The largest increase in the employment rate compared with the same period last year was in Yorkshire and The Humber, up by 2.2 percentage points, with Wales seeing the largest decrease of 1.4 percentage points.

For the three months ending September 2022, the highest unemployment rate estimate in the UK was in the West Midlands (4.7%) and the lowest was in the South West (2.5%); the North East (4.2%) had a record low.

All regions in the UK saw a decrease in the unemployment rate compared with the same period last year, with London decreasing by the most at 1.4 percentage points, and the West Midlands and Wales decreasing the least by 0.1 percentage points.

The highest economic inactivity rate estimate in the UK was in Northern Ireland (27.7%) and the lowest was in the East of England (18.6%) for the three months ending September 2022.

Wales saw the largest increase in the inactivity rate compared with the same period last year, up 1.6 percentage points, with Yorkshire and The Humber seeing the largest decrease of 2.1 percentage points.

The number of payrolled employees continued to rise in all regions; comparing October 2022 with the same period of the previous year, changes in payrolled employees ranged from a 4.3% increase in London to a 2.0% increase in the North West.

Unemployment Rate in Scotland is 3.5%. UK average is 3.6%.

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