Labour Market In The Regions Of The UK February 2023

14th February 2023

For the three months ending December 2022, the highest employment rate estimate in the UK was in the South West (80.3%) and the lowest was in the North East (71.0%); Scotland (76.6%) saw a record-high employment rate.

The largest increase in the employment rate compared with the same period last year was in Northern Ireland, up by 3.1 percentage points, with Wales seeing the largest decrease of 2.6 percentage points.

For the three months ending December 2022, the highest unemployment rate estimates in the UK were in the North East and London (4.5%) and the lowest was in the South West (2.1%).

The East of England had the largest increase in the unemployment rate compared with the same period last year, increasing by 0.5 percentage points, with the North East seeing the largest decrease of 1.1 percentage points.

For the three months ending December 2022, the highest economic inactivity rate estimate in the UK was in Northern Ireland (26.3%) and the lowest was in the South West (18.0%).

Wales saw the largest increase in the inactivity rate compared with the same period last year, up 2.3 percentage points, with Northern Ireland seeing the largest decrease of 2.6 percentage points.

The number of payrolled employees continued to rise in all regions on the month to January 2023, with the strongest increases in the East of England, London and the South East.

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