13 slides on the UK labour market in May 2014.
All data is from the Labour Market Bulletin which is published by the ONS and can be accessed here: http://bit.ly/1k089z4
Contains:
Headline labour market figures
Changes to employment over the past year by country of birth and nationality
Male and female employment rates since 1971
Data on how people flow around the labour market.
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10. 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
UK Nationals Non-UK
Nationals
UK Born Non-UK Born
Thousands
Changes to the Number of People in Employment Between
Jan-Mar 2013 and Jan-Mar 2014
by Nationality and Country of Birth
Nationality Country of Birth
563
178
447
292
NB: The overall changes
may differ due to rounding
Employment by
Nationality & Country of Birth
11. -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Rest of the world
USA
Pakistan and Bangladesh
India
Australia and New Zealand
Africa
Romania and Bulgaria
EUA8
EU14
The “younger”
members of the EU
Thousands
Changes to the Number of People in Employment Between
Jan-Mar 2013 and Jan-Mar 2014
Who Were Not Born in the UK, by Country of Birth
Employment by Country of Birth
13. The Numbers Refer to The Number of People Aged 16 to 64, in Thousands
Unemployment
2,182
Inactivity
8,848
Employment
29,343
Net flow from inactivity
to unemployment of
85
Net flow from inactivity
to employment of
35
Net flow from unemployment
to employment of
235
570
335
444
479
481
396
Labour Market Flows
Hinweis der Redaktion
LFS = Labour Force Survey
LFS = Labour Force Survey
LFS = Labour Force Survey
These numbers are from the Labour Force Survey – lots of media discussion around the strong increase in self employment: e.g. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/06/self-employment-uk-job-figures-analysis
Very topical!
At the moment there is lots of interest in the increase in the number of people working in the UK who were born in Romania and Bulgaria as it is around 1 year since the barriers on immigration were lifted.
But note:
1. These estimates are obviously based on smaller sample sizes than the UK headline figures so they cannot be as accurate.
2. The LFS does not set out to measure migration – it only shows changes in the number of people in employment by country of birth, not the changes in the number of people migrating here.
A positive picture again – after divergence in recent years, earnings growth and the CPI are closing in on each other.
This means that people’s earnings are growing at a similar rate to price increases.
However, regular pay (earnings excluding bonuses) is still increasing at a slower rate than the cost of living.
These are classed as “experimental statistics”
The numbers differ slightly from some of the headline numbers because all these figures are based on the population aged 16 to 64.
It is a positive picture, overall there has been:
A net increase in employment of 270 thousand people
A net decrease in the number of inactive people, leading to an overall increase in the number of people in the UK labour force (all those employed and unemployed – i.e. working or looking and available to work)