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Job vacancies

Total UK job vacancies in thousands, three-month average, from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Vacancies

691,000

Aug 2026

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:22 UTC
Vacancies
0k500k1,000k1,500kSep 16May 18Jan 20Sep 21May 23Jan 25Aug 26691k

Source: Office for National Statistics. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

120 periods, newest first

PeriodVacancies
Aug 2026691,000
Jul 2026704,000
Jun 2026707,000
May 2026711,000
Apr 2026710,000
Mar 2026713,000
Feb 2026718,000
Jan 2026725,000
Dec 2025734,000
Nov 2025739,000
Oct 2025730,000
Sep 2025728,000
Aug 2025728,000
Jul 2025738,000
Jun 2025727,000
May 2025730,000
Apr 2025738,000
Mar 2025759,000
Feb 2025775,000
Jan 2025793,000
Dec 2024798,000
Nov 2024805,000
Oct 2024810,000
Sep 2024828,000
Aug 2024840,000
Jul 2024853,000
Jun 2024867,000
May 2024872,000
Apr 2024885,000
Mar 2024885,000
Feb 2024893,000
Jan 2024895,000
Dec 2023910,000
Nov 2023923,000
Oct 2023951,000
Sep 2023958,000
Aug 2023984,000
Jul 2023999,000
Jun 20231,018,000
May 20231,029,000
Apr 20231,040,000
Mar 20231,065,000
Feb 20231,089,000
Jan 20231,101,000
Dec 20221,108,000
Nov 20221,138,000
Oct 20221,170,000
Sep 20221,216,000
Aug 20221,235,000
Jul 20221,257,000
Jun 20221,272,000
May 20221,294,000
Apr 20221,293,000
Mar 20221,277,000
Feb 20221,259,000
Jan 20221,254,000
Dec 20211,245,000
Nov 20211,244,000
Oct 20211,229,000
Sep 20211,208,000
Aug 20211,132,000
Jul 20211,068,000
Jun 2021983,000
May 2021883,000
Apr 2021771,000
Mar 2021660,000
Feb 2021621,000
Jan 2021609,000
Dec 2020603,000
Nov 2020586,000
Oct 2020549,000
Sep 2020530,000
Aug 2020499,000
Jul 2020445,000
Jun 2020384,000
May 2020343,000
Apr 2020476,000
Mar 2020635,000
Feb 2020788,000
Jan 2020808,000
Dec 2019800,000
Nov 2019799,000
Oct 2019800,000
Sep 2019809,000
Aug 2019827,000
Jul 2019830,000
Jun 2019835,000
May 2019835,000
Apr 2019837,000
Mar 2019837,000
Feb 2019837,000
Jan 2019836,000
Dec 2018845,000
Nov 2018848,000
Oct 2018856,000
Sep 2018862,000
Aug 2018853,000
Jul 2018853,000
Jun 2018849,000
May 2018841,000
Apr 2018822,000
Mar 2018808,000
Feb 2018808,000
Jan 2018806,000
Dec 2017809,000
Nov 2017815,000
Oct 2017816,000
Sep 2017811,000
Aug 2017806,000
Jul 2017801,000
Jun 2017793,000
May 2017792,000
Apr 2017787,000
Mar 2017789,000
Feb 2017766,000
Jan 2017759,000
Dec 2016744,000
Nov 2016753,000
Oct 2016757,000
Sep 2016765,000

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Source and licence

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Check it yourself
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries/ap2y/lms
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
1 November 2026, 12:17 UTC
Publisher release
2026-10-19T23:00:00.000Z; next release 17 November 2026
Series as published
UK Vacancies (thousands) - Total (AP2Y, dataset LMS)
Raw files fetched

Verification

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:22 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:22 UTC; 120 of 120 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedOffice for National Statistics; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:17:29Z; 1 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2561 of 1 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures120 of 120 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers120 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure120 of 120 figures match exactly after downloading 1 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassONS CSV download agrees120 of 120 figures match the CSV at https://www.ons.gov.uk/generator?format=csv&uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries/ap2y/lms
PassONS series is currentlast released 2026-10-19, 12 days before retrieval (limit 400); next release 17 November 2026
PassSource page answershttps://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/timeseries/ap2y/lms – HTTP 200