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Job vacancies

How many unfilled jobs employers are advertising across the UK.

UK

Jul 2026

702,000

Job vacancies, UK, May 2001 to Jul 2026
PeriodJob vacancies (people)
1 Aug 20211,132,000
1 Sept 20211,208,000
1 Oct 20211,229,000
1 Nov 20211,244,000
1 Dec 20211,245,000
1 Jan 20221,254,000
1 Feb 20221,259,000
1 Mar 20221,277,000
1 Apr 20221,293,000
1 May 20221,294,000
1 Jun 20221,272,000
1 Jul 20221,257,000
1 Aug 20221,235,000
1 Sept 20221,216,000
1 Oct 20221,170,000
1 Nov 20221,138,000
1 Dec 20221,108,000
1 Jan 20231,101,000
1 Feb 20231,089,000
1 Mar 20231,065,000
1 Apr 20231,040,000
1 May 20231,029,000
1 Jun 20231,018,000
1 Jul 2023999,000
1 Aug 2023984,000
1 Sept 2023958,000
1 Oct 2023951,000
1 Nov 2023923,000
1 Dec 2023910,000
1 Jan 2024895,000
1 Feb 2024893,000
1 Mar 2024885,000
1 Apr 2024885,000
1 May 2024872,000
1 Jun 2024867,000
1 Jul 2024853,000
1 Aug 2024840,000
1 Sept 2024828,000
1 Oct 2024810,000
1 Nov 2024805,000
1 Dec 2024798,000
1 Jan 2025793,000
1 Feb 2025775,000
1 Mar 2025759,000
1 Apr 2025738,000
1 May 2025730,000
1 Jun 2025727,000
1 Jul 2025738,000
1 Aug 2025729,000
1 Sept 2025728,000
1 Oct 2025730,000
1 Nov 2025739,000
1 Dec 2025734,000
1 Jan 2026725,000
1 Feb 2026718,000
1 Mar 2026713,000
1 Apr 2026710,000
1 May 2026711,000
1 Jun 2026706,000
1 Jul 2026702,000

How this is measured

Series
AP2Y
Covers
UK
Published
Rolling 3 months
History
May 2001 to Jul 2026
Last published
14 Sep 2026
Next release
20 Oct 2026

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