Employment & Labour Market

Jobs & Labour Demand

Compare workplace-based total jobs, job density, employee jobs and quarterly workforce jobs across the UK.

Great Britain countries and English regions | 2024

Total jobs

Workplace-based total jobs comprising employees, self-employment jobs, government-supported trainees and HM Forces. Northern Ireland is not published in this Nomis series.

Annual dataset

North East

1,238,000

North West

3,992,000

Yorkshire and The Humber

2,842,000

East Midlands

2,476,000

West Midlands

3,037,000

East

3,363,000

London

6,659,000

South East

5,036,000

South West

3,146,000

Wales

1,479,000

Scotland

2,901,000

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Great Britain countries and English regions | 2024

Job density

The number of workplace-based jobs per resident aged 16 to 64. Northern Ireland is not published in this Nomis series.

Annual dataset

North East

0.73

North West

0.82

Yorkshire and The Humber

0.80

East Midlands

0.79

West Midlands

0.79

East

0.83

London

1.06

South East

0.85

South West

0.88

Wales

0.76

Scotland

0.83

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Great Britain countries and English regions | 2024

Employee jobs

Workplace-based employee jobs from BRES. These are jobs, not employed residents, and Northern Ireland is not included.

Annual dataset

North East

1,113,000

North West

3,586,000

Yorkshire and The Humber

2,499,000

East Midlands

2,177,000

West Midlands

2,671,000

East

2,908,000

London

5,743,000

South East

4,306,000

South West

2,630,000

Wales

1,291,000

Scotland

2,551,000

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UK countries and English regions | March 2026

Workforce jobs

Quarterly workplace-based workforce jobs, including employee jobs, self-employment jobs, supported trainees and HM Forces.

Quarterly dataset

North East

1,235,443

North West

3,982,100

Yorkshire and The Humber

2,862,036

East Midlands

2,511,216

West Midlands

3,003,902

East

3,333,973

London

6,461,606

South East

5,053,686

South West

3,100,112

Wales

1,461,288

Scotland

2,815,197

Northern Ireland

967,460

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