ONS · 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024

Job vacancies during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

2019 Q3 → 2024 Q2 · 19 periods

↑ 5.4%+45,000 vacancies

Job vacancies rose by 5.4% over the period, from 827,000 vacancies (2019 Q3, the level when the government took office) to 872,000 (2024 Q2, the last complete period before it left office).

Inherited level 2019 Q3: 827,000
Level when it left 2024 Q2: 872,000
method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

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Definition and caveats

The estimated number of unfilled jobs for which employers are actively recruiting, from the ONS Vacancy Survey, seasonally adjusted.

Doesn’t measure: Vacancies in agriculture, forestry and fishing, or in businesses with fewer than one employee, which the survey does not cover.