Job vacancies: record highs and lows

The extremes of job vacancies as published by ONS, across the 101 periods held here (2001 Q2 to 2026 Q2). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 711,000 in 2026 Q2, is the lowest since 2021 Q1, when it was 621,000 — every period between was higher. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly above the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

1,294,0002022 Q2

Lowest published

343,0002020 Q2

The full series

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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.