Commenting on today’s labour market data, ONS Director of Economic Statistics Darren Morgan said: (1/4)
Continuing, Darren said:
Darren added: (3/4)
Darren concluded: (4/4)
The number of employees on payroll rose by 356,000 in June 2021.
This was still 206,000 fewer than in February 2020, before the pandemic ow.ly/Yfwt50FwlKz
981.4 million hours were worked each week in March to May 2021.
This is up 23.3 million hours on the previous three months, reflecting the relaxation of #coronavirus restrictions, but still below pre-pandemic levels ow.ly/gdda50FwlON
Average pay after inflation in March to May 2021 saw annual growth of 5.6% including bonuses and 4.9% excluding bonuses, partly due to fewer lower-paid jobs and comparison with early pandemic months in 2020.
There were 862,000 job vacancies in March to May 2021, now above the pre-pandemic level.
Sectors such as “arts and entertainment” and “accommodation and food services activities” have seen strong rises ow.ly/ugMD50FwlRn
We've also published a new blog post explaining the effects of #COVID19 on our average weekly earnings data as part of our labour market release ow.ly/qHuE50FwlSL
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In the two weeks up to 10 July 2021, cases compatible with the Delta variant increased across the UK, making it the most common variant of #COVID19 in the UK ow.ly/vvTq50Fxm6v
The number of people testing positive for #COVID19 increased across all English regions, with the highest rates seen in the North East ow.ly/JpCy50FxmgZ
The seven-day average number of daily flights in the week to 11 July 2021 increased by 9% compared with the previous week to 2,307 flights, according to @eurocontrol.
This is around one-third of the level seen in the equivalent week of 2019 ow.ly/JZ3Z50FwpuY
Online job adverts on 9 July 2021 had decreased by 4% compared with the same time a week ago, according to @adzuna.
The volume remains substantially above pre-pandemic levels at 129% of its February 2020 average level ow.ly/Ya4j50Fwpvr
The seven-day average number of UK seated diners in the week to Monday 12 July was at 117% of its level in the same week of 2019.