1. David Freeman Labour Market Division Office for National Statistics
Vacancies
David Freeman
Labour Market Division
Office for National Statistics

2. Contents How do we collect our vacancies data
What are the latest figures
What are the trends

3. Survey background Admin data only covers some vacancies
Intended to provide a complete picture of vacancies for UK
Supplements the administrative sources
Admin data for sub-UK data

4. Survey history April 2001 – Survey starts
September 2002 – First results published
July 2003 – National Statistics status

5. Sample design 6,000 businesses each month
1,300 large businesses every month
4,700 small businesses
Random sample
Respond each quarter
Businesses grouped by size and industry
Covers all industries apart from agriculture, forestry and fishing
Business with 1 employee are excluded
Estimated using modelling

6. Survey Business asked for total number of vacancies
Friday between 2nd and 8th of the month
Need to be actively seeking recruits from outside their organisation

7. Results Headline results – three month average Data split by:
Size of business
Industry
No data available for regions or below

8. Total vacancies

9. Vacancies by size of company

10. Vacancies by sector

11. Vacancies – Selected services

12. Vacancies – Selected services

13. Vacancy rates
Vacancies per 100 employee jobs

14. Vacancy rates
Vacancies per 100 employee jobs

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