You are here: Home / Statistics / LFS Employment Series Q2 2018

PDF - Summary (KB)

PDF - Full (KB)

Extra information

PxStat interactive tables:

LFS Detailed Employment Series

Methodology Previous Releases

International comparison:

No link available

For more information on this release:

E-mail: labour@cso.ie Sabrina Bowen (+353) 21 453 5151 Martina O'Callaghan (+353) 21 453 5491 Jim Dalton (+353) 21 453 5623

For general information on CSO statistics:

information@cso.ie (+353) 21 453 5000 On-line ISSN

CSO statistical release, 16 November 2018, 11am

Labour Force Survey (LFS) Employment Series

Quarter 2 2012 - Quarter 2 2018

Indicator	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18	Change Q2 17 to Q2 18
Total Employed	1,878,000	1,926,300	1,970,300	2,049,700	2,126,700	2,180,900	2,255,000	+ 74,100

Number of persons in employment at 2,255,000 in Q2 2018 javascript:;

Figure 1 Numbers in employment(ILO) in the second quarters 2012 to 2018

go to full release

In Q2 2018, the number of persons in employment was 2,255,000, and this represented an increase of 74,100 (+3.4%) since Q2 2017. Full-time employment increased by 73,000 (+4.2%) to 1,798,700 during the same period and accounted for 79.8% of total employment in Q2 2018. Part-time employment increased by 1,100 (+0.2%) to 456,300 and accounted for 20.2% of total employment. See Tables 1 and 6.

The number of persons in employment has increased by 377,000 (+20.1%) between Q2 2012 and Q2 2018. Full-time employment (+374,200) accounted for virtually all of this increase while there was a very slight increase in part-time employment. See Table 1.

Employment Status

The total number of persons classified as self-employed increased by 24,700 (+8.1%) to 330,200 between Q2 2012 and Q2 2018. The number of employees increased by 22.9% from 1,556,200 to 1,913,100 over the same period. See Table 4.

There was an increase in the number of employees in all economic sectors over this period, the most notable increases were in the Accommodation and food service activities (+52,000 or +48.4%) and Construction (+45,400 or +89.5%) economic sectors. The number of self employed persons, however, fell in some economic sectors with the greater decreases occurring in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing and the Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles sectors (both -5,100). See Table 4.

The Professional and Skilled trades occupational groups, rising by 72,200 and 49,100 respectively, showed the largest increase in the number of employees over the period. The greater increases in self employed were recorded in the Managers, directors and senior officials and Skilled trades groups with increases of 18,100 and 5,800 respectively. See Table 5.

Broad Occupational Group	Self Employed	Employees
1	81400	112100
2	45100	412200
3	34300	232700
4	4600	215600
5	120900	185800
6	13300	170400
7	*	178000
8	19400	154700
9	6700	236300
10	*	15300

KEY
1-	Managers, directors and senior officials
2-	Professional
3-	Associate professional and technical
4-	Administrative and secretarial
5-	Skilled trades
6-	Caring, leisure and other services
7-	Sales and customer service
8-	Process, plant and machine operatives
9-	Elementary
10-	Other/Not stated

Full-time/Part-time Status

The number of persons in part-time employment increased in nine of the fourteen economic sectors in the year to Q2 2018, with full-time employment having increased in eleven economic sectors. The largest annual increase in part-time employment was in the Administrative and support service activities sector (+4,200 or +15.7%). The Construction sector recorded the largest annual increases in the numbers of full-time employed at 24,400. See Table 6.

In Q2 2018, the Elementary occupational group had the largest number of part-time employees at 107,600 (43.6%) persons followed by the Sales and customer service group with 73,000 (40.2%) part-time employees. See Table 7.

In Q2 2012, part-time employment accounted for 24.1% (453,500) of total employment. This proportion had decreased to 20.2% (456,300) by Q2 2018. See Tables 6 and 7.

Average Usual Hours Worked per Week

The average usual hours worked per week in Q2 2018 was 36.5 hours compared to 35.2 hours six years earlier. Of the fourteen economic sectors, the Agriculture, forestry and fishing sector had the highest average at 50.4 hours per week in Q2 2018 with the Education sector having the lowest at 30.1 hours per week. See Table 8.

When classified by occupational group, the average usual hours worked per week by Managers, directors and senior officials was the highest at 43.8 hours in Q2 2018. The Elementary group had the lowest average hours worked per week at 30.1 hours for the same period. See Table 9.

Self-employed persons usually worked an average of 45.2 hours per week in Q2 2018, while the corresponding number for employees was 35.2 hours. The average for persons in full-time and part-time employment was 40.8 and 18.8 hours per week respectively. See Tables 10 and 11.

Duration of Employment

There were 1,749,600 persons in their current employment for 1 year or more in Q2 2018. This accounted for 77.6% of total employment and has declined from 84.8% in Q2 2012. The number of persons in their current employment for less than 1 year was 372,300 or 16.5% of total employment and this has increased from 13.3% in Q2 2012. See Table 12.

Local place of employment

Medium and large local places of employment (50 persons or more) employed 1,049,500 persons in Q2 2018 with smaller local places of employment (less than 50 persons) employing 932,200 persons in the same period. It should be noted that the full detailed local place of employment data are not available for the period Q3 2017 to Q3 2018. See Table 13.

Reasons for Part-time Employment

There were 456,300 persons in part-time employment in Q2 2018. The proportion of persons who gave the reason for being in part-time employment as Person could not find a full-time job was 16.7% (76,400 persons). This compares with Q2 2012 when 36.4% or 164,900 of persons in part-time employment gave their reason for being in part-time employment as Person could not find a full-time job. See Table 14.

Permanency of Employment

Permanent employment increased by 340,000 (+24.8%) to 1,711,600 persons between Q2 2012 and Q2 2018, while temporary employment increased by 24,000 (+14.2%) to 193,300 persons. The proportion of employees in temporary employment was 10.1% in Q2 2018 down from 10.9% in Q2 2012. See Table 15.

In terms of volumes, the largest increases in temporary employment between Q2 2012 and Q2 2018 were in the Accommodation and food service activities (+5,800) and Administrative and support service activities (+3,500) and Education (+3,200) sectors. Together these sectoral increases accounted for 52.1% of the total increase in temporary employment over the period. See Table 15.

On the other hand, the Construction (+44,000), Accommodation and food service activities (+44,000), Industry (+41,900) sectors showed the largest volume changes in permanent employment and these accounted for 38.2% of the overall increase over the period. See Table 15.

Supervisory Duties

Out of a total of 1,913,100 employees in Q2 2018, there were 562,300 (29.4%) employees classified as having supervisory duties, while 1,337,000 employees were classified as not having supervisory duties. The number of employees classified as having supervisory duties increased by 38,300 (+7.3%) in the year to Q2 2018. The overall number of employees increased by 3.9% (+71,200) over the year. See Table 19.

Show Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector

Table 1 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector
'000
Detailed NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	106.9	104.4	101.5	106.6	110.0	103.3	101.2
02 Forestry and logging	[3.8]	[4.3]	[3.8]	*	*	*	*
03 Fishing and aquaculture	*	[4.2]	[3.5]	[3.2]	[3.0]	*	*
05 Mining of coal and lignite	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
07 Mining of metal ores	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
08 Other mining and quarrying	4.8	5.3	[4.3]	4.8	[4.2]	[4.8]	[4.7]
09 Mining support service activities	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
10 Manufacture of food products	46.0	47.7	51.2	51.5	54.0	52.3	51.3
11 Manufacture of beverages	6.1	5.6	5.6	5.8	[4.7]	[5.4]	[5.1]
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
13 Manufacture of textiles	*	[3.2]	*	[3.2]	*	*	*
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	*	[3.6]	[3.7]	[3.5]	*	*	*
15 Manufacture of leather and related products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	3.8	5.4	4.4	[3.6]	[3.6]	[3.5]	*
17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	*	[2.8]	[2.7]	*	*	*	*
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	6.7	8.9	8.7	7.8	9.0	8.3	8.0
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	[2.5]	[3.1]	*	[3.3]	[4.4]	*	*
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	29.8	35.8	32.7	36.4	43.0	43.2	41.6
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	5.9	4.9	[4.2]	[3.7]	6.3	[5.6]	[4.9]
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	6.2	5.2	6.2	6.0	6.2	[5.9]	[6.2]
24 Manufacture of basic metals	4.1	*	[2.7]	[3.5]	[5.0]	[5.3]	[4.6]
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	12.0	12.4	11.9	14.8	13.8	15.7	11.3
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	26.3	22.4	26.3	27.3	25.7	28.8	20.3
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	*	*	*	*	*	*	[4.3]
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	28.8	31.7	29.6	35.8	37.9	35.3	[6.8]
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	[3.3]	[3.6]	[2.9]	[3.9]	[4.5]	*	[5.3]
30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
31 Manufacture of furniture	4.4	[3.7]	[4.6]	6.3	7.1	6.3	7.5
32 Other manufacturing	7.4	6.0	6.3	5.8	7.0	10.1	44.0
33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	4.8	4.5	4.9	4.7	6.0	7.1	[4.8]
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	9.9	10.2	10.4	8.7	11.6	13.2	12.6
36 Water collection, treatment and supply	*	*	[2.6]	[3.0]	*	*	[4.0]
37 Sewerage	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	6.8	8.8	8.9	8.6	5.6	8.2	[6.2]
39 Remediation activities and other waste management services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
41 Construction of buildings	37.9	37.3	42.6	51.0	54.5	56.6	51.8
42 Civil engineering	5.0	7.2	5.2	5.6	6.4	6.3	12.5
43 Specialised construction activities	38.4	41.7	43.0	52.5	58.4	65.1	81.4
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	31.4	32.6	38.1	41.7	38.6	37.7	32.2
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	52.0	60.0	53.2	51.3	53.8	57.8	54.1
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	187.7	188.0	192.6	195.8	201.5	205.0	211.8
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines	44.3	41.6	44.7	46.7	51.0	49.1	49.2
50 Water transport	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
51 Air transport	9.3	8.4	11.0	11.0	7.5	10.0	[6.4]
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation	13.3	13.4	13.6	14.7	16.8	18.7	23.1
53 Postal and courier activities	16.1	15.7	14.9	15.4	15.7	13.7	15.6
55 Accommodation	47.2	52.0	57.5	56.6	52.8	58.8	56.9
56 Food and beverage service activities	76.5	84.5	86.2	91.6	102.3	101.1	120.2
58 Publishing activities	[4.2]	[5.0]	6.2	5.9	[6.2]	[4.7]	[5.7]
59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	[4.2]	[4.7]	5.8	[3.6]	7.5	8.2	[6.3]
60 Programming and broadcasting activities	6.1	[4.4]	[3.9]	[4.1]	[4.6]	*	[4.4]
61 Telecommunications	20.7	19.0	20.3	19.3	16.0	18.1	17.5
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	53.5	56.5	55.3	61.2	62.3	70.4	75.5
63 Information service activities	6.3	6.3	6.9	6.5	8.8	9.6	*
64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	63.6	65.0	64.6	65.9	68.6	68.3	64.0
65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	18.6	22.1	21.3	21.2	21.5	21.2	23.1
66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	7.0	5.5	6.0	8.1	7.0	7.2	12.0
68 Real estate activities	10.9	8.9	9.3	12.6	11.5	10.4	11.6
69 Legal and accounting activities	26.5	31.6	32.4	33.1	34.5	33.8	50.4
70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	8.3	5.9	6.1	5.5	8.3	9.2	9.6
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	29.9	28.4	32.5	35.5	29.0	31.6	43.2
72 Scientific research and development	5.2	5.6	7.9	8.3	7.9	8.6	[6.2]
73 Advertising and market research	6.5	8.2	7.0	7.8	8.8	11.4	11.9
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities	29.2	33.5	35.0	34.3	35.9	35.6	15.7
75 Veterinary activities	[3.1]	[3.5]	[4.0]	[3.5]	[4.5]	*	[4.1]
77 Rental and leasing activities	6.2	[5.4]	7.0	7.2	7.6	[7.6]	10.3
78 Employment activities	9.2	6.4	8.3	8.5	9.1	13.4	10.2
79 Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	7.8	7.2	8.5	7.6	[6.6]	9.3	8.6
80 Security and investigation activities	13.5	13.7	16.1	16.6	13.8	18.1	15.1
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities	28.1	23.3	25.7	26.2	36.3	30.9	43.9
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	10.8	14.3	13.7	12.0	15.7	14.9	15.6
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	88.8	86.1	88.7	93.2	97.4	98.9	105.6
85 Education	139.3	145.4	147.0	148.4	149.7	156.9	166.6
86 Human health activities	168.3	163.9	167.6	162.1	171.6	172.2	163.2
87 Residential care activities	24.5	27.9	24.7	30.7	27.6	30.9	37.5
88 Social work activities without accommodation	64.2	66.9	69.9	73.7	71.7	77.4	85.2
90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities	13.9	14.6	16.0	14.9	18.4	16.2	10.3
91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	[3.8]	[4.6]	[4.7]	5.4	[4.9]	[4.9]	[4.7]
92 Gambling and betting activities	7.4	5.8	5.1	6.1	[5.4]	7.8	[7.6]
93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	22.9	23.6	23.2	23.8	29.8	27.6	29.1
94 Activities of membership organisations	14.8	13.7	12.8	17.1	13.2	16.0	19.0
95 Repair of computers and personal and household goods	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
96 Other personal service activities	31.2	34.2	33.2	31.1	36.0	35.5	34.9
97 Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel	8.2	6.8	6.7	8.9	8.8	6.3	8.4
99 Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	[2.6]	[4.0]	3.8	*	*	*	*
Not stated	*	*	*	7.2	7.1	6.9	9.8
Total persons	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 1 (XLS 17KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 2 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed occupational group (UK SOC2010)

Table 2 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed occupational group (UK SOC2010)
'000
Detailed occupational group	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
1 Managers, directors and senior officials	162.9	164.0	168.4	179.3	187.1	191.5	194.0
11 Corporate managers and directors	114.5	113.5	119.6	126.5	127.0	138.9	119.3
111 Chief Executives and senior officials	[3.1]	[3.0]	*	*	*	[4.4]	[4.4]
112 Production managers and directors	13.8	13.4	16.8	16.8	20.7	22.0	22.1
113 Functional managers and directors	65.1	65.0	70.2	67.3	65.2	72.0	49.6
115 Financial institution managers and directors	5.6	5.4	[4.0]	6.1	7.7	[5.8]	[6.4]
116 Managers and directors in transport and logistics	7.3	7.5	6.0	7.6	9.0	7.3	9.2
117 Senior officers in protective services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
118 Health and social services managers and directors	*	*	*	*	*	*	[4.1]
119 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale	16.9	15.7	16.2	20.8	18.4	23.2	22.2
12 Other managers and proprietors	48.4	50.6	48.8	52.8	60.2	52.6	74.7
121 Managers and proprietors in agriculture related services	*	*	*	*	[3.8]	*	[4.9]
122 Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	20.8	21.7	21.2	23.2	28.0	23.9	27.6
124 Managers and proprietors in health and care services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
125 Managers and proprietors in other services	23.6	24.2	23.5	26.1	26.6	25.0	39.4
2 Professional	387.9	398.7	399.9	407.4	420.9	434.9	457.6
21 Science, research, engineering and technology professionals	90.9	85.5	88.0	92.1	95.7	111.6	106.6
211 Natural and social science professionals	11.3	11.3	12.5	12.2	13.5	16.1	14.4
212 Engineering professionals	22.6	20.3	20.9	25.4	23.8	31.3	33.6
213 Information technology and telecommunications professionals	53.7	52.0	51.8	50.1	56.0	61.1	54.9
214 Conservation and environment professionals	[2.7]	*	*	*	*	*	*
215 Research and development managers	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
22 Health professionals	106.0	103.5	101.9	100.0	97.1	105.1	111.8
221 Health professionals	30.1	32.8	33.2	33.4	29.8	35.3	36.7
222 Therapy professionals	9.7	7.6	10.4	10.2	11.9	12.0	13.8
223 Nursing and midwifery professionals	66.3	63.1	58.3	56.4	55.4	57.8	61.4
23 Teaching and educational professionals	95.1	103.2	102.5	105.3	106.1	109.4	115.7
231 Teaching and educational professionals	95.1	103.2	102.5	105.3	106.1	109.4	115.7
24 Business, media and public service professionals	96.0	106.5	107.6	110.0	122.0	108.9	123.4
241 Legal professionals	13.4	13.0	11.7	12.6	15.0	11.8	15.7
242 Business, research and administrative professionals	52.3	60.5	62.7	61.9	67.8	60.8	67.6
243 Architects, town planners and surveyors	11.6	9.3	10.6	11.4	11.0	10.4	15.9
244 Welfare professionals	7.6	8.0	8.0	7.3	11.5	9.5	7.5
245 Librarians and related professionals	*	[4.1]	*	*	*	*	*
246 Quality and regulatory professionals	[3.7]	5.3	[4.3]	7.2	6.1	[5.7]	[6.8]
247 Media professionals	[5.1]	6.2	7.4	6.8	7.3	7.8	[7.4]
3 Associate professional and technical	224.2	231.9	238.5	254.7	260.8	275.1	267.4
31 Science, engineering and technology associate professionals	37.3	34.9	38.1	43.9	46.7	50.3	55.6
311 Science, engineering and production technicians	21.4	20.2	19.6	23.5	27.6	26.2	29.0
312 Draughtspersons and related architectural technicians	[2.8]	[3.3]	[3.0]	[2.9]	[3.5]	*	*
313 Information technology technicians	13.1	11.4	15.5	17.5	15.7	21.2	22.6
32 Health and social care associate professionals	17.1	18.5	19.1	20.4	19.1	21.7	19.3
321 Health associate professionals	9.0	9.3	9.0	10.0	11.0	11.0	8.8
323 Welfare and housing associate professionals	8.2	9.2	10.1	10.4	8.1	10.7	10.5
33 Protective service occupations	25.7	23.2	22.8	21.6	22.7	22.6	24.7
331 Protective service occupations	25.7	23.2	22.8	21.6	22.7	22.6	24.7
34 Culture, media and sports occupations	29.7	31.4	33.5	34.6	35.2	38.0	40.1
341 Artistic, literary and media occupations	16.0	16.1	18.6	19.2	18.7	19.5	21.8
342 Design occupations	5.6	6.1	6.3	6.7	6.2	7.9	[6.8]
344 Sports and fitness occupations	8.2	9.2	8.6	8.7	10.3	10.6	11.5
35 Business and public service associate professionals	114.3	123.9	124.9	134.2	137.1	142.5	127.8
351 Transport associate professionals	*	*	*	[2.8]	*	*	*
352 Legal associate professionals	*	*	[3.7]	*	*	[4.8]	*
353 Business, finance and related associate professionals	30.3	30.5	32.4	37.5	38.8	42.9	44.0
354 Sales, marketing and related associate professionals	56.1	62.1	60.2	64.2	65.5	61.3	50.3
355 Conservation and environmental associate professionals	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
356 Public services and other associate professionals	23.5	26.1	26.3	26.1	27.6	31.4	28.8
4 Administrative and secreterial	192.2	197.8	203.7	198.2	203.7	210.6	223.1
41 Administrative occupations	152.3	161.2	165.7	158.6	159.6	170.9	182.8
411 Administrative occupations: Government and related organisations	34.6	32.5	31.6	28.5	31.4	32.9	47.7
412 Administrative occupations: Finance	49.2	49.9	47.5	46.7	47.2	47.4	48.6
413 Administrative occupations: Records	15.7	18.0	18.9	16.3	16.7	21.6	16.4
415 Other administrative occupations	46.7	54.3	59.5	57.9	55.2	59.5	61.7
416 Administrative occupations: Office managers and supervisors	6.0	6.7	8.2	9.3	9.2	9.4	8.5
42 Secretarial and related occupations	39.9	36.6	38.0	39.6	44.0	39.8	40.3
421 Secretarial and related occupations	39.9	36.6	38.0	39.6	44.0	39.8	40.3
5 Skilled trades	258.6	259.7	271.7	292.7	300.8	302.0	308.7
51 Skilled agricultural and related trades	94.0	93.9	90.2	97.1	100.6	92.1	86.6
511 Agricultural and related trades	94.0	93.9	90.2	97.1	100.6	92.1	86.6
52 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades	74.2	75.4	85.0	87.3	87.4	91.1	80.2
521 Metal forming, welding and related trades	7.3	6.8	8.6	9.9	11.1	10.2	10.4
522 Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	20.6	22.2	24.1	27.6	23.4	23.7	14.5
523 Vehicle trades	17.0	17.1	20.6	19.0	16.7	19.0	18.2
524 Electrical and electronic trades	28.2	27.7	29.9	28.8	33.5	36.2	35.9
525 Skilled Metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
53 Skilled construction and building trades	41.9	43.4	46.5	56.4	56.2	62.9	77.0
531 Construction and building trades	31.1	32.5	33.8	42.7	42.0	45.3	54.7
532 Building finishing trades	8.1	8.3	9.8	10.7	10.7	12.4	19.0
533 Construction and building trades supervisors	[2.7]	[2.6]	[2.9]	[3.0]	[3.5]	5.3	*
54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades	48.5	46.9	50.1	51.9	56.6	55.9	65.0
541 Textiles and garments trades	[2.1]	*	*	*	*	*	*
542 Printing trades	4.1	[4.0]	[2.8]	[2.8]	[4.2]	*	*
543 Food preparation and hospitality trades	36.0	35.9	40.3	40.8	43.7	47.1	53.0
544 Other skilled trades	6.2	5.2	4.8	6.0	6.6	[4.7]	7.6
6 Caring, leisure and other services	144.9	142.5	145.4	158.5	166.6	176.5	184.4
61 Caring personal service occupations	99.2	96.7	98.3	115.7	113.3	127.9	126.9
612 Childcare and related personal services	36.0	33.1	34.8	38.9	37.8	41.4	47.8
613 Animal care and control services	*	*	*	*	*	*	[5.1]
614 Caring personal services	61.3	61.9	61.4	74.8	72.7	83.5	74.0
62 Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations	45.7	45.8	47.2	42.8	53.3	48.6	57.5
621 Leisure and travel services	9.8	7.8	10.3	9.2	9.1	10.7	9.6
622 Hairdressers and related services	22.9	23.2	23.3	23.1	25.5	26.5	25.9
623 Housekeeping and related services	12.2	13.6	12.0	9.2	17.0	10.5	19.4
624 Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
7 Sales and customer service	152.5	159.4	159.0	167.4	170.3	173.1	181.5
71 Sales occupations	136.4	144.1	137.2	146.8	145.5	144.4	155.2
711 Sales assistants and retail cashiers	124.5	130.1	122.3	131.8	131.4	127.6	131.0
712 Sales related occupations	8.9	10.9	11.3	10.8	9.7	11.3	19.5
713 Sales supervisors	[3.1]	[3.1]	[3.6]	[4.2]	[4.4]	[5.5]	[4.8]
72 Customer service occupations	16.1	15.4	21.8	20.6	24.8	28.7	26.3
721 Customer service occupations	13.9	13.0	17.1	16.2	22.4	23.6	23.1
722 Customer service managers and supervisors	[2.2]	*	4.7	[4.4]	*	[5.1]	*
8 Process, plant and machine operatives	139.1	145.9	146.1	153.4	162.4	165.8	174.3
81 Process, plant and machine operatives	70.4	75.6	71.8	75.2	76.8	80.8	90.9
811 Process Operatives	23.3	22.4	21.9	25.0	22.9	24.4	37.9
812 Plant and machine operatives	7.0	7.6	9.1	7.0	7.1	9.8	9.8
813 Assemblers and routine operatives	30.3	35.2	30.0	31.2	31.2	36.0	32.0
814 Construction operatives	9.9	10.4	10.8	12.0	15.5	10.6	11.3
82 Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives	68.7	70.3	74.3	78.2	85.6	84.9	83.4
821 Road transport drivers	53.7	55.2	57.7	60.8	69.0	65.2	63.2
822 Mobile machine drivers and operatives	11.3	10.6	11.5	12.5	13.0	15.0	14.5
823 Other drivers and transport operatives	3.7	4.6	5.1	5.0	[3.6]	[4.7]	[5.7]
9 Elementary	211.9	223.4	232.6	234.7	243.0	242.6	247.0
91 Elementary trades and related occupations	55.7	59.3	61.9	60.7	58.7	61.2	46.8
911 Elementary agricultural occupations	18.3	18.8	17.3	15.2	12.6	14.1	14.1
912 Elementary construction occupations	27.1	29.9	35.4	33.6	33.7	36.1	20.4
913 Elementary process plant occupations	9.5	9.7	8.7	10.7	11.5	10.4	12.1
92 Elementary administration and service occupations	156.2	164.2	170.7	174.0	184.3	181.4	200.2
921 Elementary administration occupations	9.3	9.5	8.5	9.9	7.4	7.4	8.6
923 Elementary cleaning occupations	40.8	39.1	40.2	43.8	44.2	45.4	49.2
924 Elementary security occupations	16.5	15.6	17.9	16.8	15.5	16.1	15.4
925 Elementary sales occupations	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
926 Elementary storage occupations	20.2	22.8	21.5	22.4	21.6	22.7	24.2
927 Other elementary services occupations	67.7	75.7	81.5	79.9	93.9	88.6	101.0
Other/Not stated	3.7	3.0	4.9	3.2	11.1	8.9	16.9
Total persons	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 2 (XLS 20KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 3 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector and occupational group (UKSOC2010)

Table 3 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and occupational group (UK SOC2010)
'000
NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Occupational group			Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	[3.5]	[4.0]	[4.7]	*	[5.1]	*	[5.2]
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		5. Skilled trades	82.8	82.1	77.6	85.9	87.0	80.0	76.2
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	[3.1]	*	*	[5.9]	*
		9. Elementary	18.6	17.7	17.0	14.3	13.7	14.2	13.4
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	113.2	112.8	108.7	111.9	115.4	110.9	106.5
B-F	Total Industry	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	24.8	27.6	28.5	30.6	36.2	33.4	35.0
		2. Professional	30.0	30.7	32.1	34.5	38.1	44.8	48.0
		3. Associate professional and technical	37.1	36.0	40.0	42.3	48.2	45.8	42.3
		4. Administrative and secreterial	20.7	20.6	21.3	21.5	21.9	23.1	23.2
		5. Skilled trades	89.1	91.8	93.6	110.9	118.1	121.4	135.6
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	5.2	8.0	6.6	8.3	6.8	8.5	[5.9]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	70.3	76.4	72.5	76.3	78.2	84.0	96.1
		9. Elementary	34.8	38.4	40.1	42.2	42.1	43.2	30.8
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	313.5	330.7	336.5	369.0	392.6	406.9	420.4
B-E	Industry	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	19.0	21.0	22.7	22.1	28.4	26.6	25.8
		2. Professional	28.4	26.5	29.7	31.4	32.4	37.4	36.7
		3. Associate professional and technical	33.1	33.0	36.3	38.6	43.0	42.4	37.5
		4. Administrative and secreterial	17.6	17.6	17.3	17.9	17.9	19.1	18.0
		5. Skilled trades	45.1	46.2	44.4	50.9	55.5	50.1	46.5
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	4.4	7.5	6.0	7.6	5.7	7.6	[5.6]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	58.6	65.1	60.6	63.6	60.7	67.8	83.6
		9. Elementary	25.1	26.7	27.5	27.1	28.5	26.5	17.8
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	232.2	244.5	245.7	259.9	273.3	278.9	274.7
F	Construction	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	5.8	6.6	5.8	8.5	7.8	6.8	9.1
		2. Professional	*	[4.2]	*	[3.1]	5.7	7.4	11.3
		3. Associate professional and technical	4.0	[3.0]	[3.8]	[3.7]	5.2	[3.4]	[4.7]
		4. Administrative and secreterial	3.1	[3.0]	3.9	3.5	[4.0]	[4.0]	[5.3]
		5. Skilled trades	44.1	45.6	49.2	60.0	62.6	71.3	89.2
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	11.7	11.3	11.9	12.7	17.5	16.2	12.5
		9. Elementary	9.7	11.6	12.6	15.2	13.5	16.7	13.0
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	81.3	86.2	90.8	109.0	119.4	128.0	145.7
G-U	Total Services	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	134.6	132.3	134.8	144.7	145.8	154.3	153.7
		2. Professional	356.6	366.8	365.7	371.6	381.7	388.2	408.0
		3. Associate professional and technical	185.8	193.9	196.6	210.2	210.1	227.5	223.2
		4. Administrative and secreterial	170.3	175.7	180.9	173.8	180.1	185.3	196.4
		5. Skilled trades	86.7	85.6	100.5	95.5	95.3	100.4	96.9
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	142.6	140.5	143.0	155.1	163.1	172.6	181.0
		7. Sales and customer service	147.1	151.0	152.0	158.6	163.2	164.3	174.9
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	65.7	66.4	70.4	73.3	80.9	75.6	74.2
		9. Elementary	157.9	167.1	175.4	178.0	187.2	184.7	202.7
		Other/Not stated	2.2	[2.3]	4.2	*	4.0	3.2	[7.4]
		Total	1,449.5	1,481.6	1,523.3	1,561.7	1,611.6	1,656.2	1,718.3
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	47.3	44.7	44.4	46.6	43.9	48.1	45.4
		2. Professional	10.3	9.6	11.5	10.5	11.3	12.5	10.3
		3. Associate professional and technical	25.6	27.4	26.5	26.5	31.2	31.8	21.5
		4. Administrative and secreterial	17.2	22.3	22.5	18.4	22.1	22.9	20.6
		5. Skilled trades	22.6	24.1	26.8	26.5	23.0	24.5	23.1
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	115.5	117.6	117.3	124.9	122.0	124.6	137.4
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	12.5	13.0	12.5	13.5	14.1	12.1	14.1
		9. Elementary	18.8	19.5	20.5	19.8	24.4	22.0	23.5
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	271.2	280.6	283.9	288.7	294.0	300.5	298.1
H	Transportation and storage	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	6.3	4.8	5.8	7.0	6.6	[5.7]	8.6
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	4.7	5.0	5.4	5.3	[4.3]	5.9	[5.6]
		4. Administrative and secreterial	9.9	8.8	9.0	7.7	8.4	10.9	10.5
		5. Skilled trades	3.6	[2.7]	[3.6]	[2.7]	[3.1]	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	[3.0]	*	*	*	*	*	[5.0]
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	[2.6]	[2.4]	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	38.5	38.7	41.0	43.8	50.0	47.1	44.2
		9. Elementary	13.9	14.5	14.4	15.6	13.2	12.5	14.2
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	83.8	80.8	86.3	89.7	93.0	93.0	97.4
I	Accommodation and food service activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	21.8	21.0	19.5	22.2	25.5	22.7	25.5
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	[3.1]	[3.3]	[4.4]	[4.7]	*	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	5.8	5.6	7.0	6.6	5.7	6.3	[7.8]
		5. Skilled trades	19.8	20.7	24.4	25.0	26.2	31.1	35.0
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	4.1	5.5	5.1	*	6.0	*	[6.4]
		7. Sales and customer service	7.3	6.3	6.1	7.3	6.2	[5.8]	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	59.9	70.6	73.4	78.1	79.8	83.2	94.5
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	123.7	136.5	143.7	148.2	155.2	159.8	177.1
J	Information and communication	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	10.4	9.8	9.9	10.1	10.0	13.7	11.5
		2. Professional	39.4	40.4	37.8	38.4	44.7	47.1	47.8
		3. Associate professional and technical	22.3	25.3	24.7	28.4	25.7	27.9	33.7
		4. Administrative and secreterial	5.7	[5.3]	6.4	7.2	7.7	7.9	[5.4]
		5. Skilled trades	7.9	5.5	7.9	7.3	7.4	9.3	[6.0]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	6.1	5.1	7.1	[5.1]	[5.9]	[5.2]	[8.0]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	94.9	95.8	98.4	100.6	105.4	114.4	115.3
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	13.3	13.5	12.6	15.0	16.0	15.2	18.2
		2. Professional	19.6	21.9	22.3	22.8	23.1	20.3	24.4
		3. Associate professional and technical	23.4	22.9	23.1	29.6	28.8	30.6	31.0
		4. Administrative and secreterial	36.2	34.4	33.2	30.8	26.7	28.5	28.1
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	4.5	6.0	5.9	6.5	9.9	7.7	[6.0]
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	100.2	101.6	101.3	107.8	108.7	107.1	110.7
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	7.0	8.7	9.0	9.3	7.7	13.4	9.1
		2. Professional	58.8	60.5	61.1	65.7	66.3	62.1	66.6
		3. Associate professional and technical	19.7	20.8	21.1	21.9	21.9	28.1	31.9
		4. Administrative and secreterial	10.0	11.0	14.0	14.7	15.7	14.5	21.4
		5. Skilled trades	8.0	9.3	11.1	10.1	9.0	6.7	[6.0]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	[2.9]	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	108.7	116.7	124.9	128.1	128.9	133.9	141.2
N	Administrative and support service activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	6.5	5.8	[6.2]	6.5	[7.1]	[6.9]	8.4
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	7.1	7.0	9.5	8.7	9.4	12.9	9.8
		4. Administrative and secreterial	9.6	11.3	10.8	12.2	10.6	12.1	9.6
		5. Skilled trades	8.1	7.2	9.4	8.1	10.8	10.1	10.7
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	5.2	[3.2]	[4.3]	[4.0]	*	[5.5]	[6.7]
		7. Sales and customer service	[4.3]	4.6	[4.7]	[3.9]	7.7	8.9	9.9
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	[3.6]	*	*	*	*	*	[5.3]
		9. Elementary	28.2	26.2	28.5	28.9	33.9	33.3	38.3
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	75.5	70.3	79.3	78.1	89.1	94.2	103.7
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	4.0	5.5	5.4	5.7	[5.3]	8.8	*
		2. Professional	9.5	8.4	9.0	15.2	11.1	11.2	10.9
		3. Associate professional and technical	33.7	31.8	31.9	31.3	31.5	30.3	36.8
		4. Administrative and secreterial	32.1	33.9	33.7	31.9	35.9	36.9	47.2
		5. Skilled trades	[2.1]	*	*	*	[3.2]	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	4.7	[2.9]	[3.2]	[2.9]	[3.8]	[3.8]	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	88.8	86.1	88.7	93.2	97.4	98.9	105.6
P	Education	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	*	*	[2.8]	[2.6]	[3.2]	*	*
		2. Professional	93.9	101.8	101.5	103.3	103.9	107.3	115.7
		3. Associate professional and technical	8.1	8.3	9.2	9.9	7.5	11.2	9.1
		4. Administrative and secreterial	9.5	8.4	9.5	8.5	10.9	10.2	10.1
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	*	[2.2]	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	17.2	17.6	14.7	15.7	16.5	17.3	23.1
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	5.1	5.1	5.3	4.2	4.8	[4.4]	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	139.3	145.4	147.0	148.4	149.7	156.9	166.6
Q	Human health and social work activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	8.2	8.5	10.1	8.7	9.8	7.8	10.7
		2. Professional	108.8	107.6	106.2	101.4	105.0	109.4	114.4
		3. Associate professional and technical	17.9	20.8	20.7	20.7	21.6	22.1	19.6
		4. Administrative and secreterial	22.1	22.3	22.9	22.9	24.6	21.2	24.5
		5. Skilled trades	6.4	5.6	5.5	5.0	[4.2]	[4.0]	[5.4]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	76.6	75.3	77.6	91.1	88.9	99.6	94.3
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	13.5	14.1	14.6	12.9	12.3	11.3	13.0
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	257.0	258.6	262.3	266.6	270.9	280.5	286.0
R-U	Other NACE activities	1. Managers, directors and senior officials	7.7	7.9	9.2	10.8	10.8	8.7	9.8
		2. Professional	10.6	10.9	9.3	8.7	10.4	12.7	9.8
		3. Associate professional and technical	20.3	21.4	20.2	23.2	25.1	23.6	22.8
		4. Administrative and secreterial	12.3	12.3	11.8	12.8	11.8	13.9	11.1
		5. Skilled trades	6.3	7.5	7.6	5.8	6.1	6.5	[5.3]
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	33.0	32.7	33.5	34.1	39.7	38.0	41.3
		7. Sales and customer service	[3.5]	[3.5]	*	[3.6]	[3.9]	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	9.9	9.6	9.3	11.4	9.9	9.3	10.5
		Other/Not stated	*	*	[2.3]	*	*	*	*
		Total	106.3	109.2	107.5	112.2	119.5	117.0	116.6
Not stated		1. Managers, directors and senior officials	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		2. Professional	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		3. Associate professional and technical	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		4. Administrative and secreterial	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		5. Skilled trades	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		7. Sales and customer service	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		9. Elementary	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Other/Not stated	*	*	*	[2.4]	6.2	[4.7]	[7.2]
		Total	*	*	*	7.2	7.1	6.9	9.8
All persons		1. Managers, directors and senior officials	162.9	164.0	168.4	179.3	187.1	191.5	194.0
		2. Professional	387.9	398.7	399.9	407.4	420.9	434.9	457.6
		3. Associate professional and technical	224.2	231.9	238.5	254.7	260.8	275.1	267.4
		4. Administrative and secreterial	192.2	197.8	203.7	198.2	203.7	210.6	223.1
		5. Skilled trades	258.6	259.7	271.7	292.7	300.8	302.0	308.7
		6. Caring, leisure and other services	144.9	142.5	145.4	158.5	166.6	176.5	184.4
		7. Sales and customer service	152.5	159.4	159.0	167.4	170.3	173.1	181.5
		8. Process, plant and machine operatives	139.1	145.9	146.1	153.4	162.4	165.8	174.3
		9. Elementary	211.9	223.4	232.6	234.7	243.0	242.6	247.0
		Other/Not stated	3.7	3.0	4.9	3.2	11.1	8.9	16.9
		Total persons	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 3 (XLS 20KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 4 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and employment status

Table 4 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and employment status
'000
NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Employment status			Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Self-employed (with paid employees)	7.3	8.4	6.9	8.0	9.6	8.3	10.2
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	70.3	67.9	67.4	69.6	67.9	65.4	62.4
		Total self employed	77.6	76.3	74.3	77.5	77.5	73.7	72.5
		Employee	25.9	27.9	28.1	27.8	28.2	30.3	28.2
		Assisting relative	9.7	8.6	6.4	6.7	9.7	[6.9]	5.8
		Total	113.2	112.8	108.7	111.9	115.4	110.9	106.5
B-F	Total Industry	Self-employed (with paid employees)	17.0	16.5	16.0	19.2	18.8	20.9	23.9
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	31.3	34.2	36.4	41.4	42.2	41.4	46.3
		Total self employed	48.3	50.7	52.4	60.6	61.0	62.3	70.2
		Employee	264.1	278.7	282.4	305.8	329.0	342.7	349.9
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	313.5	330.7	336.5	369.0	392.6	406.9	420.4
B-E	Industry	Self-employed (with paid employees)	8.4	8.4	7.0	7.1	7.2	8.8	9.8
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	9.7	11.4	12.6	13.9	14.9	11.9	10.9
		Total self employed	18.1	19.8	19.6	20.9	22.2	20.7	20.7
		Employee	213.4	224.3	225.4	237.5	249.5	257.6	253.8
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	232.2	244.5	245.7	259.9	273.3	278.9	274.7
F	Construction	Self-employed (with paid employees)	8.6	8.1	9.0	12.1	11.5	12.1	14.1
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	21.6	22.8	23.8	27.6	27.3	29.5	35.3
		Total self employed	30.1	30.9	32.8	39.6	38.8	41.6	49.4
		Employee	50.7	54.4	57.0	68.3	79.6	85.1	96.1
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	81.3	86.2	90.8	109.0	119.4	128.0	145.7
G-U	Total Services	Self-employed (with paid employees)	66.6	65.0	67.8	68.2	68.3	68.7	68.9
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	112.9	116.7	120.6	119.8	123.3	120.2	117.8
		Total self employed	179.6	181.7	188.5	188.0	191.6	188.9	186.7
		Employee	1,264.5	1,292.5	1,327.4	1,366.3	1,412.9	1,463.2	1,526.1
		Assisting relative	5.4	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.0	[4.1]	[5.5]
		Total	1,449.5	1,481.6	1,523.3	1,561.7	1,611.6	1,656.2	1,718.3
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Self-employed (with paid employees)	18.0	17.1	17.8	19.4	18.2	17.5	16.4
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	15.6	17.0	18.6	16.5	15.5	12.0	12.2
		Total self employed	33.6	34.2	36.4	35.9	33.7	29.5	28.5
		Employee	236.4	244.6	245.3	251.2	258.5	270.0	267.8
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	271.2	280.6	283.9	288.7	294.0	300.5	298.1
H	Transportation and storage	Self-employed (with paid employees)	3.6	[3.5]	[2.7]	[4.1]	[4.2]	[3.5]	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	16.8	15.4	18.5	18.0	19.3	16.3	14.5
		Total self employed	20.4	18.9	21.2	22.1	23.5	19.7	18.3
		Employee	63.1	61.1	64.6	67.2	69.3	73.1	79.1
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	83.8	80.8	86.3	89.7	93.0	93.0	97.4
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	10.8	7.7	9.4	9.2	9.3	9.2	12.2
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	4.5	5.6	[4.4]	6.1	6.0	[4.7]	[4.5]
		Total self employed	15.3	13.3	13.8	15.3	15.4	14.0	16.7
		Employee	107.5	122.2	128.8	131.7	138.6	145.1	159.5
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	123.7	136.5	143.7	148.2	155.2	159.8	177.1
J	Information and communication	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.5]	[4.1]	[4.1]	*	*	[4.5]	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	9.3	10.1	8.9	9.7	10.6	12.4	10.1
		Total self employed	12.8	14.2	13.0	12.2	13.0	16.9	13.2
		Employee	81.8	81.3	85.3	88.3	92.4	97.5	101.8
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	94.9	95.8	98.4	100.6	105.4	114.4	115.3
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.2]	*	[3.3]	[3.5]	*	*	[4.6]
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	5.1	5.1	[4.5]	6.7	[4.7]	[4.8]	[5.0]
		Total self employed	8.3	7.3	7.8	10.2	7.4	8.1	9.6
		Employee	91.9	94.1	93.4	97.2	101.0	99.0	100.9
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	100.2	101.6	101.3	107.8	108.7	107.1	110.7
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	10.4	11.9	12.7	13.1	12.3	11.7	10.8
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	22.7	23.5	23.6	21.8	19.8	22.8	24.4
		Total self employed	33.1	35.4	36.3	35.0	32.1	34.5	35.2
		Employee	75.2	80.7	88.2	92.2	96.0	98.9	105.5
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	108.7	116.7	124.9	128.1	128.9	133.9	141.2
N	Administrative and support service activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[4.0]	*	*	*	[4.7]	*	[4.6]
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	7.7	7.0	8.2	6.1	8.2	7.6	8.0
		Total self employed	11.7	10.2	11.4	8.6	12.9	11.5	12.6
		Employee	63.6	60.1	67.4	69.4	76.0	82.4	91.0
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	75.5	70.3	79.3	78.1	89.1	94.2	103.7
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Employee	88.0	85.0	87.9	92.5	96.0	97.9	104.4
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	88.8	86.1	88.7	93.2	97.4	98.9	105.6
P	Education	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	4.7	[4.0]	4.1	5.4	4.8	5.8	[5.6]
		Total self employed	6.2	6.4	5.7	7.2	6.8	7.8	7.7
		Employee	132.8	138.7	141.1	141.1	142.7	149.1	158.9
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	139.3	145.4	147.0	148.4	149.7	156.9	166.6
Q	Human health and social work activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	6.3	6.5	6.1	5.7	[4.7]	[6.0]	[4.8]
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	9.2	8.6	8.8	9.2	9.9	11.6	12.3
		Total self employed	15.5	15.1	14.9	14.9	14.6	17.6	17.1
		Employee	240.6	241.9	245.9	249.9	255.2	261.9	268.1
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	257.0	258.6	262.3	266.6	270.9	280.5	286.0
R-U	Other NACE activities	Self-employed (with paid employees)	5.1	6.3	6.7	6.2	7.6	6.9	[6.3]
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	16.7	19.2	20.5	19.6	23.3	21.6	20.5
		Total self employed	21.8	25.5	27.2	25.8	30.9	28.4	26.8
		Employee	83.7	82.8	79.5	85.6	87.3	88.1	89.0
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	106.3	109.2	107.5	112.2	119.5	117.0	116.6
Not stated		Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Employee	*	*	*	6.1	6.8	[5.7]	8.9
		Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	*	*	*	7.2	7.1	6.9	9.8
All persons		Self-employed (with paid employees)	90.9	89.8	90.8	95.3	96.7	97.9	103.2
		Self-employed (with no paid employees)	214.6	218.8	224.5	231.8	233.6	228.0	227.0
		Total self employed	305.5	308.6	315.3	327.2	330.3	325.9	330.2
		Employee	1,556.2	1,600.3	1,639.5	1,705.9	1,776.9	1,841.9	1,913.1
		Assisting relative	16.2	17.4	15.5	16.6	19.4	13.1	11.7
		Total	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 4 (XLS 17KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 5 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010) and employment status

Table 5 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010) and employment status
'000
Occupational group/Employment status		Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
a. Managers, directors and senior officials	Self-employed (with paid employees)	42.5	39.0	38.7	42.5	44.0	44.3	53.5
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	20.8	26.1	25.0	23.2	24.0	20.7	27.9
	Total self employed	63.3	65.1	63.7	65.7	68.0	65.0	81.4
	Employee	99.2	98.7	103.8	112.7	118.3	125.8	112.1
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	162.9	164.0	168.4	179.3	187.1	191.5	194.0
b. Professional	Self-employed (with paid employees)	16.2	17.0	16.8	16.7	14.5	18.1	11.4
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	31.0	27.9	28.4	28.5	29.1	33.9	33.8
	Total self employed	47.2	44.8	45.2	45.2	43.6	52.0	45.1
	Employee	340.0	353.0	353.8	361.5	376.9	382.8	412.2
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	387.9	398.7	399.9	407.4	420.9	434.9	457.6
c. Associate professional and technical	Self-employed (with paid employees)	4.9	5.0	5.5	5.0	[5.1]	[6.7]	[5.9]
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	26.6	28.6	29.6	31.0	31.9	32.6	28.4
	Total self employed	31.5	33.6	35.1	36.0	37.0	39.3	34.3
	Employee	192.4	197.6	203.1	218.3	223.1	235.5	232.7
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	224.2	231.9	238.5	254.7	260.8	275.1	267.4
d. Administrative and secreterial	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	[2.4]	*	[3.5]	[3.5]	*	*	*
	Total self employed	3.9	[4.0]	5.6	4.9	[4.7]	[4.1]	[4.6]
	Employee	187.2	191.5	195.7	191.0	196.7	204.8	215.6
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	192.2	197.8	203.7	198.2	203.7	210.6	223.1
e. Skilled trades	Self-employed (with paid employees)	16.5	17.6	19.0	21.2	22.0	19.6	21.2
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	98.5	98.6	98.9	105.2	103.9	98.1	99.7
	Total self employed	115.1	116.3	117.9	126.4	125.8	117.8	120.9
	Employee	136.7	138.3	150.4	161.1	168.3	180.5	185.8
	Assisting relative	6.9	5.1	[3.4]	5.3	6.6	*	*
	Total	258.6	259.7	271.7	292.7	300.8	302.0	308.7
f. Caring, leisure and other service	Self-employed (with paid employees)	4.0	[3.6]	[3.6]	[3.8]	[3.5]	[3.8]	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	6.2	6.7	8.2	8.3	8.7	9.0	9.4
	Total self employed	10.1	10.4	11.8	12.1	12.2	12.8	13.3
	Employee	133.7	130.5	132.5	144.2	152.9	162.6	170.4
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	144.9	142.5	145.4	158.5	166.6	176.5	184.4
g. Sales and customer service	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	[3.1]	4.0	[3.6]	[3.9]	[3.7]	*	*
	Total self employed	4.0	5.1	4.7	4.6	5.5	[4.0]	*
	Employee	148.0	152.9	153.3	162.0	163.6	168.5	178.0
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	152.5	159.4	159.0	167.4	170.3	173.1	181.5
h. Process, plant and machine operatives	Self-employed (with paid employees)	[3.0]	[3.4]	[2.9]	*	[3.4]	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	20.6	18.9	22.0	22.2	22.3	21.6	16.2
	Total self employed	23.7	22.4	24.9	24.8	25.8	23.6	19.4
	Employee	114.9	122.7	120.4	127.8	135.4	141.4	154.7
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	139.1	145.9	146.1	153.4	162.4	165.8	174.3
i. Elementary	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	5.2	5.2	5.3	6.1	6.5	[5.6]	[6.0]
	Total self employed	6.4	6.7	6.3	7.3	7.2	6.6	[6.7]
	Employee	200.9	212.2	222.0	224.3	231.3	232.1	236.3
	Assisting relative	[4.6]	[4.5]	[4.4]	*	[4.5]	*	[4.0]
	Total	211.9	223.4	232.6	234.7	243.0	242.6	247.0
j. Not stated	Self-employed (with paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total self employed	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Employee	3.3	2.7	4.6	3.1	10.4	8.0	15.3
	Assisting relative	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Total	3.7	3.0	4.9	3.2	11.1	8.9	16.9
All persons	Self-employed (with paid employees)	90.9	89.8	90.8	95.3	96.7	97.9	103.2
	Self-employed (with no paid employees)	214.6	218.8	224.5	231.8	233.6	228.0	227.0
	Total self employed	305.5	308.6	315.3	327.2	330.3	325.9	330.2
	Employee	1,556.2	1,600.3	1,639.5	1,705.9	1,776.9	1,841.9	1,913.1
	Assisting relative	16.2	17.4	15.5	16.6	19.4	13.1	11.7
	Total	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 5 (XLS 14KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 6 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and full-time/part-time status

Table 6 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and full-time/part-time status
'000
NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Full and part-time status			Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Full-time	92.5	93.9	90.0	92.9	94.0	92.5	86.3
		Part-time	20.7	18.9	18.8	19.0	21.4	18.4	20.2
		Total	113.2	112.8	108.7	111.9	115.4	110.9	106.5
B-F	Total Industry	Full-time	275.4	285.8	295.7	326.5	350.7	369.3	393.8
		Part-time	38.1	44.9	40.8	42.4	41.9	37.6	26.6
		Total	313.5	330.7	336.5	369.0	392.6	406.9	420.4
B-E	Industry	Full-time	209.5	217.0	223.4	235.2	250.2	258.2	258.4
		Part-time	22.7	27.5	22.3	24.7	23.0	20.7	16.3
		Total	232.2	244.5	245.7	259.9	273.3	278.9	274.7
F	Construction	Full-time	65.9	68.8	72.3	91.3	100.5	111.1	135.5
		Part-time	15.4	17.4	18.5	17.7	18.9	16.9	10.3
		Total	81.3	86.2	90.8	109.0	119.4	128.0	145.7
G-U	Total Services	Full-time	1,055.8	1,075.9	1,119.5	1,152.6	1,186.9	1,258.6	1,310.0
		Part-time	393.7	405.7	403.8	409.0	424.7	397.6	408.3
		Total	1,449.5	1,481.6	1,523.3	1,561.7	1,611.6	1,656.2	1,718.3
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Full-time	175.3	180.4	184.9	188.6	194.5	209.5	204.9
		Part-time	95.8	100.2	99.0	100.1	99.5	91.0	93.2
		Total	271.2	280.6	283.9	288.7	294.0	300.5	298.1
H	Transportation and storage	Full-time	70.3	67.8	72.4	75.1	76.5	78.9	84.8
		Part-time	13.5	12.9	13.8	14.6	16.4	14.1	12.6
		Total	83.8	80.8	86.3	89.7	93.0	93.0	97.4
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Full-time	68.7	78.4	82.5	86.7	87.7	94.8	109.7
		Part-time	55.0	58.0	61.2	61.5	67.5	65.0	67.4
		Total	123.7	136.5	143.7	148.2	155.2	159.8	177.1
J	Information and communication	Full-time	87.2	88.4	91.0	93.5	96.9	106.2	107.7
		Part-time	7.7	7.4	7.4	7.1	8.5	8.2	7.5
		Total	94.9	95.8	98.4	100.6	105.4	114.4	115.3
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Full-time	89.3	89.5	90.4	96.8	99.6	97.6	99.4
		Part-time	10.9	12.1	10.9	11.0	9.1	9.4	11.3
		Total	100.2	101.6	101.3	107.8	108.7	107.1	110.7
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Full-time	91.1	99.0	106.7	110.9	110.6	115.8	121.7
		Part-time	17.6	17.6	18.2	17.1	18.3	18.1	19.5
		Total	108.7	116.7	124.9	128.1	128.9	133.9	141.2
N	Administrative and support service activities	Full-time	51.3	46.1	56.1	54.0	58.9	67.4	72.7
		Part-time	24.2	24.3	23.2	24.1	30.2	26.8	31.0
		Total	75.5	70.3	79.3	78.1	89.1	94.2	103.7
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Full-time	78.9	77.6	78.8	81.8	84.1	88.9	94.6
		Part-time	9.9	8.5	9.9	11.4	13.2	10.0	11.0
		Total	88.8	86.1	88.7	93.2	97.4	98.9	105.6
P	Education	Full-time	105.4	108.5	113.7	115.3	118.4	123.8	130.5
		Part-time	33.9	36.9	33.3	33.2	31.3	33.1	36.1
		Total	139.3	145.4	147.0	148.4	149.7	156.9	166.6
Q	Human health and social work activities	Full-time	174.5	176.2	179.0	184.1	187.2	200.6	212.4
		Part-time	82.5	82.4	83.2	82.4	83.6	79.8	73.5
		Total	257.0	258.6	262.3	266.6	270.9	280.5	286.0
R-U	Other NACE activities	Full-time	63.8	63.9	63.9	65.7	72.3	75.0	71.5
		Part-time	42.6	45.3	43.7	46.5	47.1	42.0	45.1
		Total	106.3	109.2	107.5	112.2	119.5	117.0	116.6
Not stated		Full-time	*	*	*	6.5	[6.1]	[5.4]	[8.7]
		Part-time	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total	*	*	*	7.2	7.1	6.9	9.8
Total		Full-time	1,424.5	1,456.2	1,506.8	1,578.5	1,637.7	1,725.8	1,798.7
		Part-time	453.5	470.1	463.6	471.2	488.9	455.1	456.3
		Total	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 6 (XLS 13KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 7 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010) and full-time/part-time status

Table 7 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010) and full-time/part-time status
'000
Occupational group/Full and part-time status			Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	Full-time	149.6	149.9	155.1	166.9	174.5	180.1	178.5
		Part-time	13.3	14.1	13.3	12.4	12.7	11.4	15.5
		Total	162.9	164.0	168.4	179.3	187.1	191.5	194.0
2.	Professional	Full-time	333.4	342.3	347.4	354.6	371.3	380.5	405.5
		Part-time	54.5	56.4	52.5	52.8	49.6	54.4	52.2
		Total	387.9	398.7	399.9	407.4	420.9	434.9	457.6
3.	Associate professional and technical	Full-time	192.9	197.6	202.3	219.2	222.7	242.3	238.6
		Part-time	31.3	34.3	36.3	35.5	38.1	32.7	28.8
		Total	224.2	231.9	238.5	254.7	260.8	275.1	267.4
4.	Administrative and secreterial	Full-time	138.4	142.4	145.7	139.9	140.0	152.6	163.9
		Part-time	53.8	55.4	58.1	58.3	63.7	58.0	59.2
		Total	192.2	197.8	203.7	198.2	203.7	210.6	223.1
5.	Skilled trades	Full-time	217.0	219.5	233.9	250.4	258.0	265.4	275.2
		Part-time	41.6	40.2	37.9	42.3	42.8	36.6	33.5
		Total	258.6	259.7	271.7	292.7	300.8	302.0	308.7
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	Full-time	80.8	77.0	80.6	89.1	95.6	110.3	118.5
		Part-time	64.1	65.5	64.8	69.4	71.0	66.2	65.9
		Total	144.9	142.5	145.4	158.5	166.6	176.5	184.4
7.	Sales and customer service	Full-time	69.8	74.4	82.9	88.0	94.0	97.3	108.5
		Part-time	82.7	85.0	76.2	79.4	76.2	75.7	73.0
		Total	152.5	159.4	159.0	167.4	170.3	173.1	181.5
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	Full-time	117.6	122.8	122.6	129.5	135.3	143.9	156.1
		Part-time	21.5	23.0	23.4	23.9	27.2	21.9	18.2
		Total	139.1	145.9	146.1	153.4	162.4	165.8	174.3
9.	Elementary	Full-time	122.0	128.4	132.8	138.2	137.2	145.7	139.4
		Part-time	89.8	95.1	99.8	96.5	105.8	96.9	107.6
		Total	211.9	223.4	232.6	234.7	243.0	242.6	247.0
Other/Not stated		Full-time	3.0	[1.9]	3.5	[2.7]	9.2	7.7	14.5
		Part-time	*	*	*	*	[1.9]	*	*
		Total	3.7	3.0	4.9	3.2	11.1	8.9	16.9
Total		Full-time	1,424.5	1,456.2	1,506.8	1,578.5	1,637.7	1,725.8	1,798.7
		Part-time	453.5	470.1	463.6	471.2	488.9	455.1	456.3
		Total	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 7 (XLS 12KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 8 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector

Table 8 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector
Average usual hours worked per week
NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector		Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	47.2	48.8	47.1	49.2	49.2	48.0	50.4
B-F	Total Industry	38.3	38.2	38.5	38.8	38.9	39.0	40.1
B-E	Industry	38.6	38.5	38.9	38.8	39.0	39.0	39.7
F	Construction	37.5	37.3	37.4	38.9	38.6	39.1	40.9
G-U	Total Services	33.9	34.0	34.4	34.5	34.4	34.7	34.8
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	33.0	33.0	33.2	33.1	33.3	33.5	33.8
H	Transportation and storage	38.4	38.4	38.6	39.0	39.1	38.4	38.9
I	Accommodation and food service activities	31.3	31.5	32.0	32.0	31.2	32.0	32.5
J	Information and communication	39.1	39.2	39.7	39.6	39.4	39.4	39.7
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	37.9	38.0	38.2	38.7	38.6	38.7	38.3
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	38.3	38.7	38.1	39.1	38.9	39.1	39.0
N	Administrative and support service activities	32.9	32.8	33.8	33.9	33.0	34.3	33.8
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	37.1	36.7	37.8	36.9	37.1	37.3	37.9
P	Education	28.8	29.1	30.4	29.8	29.8	30.1	30.1
Q	Human health and social work activities	32.4	32.7	33.1	33.4	33.1	33.6	33.7
R-U	Other NACE activities	31.4	31.0	31.6	30.7	31.3	32.2	31.5
Not stated		*	*	*	[38.1]	[37.0]	[33.9]	[38.0]
Total		35.2	35.3	35.7	35.9	35.8	36.1	36.5
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 8 (XLS 10KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 9 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupation (UK SOC2010)

Table 9 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010)
Average usual hours worked per week
Occupational group		Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	42.5	42.4	42.0	43.2	42.7	42.7	43.8
2.	Professional	35.8	35.8	36.3	36.4	36.4	36.6	37.0
3.	Associate professional and technical	37.8	37.6	37.6	37.6	37.8	38.2	38.1
4.	Administrative and secreterial	32.8	32.8	33.3	32.8	32.6	33.2	33.0
5.	Skilled trades	41.2	41.7	41.5	42.2	42.1	41.7	43.0
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	29.3	29.5	29.9	29.9	29.8	30.6	30.5
7.	Sales and customer service	27.8	28.0	29.6	29.3	29.7	29.7	30.4
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	38.0	37.9	38.4	38.2	38.3	38.4	39.3
9.	Elementary	30.2	30.7	30.9	30.8	30.2	30.9	30.1
Other/Not stated		37.5	33.5	36.6	[37.3]	36.0	37.3	36.2
Total		35.2	35.3	35.7	35.9	35.8	36.1	36.5
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 9 (XLS 10KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 10 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status

Table 10 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by employment status
Average usual hours worked per week
Employment status	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
Self-employed (with paid employees)	46.5	46.3	46.6	49.8	48.5	48.5	49.0
Self-employed (with no paid employees)	42.4	43.4	42.1	43.1	43.1	43.0	43.4
Total self employed	43.8	44.4	43.5	45.1	44.8	44.8	45.2
Employee	34.1	34.2	34.7	34.7	34.7	35.0	35.2
Assisting relative	28.3	31.8	28.2	28.8	26.1	28.7	12.7
Total	35.2	35.3	35.7	35.9	35.8	36.1	36.5
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 10 (XLS 10KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 11 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by full-time/part-time status

Table 11 Average usual hours worked per week for persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by full-time/part-time status
Average usual hours worked per week
Full and part-time status	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
Full-time	40.0	40.1	40.3	40.5	40.4	40.3	40.8
Part-time	19.1	19.2	19.4	19.4	19.2	19.1	18.8
Total	35.2	35.3	35.7	35.9	35.8	36.1	36.5
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 11 (XLS 9KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 12 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed duration of employment

Table 12 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by detailed duration of employment
'000
Detailed duration of employment	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
Less than 3 months	72.9	74.1	78.5	85.8	94.2	85.5	102.7
3-5 months	64.7	68.1	72.4	84.2	89.7	85.3	96.1
6-11 months	111.9	123.6	132.8	144.6	166.1	163.0	173.4
Total less than 1 year	249.5	265.8	283.7	314.7	349.9	333.7	372.3
12-17 months	76.3	88.9	94.7	104.1	122.5	127.9	126.1
18-23 months	65.0	65.0	76.1	73.0	83.6	93.0	93.6
24-47 months	169.5	178.4	176.9	185.4	205.3	243.4	269.0
48 months and greater	1,281.1	1,286.0	1,287.5	1,311.1	1,282.7	1,290.6	1,261.0
Total 1 year and over	1,591.9	1,618.2	1,635.1	1,673.7	1,694.0	1,755.0	1,749.6
Not stated	36.6	42.3	51.5	61.3	82.7	92.2	133.1
Total	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 12 (XLS 10KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 13 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by number of persons working in local place of employment

Table 13 Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by number of persons working in local place of employment
'000
Detailed local place of employment	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
1 to 4 persons	236.9	241.4	226.9	231.4	220.4	194.7	231.1
5 to 10 persons	236.8	244.2	237.3	238.2	238.9	241.0	231.7
Not sure but less than 11 persons	*	*	*	*	[4.4]	[5.5]	*
Total less than 11 persons	475.2	487.5	466.8	471.8	463.7	441.2	462.8

11 to 19 persons	166.5	151.4	150.6	160.5	172.3	185.7	192.2
20-49 persons	233.7	251.4	243.5	254.8	257.2	275.7	277.2
Total 11 to 49 persons	400.2	402.8	394.1	415.3	429.5	461.4	469.4

Total less than 50 persons	875.4	890.3	860.9	887.1	893.2	902.6	932.2

50-99 persons	163.4	152.2	168.6	169.9	183.4	189.8	:
100 to 249 persons	180.8	169.0	175.7	178.7	172.6	190.4	:
Total 50 to 249 persons	344.2	321.2	344.4	348.6	356.0	380.2	:

250 to 500 persons	113.1	114.7	123.3	125.7	125.9	136.3	:
Total 100 to 500 persons	293.9	283.7	299.0	304.4	298.5	326.7	:

500 persons or more	189.1	203.2	199.1	204.3	252.7	273.3	:
Total 50 persons or more	646.4	639.1	666.8	678.5	734.6	789.8	1,049.5

Not stated	141.5	178.1	218.2	252.2	265.4	260.5	46.3
Not applicable - Self-employed person with no employees	214.6	218.8	224.5	231.8	233.6	228.0	227.0
Total	1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
: Data not available for the period Q3 2017 to Q3 2018
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 13 (XLS 11KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 14 Persons aged 15 years and over in full-time and part-time employment (ILO) classified by reasons for being in part-time employment

Table 14 Persons aged 15 years and over in full and part-time employment (ILO) classified by reasons for being in part-time employment
'000
Full-time employment/Reasons for part-time employment		Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
Full-time		1,424.5	1,456.2	1,506.8	1,578.5	1,637.7	1,725.8	1,798.7
Part-time		453.5	470.1	463.6	471.2	488.9	455.1	456.3
of which:	Person is undergoing school education or training	65.4	69.0	64.7	72.3	89.7	81.1	95.0
	Of own illness or disability	6.6	5.0	6.1	7.0	5.6	6.0	11.5
	Looking after children or incapacitated adults	57.4	63.0	66.7	73.6	80.1	78.3	90.1
	Other personal or family reasons	90.5	79.5	82.0	94.0	107.9	111.4	120.5
	Person could not find a full-time job	164.9	178.1	174.7	160.4	138.3	119.3	76.4
	Of other reasons	43.7	42.7	41.8	40.3	48.3	42.6	61.3
	No answer	24.8	32.9	27.7	23.6	19.1	16.5	*
Total		1,878.0	1,926.3	1,970.3	2,049.7	2,126.7	2,180.9	2,255.0
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 14 (XLS 10KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 15 Employees aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and permanency of employment

Table 15 Employees aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector and permanency of employment
'000
NACE Rev.2 Economic Sector/Permanency of employment			Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Permanent employees	22.5	23.3	24.2	23.8	24.3	27.4	21.2
		Temporary employees	*	[3.6]	[3.5]	[3.7]	*	*	[6.8]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	25.9	27.9	28.1	27.8	28.2	30.3	28.2
B-F	Total Industry	Permanent employees	237.5	249.1	254.5	273.5	300.2	317.5	323.4
		Temporary employees	23.8	26.0	22.6	27.0	23.0	21.2	25.4
		Not stated	[2.7]	[3.5]	5.3	5.3	5.8	[4.0]	*
		Total employees	264.1	278.7	282.4	305.8	329.0	342.7	349.9
B-E	Industry	Permanent employees	196.0	205.7	208.2	218.1	233.2	243.4	237.9
		Temporary employees	16.4	17.0	15.1	17.8	14.6	13.0	15.6
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	213.4	224.3	225.4	237.5	249.5	257.6	253.8
F	Construction	Permanent employees	41.5	43.5	46.3	55.3	67.0	74.1	85.5
		Temporary employees	7.4	8.9	7.6	9.2	8.4	8.2	9.8
		Not stated	[1.8]	*	[3.2]	[3.7]	[4.2]	*	*
		Total employees	50.7	54.4	57.0	68.3	79.6	85.1	96.1
G-U	Total Services	Permanent employees	1,110.9	1,138.4	1,172.7	1,215.6	1,257.4	1,325.4	1,359.0
		Temporary employees	142.0	140.3	137.8	135.4	138.0	121.7	160.6
		Not stated	11.7	13.8	16.8	15.3	17.6	16.1	[6.5]
		Total employees	1,264.5	1,292.5	1,327.4	1,366.3	1,412.9	1,463.2	1,526.1
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Permanent employees	208.6	216.8	220.6	221.9	228.2	244.0	240.7
		Temporary employees	26.8	25.6	23.5	27.2	27.7	23.7	26.2
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	236.4	244.6	245.3	251.2	258.5	270.0	267.8
H	Transportation and storage	Permanent employees	59.1	56.6	60.4	63.0	65.6	69.7	72.0
		Temporary employees	4.0	[4.3]	[4.0]	[3.9]	[3.6]	*	[6.9]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	63.1	61.1	64.6	67.2	69.3	73.1	79.1
I	Accommodation and food service activities	Permanent employees	85.2	99.5	103.3	106.3	111.2	121.1	129.2
		Temporary employees	21.6	21.5	24.4	24.2	26.1	22.3	27.4
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	107.5	122.2	128.8	131.7	138.6	145.1	159.5
J	Information and communication	Permanent employees	75.2	74.5	78.2	83.4	86.1	93.2	95.0
		Temporary employees	5.9	[6.4]	6.4	[4.7]	[5.1]	*	[6.6]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	81.8	81.3	85.3	88.3	92.4	97.5	101.8
K-L	Financial, insurance and real estate activities	Permanent employees	87.9	89.2	87.2	91.9	96.7	94.8	95.2
		Temporary employees	[3.7]	[4.7]	5.8	[4.8]	[3.8]	*	[5.3]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	91.9	94.1	93.4	97.2	101.0	99.0	100.9
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	Permanent employees	68.2	72.1	79.1	84.7	87.1	91.8	97.0
		Temporary employees	6.2	7.9	7.9	6.6	7.8	[6.4]	8.2
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	75.2	80.7	88.2	92.2	96.0	98.9	105.5
N	Administrative and support service activities	Permanent employees	53.6	51.4	59.4	62.0	63.9	73.4	78.8
		Temporary employees	8.2	7.3	6.8	6.3	10.4	[7.6]	11.7
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	63.6	60.1	67.4	69.4	76.0	82.4	91.0
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	Permanent employees	85.4	82.4	84.2	88.0	89.4	94.5	99.1
		Temporary employees	[2.4]	*	[3.0]	[3.5]	[5.1]	*	[5.3]
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	88.0	85.0	87.9	92.5	96.0	97.9	104.4
P	Education	Permanent employees	110.7	114.1	119.3	122.2	123.3	128.7	134.1
		Temporary employees	21.1	23.5	20.5	17.6	18.1	18.6	24.3
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	132.8	138.7	141.1	141.1	142.7	149.1	158.9
Q	Human health and social work activities	Permanent employees	211.8	214.0	219.9	223.3	233.9	240.1	242.5
		Temporary employees	25.4	23.7	20.7	22.2	17.7	18.1	25.2
		Not stated	[3.5]	[4.2]	5.3	[4.5]	[3.7]	[3.7]	*
		Total employees	240.6	241.9	245.9	249.9	255.2	261.9	268.1
R-U	Other NACE activities	Permanent employees	65.2	67.8	61.2	68.8	72.0	74.1	75.3
		Temporary employees	16.8	13.2	14.7	14.5	12.7	11.3	13.5
		Not stated	*	*	[3.6]	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	83.7	82.8	79.5	85.6	87.3	88.1	89.0
Not stated		Permanent employees	*	*	*	[5.1]	*	[4.1]	[7.9]
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	*	*	*	6.1	6.8	[5.7]	8.9
Total		Permanent employees	1,371.6	1,411.5	1,452.7	1,517.9	1,585.9	1,674.5	1,711.6
		Temporary employees	169.3	170.3	164.2	166.8	165.0	146.0	193.3
		Not stated	15.3	18.5	22.6	21.2	26.0	21.4	8.2
		Total employees	1,556.2	1,600.3	1,639.5	1,705.9	1,776.9	1,841.9	1,913.1
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 15 (XLS 14KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 16 Employees aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010) and permanency of employment

Table 16 Employees aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by occupational group (UK SOC2010) and permanency of employment
'000
Occupational group/Permanency of employment			Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18

1.	Managers, directors and senior officials	Permanent employees	96.7	94.8	101.4	110.6	115.8	123.8	110.2
		Temporary employees	*	[3.5]	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	99.2	98.7	103.8	112.7	118.3	125.8	112.1
2.	Professional	Permanent employees	304.4	315.1	320.0	329.6	347.9	354.6	378.1
		Temporary employees	34.5	37.0	32.0	30.2	27.7	27.0	33.3
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	340.0	353.0	353.8	361.5	376.9	382.8	412.2
3.	Associate professional and technical	Permanent employees	177.7	182.5	188.0	204.5	209.2	222.3	217.0
		Temporary employees	13.4	12.7	12.4	11.4	11.6	11.2	15.1
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	192.4	197.6	203.1	218.3	223.1	235.5	232.7
4.	Administrative and secreterial	Permanent employees	171.7	174.5	179.4	175.0	179.2	189.4	195.1
		Temporary employees	14.2	15.4	12.9	13.9	14.8	13.3	20.1
		Not stated	*	*	[3.5]	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	187.2	191.5	195.7	191.0	196.7	204.8	215.6
5.	Skilled trades	Permanent employees	120.9	122.7	134.6	145.2	151.7	167.4	168.8
		Temporary employees	13.0	12.3	12.1	13.3	12.6	9.7	15.5
		Not stated	[2.7]	[3.3]	[3.7]	*	[4.0]	[3.3]	*
		Total employees	136.7	138.3	150.4	161.1	168.3	180.5	185.8
6.	Caring, leisure and other services	Permanent employees	110.6	110.9	110.1	121.4	130.3	140.1	146.6
		Temporary employees	20.5	16.3	18.2	18.2	18.4	18.2	23.4
		Not stated	[2.5]	[3.2]	[4.2]	4.6	[4.1]	[4.2]	*
		Total employees	133.7	130.5	132.5	144.2	152.9	162.6	170.4
7.	Sales and customer service	Permanent employees	123.3	129.2	130.3	137.0	137.7	143.9	156.0
		Temporary employees	23.8	22.4	22.4	23.5	24.0	22.6	21.3
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	148.0	152.9	153.3	162.0	163.6	168.5	178.0
8.	Process, plant and machine operatives	Permanent employees	104.7	109.0	106.4	112.6	121.6	131.0	137.9
		Temporary employees	9.2	12.4	11.5	13.7	12.0	9.2	16.3
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	114.9	122.7	120.4	127.8	135.4	141.4	154.7
9.	Elementary	Permanent employees	159.5	170.5	178.9	179.9	185.3	195.0	189.4
		Temporary employees	37.5	37.9	39.8	40.3	40.9	32.7	44.4
		Not stated	[3.9]	[3.9]	[3.2]	[4.1]	[5.1]	[4.4]	*
		Total employees	200.9	212.2	222.0	224.3	231.3	232.1	236.3
Other/Not stated		Permanent employees	2.1	[2.2]	3.6	[2.2]	7.2	6.9	12.3
		Temporary employees	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Not stated	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Total employees	3.3	2.7	4.6	3.1	10.4	8.0	15.3
Total		Permanent employees	1,371.6	1,411.5	1,452.7	1,517.9	1,585.9	1,674.5	1,711.6
		Temporary employees	169.3	170.3	164.2	166.8	165.0	146.0	193.3
		Not stated	15.3	18.5	22.6	21.2	26.0	21.4	8.2
		Total employees	1,556.2	1,600.3	1,639.5	1,705.9	1,776.9	1,841.9	1,913.1
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 16 (XLS 13KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 17 Employees aged 15 years and over in temporary employment (ILO) classified by type of temporary employment

Table 17 Employees aged 15 years and over in temporary employment (ILO) classified by type of temporary employment
'000
Type of temporary employment	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
Casual work	53.9	60.1	61.4	62.3	62.6	55.7	:
Seasonal work	15.3	15.6	14.3	17.1	17.6	14.5	:
Lasted only until a particular task/tasks are completed	19.4	21.1	21.3	24.0	15.2	12.3	:
Lasted only for a specific duration	44.2	70.1	65.8	61.6	67.0	61.7	:
Not stated/No data available	36.5	[3.4]	*	*	*	*	:
Total	169.3	170.3	164.2	166.8	165.0	146.0	193.3
Note: A break in continuity has occurred as a result of a filter change related to this question in Q2 2012 and data from Q2 2012 onwards is not directly comparable with previous quarters
: Data not available
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 17 (XLS 10KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 18 Employees aged 15 years and over in temporary employment (ILO) classified by reason for being in temporary employment

Table 18 Employees aged 15 years and over in temporary employment (ILO) classified by reason for being in temporary employment
'000
Reason for being in temporary employment	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
It is a contract covering a period of training	16.7	21.9	22.2	19.3	11.2	12.7	18.8
Person could not find a permanent job	89.8	81.9	76.4	79.7	79.1	64.8	54.9
Person did not want a permanent job	28.7	27.8	28.8	30.8	38.3	32.3	42.9
It is a contract for a probationary period	[3.2]	[3.9]	5.9	[5.6]	[5.1]	*	15.7
Not stated	30.8	34.7	30.9	31.4	31.4	33.2	60.9
Total	169.3	170.3	164.2	166.8	165.0	146.0	193.3
Note: A break in continuity has occurred as a result of a filter change related to this question in Q2 2012 and data from Q2 2012 onwards is not directly comparable with previous quarters
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 18 (XLS 10KB)

Hide Table

Show Table 19 Employees aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by supervisory duties

Table 19 Employees aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by supervisory duties
'000
Supervisory duties	Q2 12	Q2 13	Q2 14	Q2 15	Q2 16	Q2 17	Q2 18
Person is a supervisor	420.1	414.8	443.4	468.2	483.9	524.0	562.3
Person is not a supervisor	1,124.5	1,171.5	1,175.5	1,219.4	1,266.7	1,296.2	1,337.0
Not stated	11.7	14.0	20.6	18.3	26.3	21.8	13.8
Total	1,556.2	1,600.3	1,639.5	1,705.9	1,776.9	1,841.9	1,913.1
Note: A new Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) in Q3 2017 and, as a result, care should be taken when comparing data from before and after this period. Please see background notes of the LFS release for additional information.

View Table in PxStat

Open in Excel: LFS Detailed Employment Series Q2 2018 Table 19 (XLS 9KB)

Hide Table

Show Background Notes

Background Notes

Purpose of Survey

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) at the beginning of Q3 2017. The purpose of the survey is the production of quarterly labour force estimates and occasional reports on special social topics. The survey meets the requirements of Council Regulation (EC) No. 577/98, adopted in March 1998, which requires the introduction of quarterly labour force surveys in EU member states.

Reference Period

Information is collected continuously throughout the year from households surveyed each week in each quarter. Up to and including the fourth quarter of 2008 the QNHS operated on a seasonal quarter basis since its establishment in Q4 1997. The LFS is undertaken on a calendar quarter basis which was first adopted in the QNHS in the first quarter of 2009.

The reference quarters for survey results are:

Q1 - January to March, Q2 - April to June, Q3 - July to September and Q4 - October to December

Data Collection

The LFS is conducted using mixed mode data collection with the introduction of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). As with the QNHS, information is collected from each sample household over 5 successive quarters or Waves. However, in the LFS, the first interview is conducted by a team of face-to-face interviewers using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI). The four follow-up interviews are conducted using CATI from a dedicated call centre, where householders have agreed to conduct a telephone interview, and are conducted using face-to-face interviews where householders have not agreed to conduct a telephone interview.

Sample Design

A new sample based on the 2011 Census of Population was selected for the LFS and this was introduced incrementally from Q1 2016. The sample is stratified using administrative county and the Pobal HP (Haase and Pratschke) Deprivation Index. A two-stage sample design is used. In the first stage 1,300 blocks are selected using Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling. In the second stage households are selected using Simple Random Sampling (SRS). This ensures each household in the sample frame has an equal probability of selection.

To account for the additional attrition as a result of the introduction of mixed mode data collection, the LFS sample is being increased incrementally from Q3 2017. An additional 1,300 households are being included in Wave 1 for each quarter and this results in a total sample of 31,200 households in Q2 2018. As the sample is being increased by 1,300 households per Wave, the final design sample will increase to 32,500 households by Q3 2018. The actual achieved sample varies over time depending on the level of response.

The number of valid responding households for the LFS in Q2 2018 was 14,071.

Households are asked to take part in the survey for five consecutive quarters and are then replaced by other households in the same block. Thus, one fifth of the households in the survey are replaced each quarter and the QNHS/LFS sample involves an overlap of 80% between consecutive quarters and 20% between the same quarter in consecutive years. It is important to note that there is no overlap in sample between the QNHS and the LFS.

The survey results are weighted to agree with population estimates broken down by age, sex and region (the regions have changed from Q1 2018 – see below) and are also calibrated to nationality control totals. The LFS results also contain a non-response adjustment to make the results from the achieved sample representative of the target sample and the population. The population estimates for April of each year are published in a separate release.

New samples, both based on the 2011 Census of Population, were introduced incrementally for the QNHS in Q4 2012 and in Q3 2016. The former was stratified using administrative county and population density while the latter was stratified using administrative county and the Pobal HP (Haase and Pratschke) Deprivation Index. The quarterly sample in each case was 26,000 households. The actual achieved sample varied over time depending on the level of response.

Households with all persons aged 75 and over and classified as inactive

Households which contain only respondents who are aged 75 or over who are each classified as Inactive (Not in the Labour Force) are not re-interviewed. This is to reduce unnecessary burden and instead answers are copied forward from the last available interview.

Usual residence and de facto population concepts

Up to and including Q1 2006 the annual population estimates were calculated using the defacto definition of population (i.e. all persons present in the state). Since Q2 2006 a new concept of usual residence has been used, i.e. all persons usually resident and present in the state plus absent persons who are usually resident in Ireland but are temporarily away from home and outside the state.

ILO Labour Force Classification

The primary classification used for the LFS results is the ILO (International Labour Office) labour force classification. Labour Force Survey data on this basis have been published since 1988. The ILO classification distinguishes the following main subgroups of the population aged 15 or over:

In Employment: Persons who worked in the week before the survey for one hour or more for payment or profit, including work on the family farm or business and all persons who had a job but were not at work because of illness, holidays etc. in the week.

Unemployed: Persons who, in the week before the survey, were without work and available for work within the next two weeks, and had taken specific steps, in the preceding four weeks, to find work. It should be noted that as per Eurostat’s operational implementation, the upper age limit for classifying a person as unemployed is 74 years.

Inactive Population (not in labour force): All other persons.

The labour force comprises persons employed plus unemployed.

The data presented in this release are related to persons classified as being in employment only.

NACE Industrial Classification

The LFS sectoral employment figures are based on the EU NACE Rev. 2 (Nomenclature généraledes activités économiques dans les Communauté européenne) classification as defined in Council Regulation (EC) no 1893/2006. Fourteen NACE sub-categories are distinguished in Table 2 of this release. From Q1 2009 NACE Rev. 2 has been adopted as the primary classification of industrial sectors for use in QNHS/LFS outputs. The NACE Rev. 1.1 classification had been in use from Q4 1997 to Q4 2008.

To facilitate analysis and the running of seasonal adjustment on the time series, NACE Rev. 2 estimates have been produced from Q1 1998 onwards. As of Q2 2009 only NACE Rev. 2 estimates have been published.

Occupation Classification

As a result of changes to the European regulations governing the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (implemented in Ireland using the LFS (formerly the QNHS) the CSO has been obliged to report occupational coding data to Eurostat based on the new Europe wide classification ISCO-08 from Q1 2011 onwards. To allow this requirement to be met the CSO changed to using UK SOC2010 as the primary classification used in collecting the data. ISCO-08 is then derived from UK SOC2010.

The previously used classification for publication purposes in Ireland was UK SOC1990 and this cannot be directly compared to the new UK SOC2010 classification as all occupations have been reclassified accordingly. This newer classification reflects the evolution over a period of time of certain occupational areas which were developing rapidly, both in terms of their scale and the complexity of work organisation. One particular example which highlighted this change was the reclassifying of farmers from the major occupation grouping of ‘Managers and administrators’ in SOC1990 to the major occupation grouping of ‘Skilled trades’ in SOC2010.

Results for occupations coded to the new SOC2010 classification have now been recoded for historical quarters back to Q1 2007 to provide a longer and consistent time series for users.

Further information regarding SOC 2010 is available here.

NUTS2 and NUTS3 Regions

The regional classifications in this release are based on the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units) classification used by Eurostat. Until Q4 2017, the NUTS3 regions corresponded to the eight Regional Authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993, which came into operation on 1 January 1994 while the NUTS2 regions, which were proposed by Government and agreed by Eurostat in 1999, were groupings of those historic NUTS3 regions.

However, the NUTS3 boundaries were amended on 21^st of November 2016 under Regulation (EC) No. 2066/2016 and have come into force from Q1 2018. These new groupings are reflected in the LFS results from Q1 2018 onwards. The changes resulting from the amendment are that County Louth has moved from the Border to the Mid-East and what was formerly South Tipperary has moved from the South-East to the Mid-West, resulting in the new NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions:

Northern & Western Region		Southern Region		Eastern & Midland Region
Border	Cavan	Mid-West	Clare	Dublin	Dublin City
	Donegal		Limerick City and		Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
	Leitrim		County		Fingal
	Monaghan		Tipperary		South Dublin
	Sligo
		South-East	Carlow	Mid-East	Kildare
West	Galway City		Kilkenny		Meath
	Galway County		Waterford City and		Wicklow
	Mayo		County		Louth
	Roscommon		Wexford
				Midland	Laois
		South-West	Cork City		Longford
			Cork County		Offaly
			Kerry		Westmeath

Non-response adjustment

Non-response occurs when households that are sampled, and that are eligible for the survey, do not provide the requested information. This can lead to biased survey estimates if specific groups within the population are over-or under-represented and if these groups behave differently with respect to the survey variables (i.e. labour market outcomes). To correct for this, the CSO has introduced a non-response adjustment into the weighting procedure for the LFS.

The adjustment involves estimating response rates or propensities to respond as functions of characteristics available for responding and non-responding households, as well as characteristics of the areas where the households are located. Basically, the design weights must be inflated by the inverse of the response propensities to compensate for the loss of units in the sample.

Linking the LFS sample with the Census of Population at household level provides a set of auxiliary variables which are available for both responding and non-responding LFS households. These include a mix of personal characteristics as well as characteristics of the dwelling and location (e.g. gender, age, marital status, education, personal employment status, dwelling type, area etc.). This allows the CSO to compare responding and non-responding households with respect to the characteristics available from the Census. This auxiliary information allows the use of “response propensities” to model non-response and adjust the grossing factors to compensate for non-response.

The response propensities are calculated using a logistic regression model where the dependent variable (Y) is an indicator variable corresponding to response (if the household responded then Y=1 and if the household did not respond then Y=0) and the independent variables are the set of auxiliary variables available from the Census. The estimated response propensities are then used to form adjustment cells or strata which are made up of respondents and non-respondents with similar estimated response propensities. Respondents within each cell/stratum are then weighted by the inverse of the observed response rate in that cell. This non-response adjusted weight is then used to inflate the original survey design weight to account for non-response. This approach is referred to as response propensity classification.

Back-casting methodology

The introduction of the LFS in Q3 2017 constituted a break in series for the labour market estimates published by the CSO. To mitigate the effect of the introduction of the LFS on the coherence of the historic data series, a back-casting exercise was carried out to link the QNHS and the LFS. The result of this is that the published QNHS series from Q1 1998 to Q2 2017 has been revised.

As part of the roll-out of the LFS, a parallel run of the two surveys was carried out. This allowed the estimation of the effect of the introduction of the new survey on the various labour market estimates. Quarter 1 of 2017 was used as the reference period to calculate scaling factors which were used to link the results from the two surveys. Labour market estimates were calculated from both surveys for a range of cohorts (age, sex, ILO status etc.) and the ratio of the two estimates provided a scaling factor which was applied to the historic QNHS series to create a back-cast series.

In Q3 2017, separate scaling factors were calculated for ILO status by age and sex together with the 14 economic sector categories by sex:

ILO status (Employed, Unemployed, Inactive) by sex (Male and Female) and by age (15-24 years and 25+ years)
NACE Rev. 2 groups by sex (Male and Female)

In Q1 2018, additional scaling factors were calculated for the eight NUTS3 regions by Labour Force ILO status, occupation categories and highest level of education completed (supplementary table 8 of this release) by sex:

NUTS3 Regions (pre-Q1 2018 groupings) by Labour Force ILO status (Employed and Unemployed)
Occupation groups (table 4 of this release)
Highest level of education completed supplementary table 8 of this release) by sex (Male and Female)

Therefore, adjustments have been made to this historic data to enable comparability with the new LFS for these indicators. However, because of changes to the questionnaire, the interview mode, the introduction of a new sample, data processing changes and other methodological enhancements there are changes in the levels of some series from Q3 2017 onwards. Consequently, the series before and after the introduction of the new survey may not be directly comparable and users should therefore note this when examining annual and quarterly changes.

Please refer to the following information notes for further details:

Labour Force Survey, Information Notice, Quarter 3 2017

Labour Force Survey, Information Notice, Quarter 1 2018

Labour Force Survey, Information Notice, Quarter 2 2018

Reliability of Estimates Presented

Estimates for number of persons where there are less than 30 persons in a cell are too small to be considered reliable. These estimates are presented with an asterisk (*) in the relevant tables.

Where there are 30-49 persons in a cell, estimates are considered to have a wider margin of error and should be treated with caution. These cells are presented with parentheses [ ].

In the case of rates, these limits apply to the denominator used in generating the rate. In the case of annual changes, both the current year and the preceding year are taken into account when deciding whether the estimate should be suppressed or flagged as having a wider margin of error.

Calculation of Rates and Estimates of Change

Rates and estimates of change presented in this release are calculated from whole unrounded numbers. Due to rounding, these may differ from the rates and estimates of change calculated from the rounded volumes presented in the tables.

Main LFS release and data series

The quarterly LFS release can be accessed through the CSO website and is available, along with other additional series here.

Labour market data can also be accessed from Statbank, the CSO’s main data dissemination service which can be accessed through the CSO website here.

Implications of Census 2016 Final Results

The LFS results are weighted using population estimates which are updated every quarter. Every 5 years the Census of Population results are used to revise these population estimates, and consequently QNHS/LFS results are revised.

The population concept of usual residence is used for the LFS, i.e. all persons usually resident and present in the State plus absent persons who are usually resident in Ireland but are temporarily away from home and outside the State.

The final Census count was published on April 6, 2017. The total for this usually resident population concept which was enumerated on Census Night, April 24, 2016, was 4,739,597 persons, while the existing estimate for the usually resident population for April 2016 is 4,673,700 as detailed in the 2016 Population and Migration Estimates release. There is a difference, therefore, of just over 65,900 or 1.4% between the two figures.

The CSO has revised the population estimates for 2011 to 2016 based on this final Census count. Estimates of persons employed and unemployed have been revised in line with the higher population totals.

Changes to CSO Labour Market Statistics

Effective from Q3 2017, the QNHS has been replaced by a new Labour Force Survey (LFS). This is part of a major Household Survey Development (HSD) project that the CSO has been engaged in over the past number of years with the aim of expanding the range of social statistics to meet new needs for information on households and persons. This new survey includes the introduction of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), a redesigned questionnaire and enhancements to the survey methodology.

The introduction of such large-scale changes has inevitably led to discontinuity in some series and this is in line with international experience of introducing such large-scale changes. Adjustments have been made to historic QNHS data to enable comparability with the new LFS for headline indicators. However, because of changes to the questionnaire, the interview mode, the introduction of a new sample, data processing changes and other methodological enhancements there are changes in the levels of some series from Q3 2017 onwards. Consequently, the series before and after the introduction of the new survey may not be directly comparable and users should therefore note this when examining annual and quarterly changes.

The first results from this new LFS were for Q3 2017. They incorporated the revision of population estimates arising from the 2016 Census of Population along with a back-cast series of the existing data for the QNHS to create a coherent time series – additional series were added to the back-casting to further enable comparability between the new and old series.

Participating Households

The Central Statistics Office wishes to thank the participating households for their co-operation in agreeing to take part in the survey and for facilitating the collection of the relevant data.

Hide Background Notes

Scan the QR code below to view this release online or go to
http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/lfses/lfsemploymentseriesq22018/

Contact:

Central Statistics Office
Skehard Road, Cork T12 X00E, Ireland

Tel:

(+353) 21 453 5000

E-Mail:

information@cso.ie

PxStat interactive tables:

International comparison:

See also:

For more information on this release:

For general information on CSO statistics:

Labour Force Survey (LFS) Employment Series

Quarter 2 2012 - Quarter 2 2018

Number of persons in employment at 2,255,000 in Q2 2018 javascript:;

Background Notes

Contact:

Links:

Follow: