The number of UK workers on payrolls rose by 207,000 between August and September to a record 29.2 million – returning to levels seen before the pandemic hit.
Darren Morgan, director of economic statistics at the ONS, said: ‘The jobs market has continued to recover from the effects of the coronavirus, with the number of employees on payroll in September now well exceeding pre-pandemic levels.
‘Vacancies also reached a new one-month record in September, at nearly 1.2 million, with our latest estimates suggesting that all industries have at least as many jobs on offer now as before the onset of Covid-19.
‘The latest earnings continue to show growth on the year, even after taking inflation into account.
‘However, the figures are still being affected by special factors that make it hard to read underlying trends.’
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said of the latest jobs figures: ‘As we move to the next stage of our support, it’s encouraging to see our Plan for Jobs working – the number of expected redundancies remained very low in September, there are more employees on payrolls than ever before and the unemployment rate has fallen for eight months in a row.
‘We remain committed to helping people find great work, with an extra £500 million to support hundreds of thousands back into employment and help the lowest paid to progress in their careers.’
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