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Contextual information and guidance on labour market statistics produced by the bet365ÀºÇò Government.
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Labour market statistics
Statistical publications relating to Scotland's labour market.
Introduction
This collection is a directory of statistical publications relating to Scotland's labour market organised by subject.
An archived copy of the previous version of this websection containing past releases of many publications is .
Warning
Challenges in Gathering Scotland’s Data
On 14th November 2024, the Chief Statistician published a statement on the Annual Population Survey that users of bet365ÀºÇò Government labour market statistics and publications should familiarise themselves with. The statement can be found here:
About
Current labour market statistics publications
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bet365ÀºÇò’s Quality Assessment of the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey data for Scotland
bet365ÀºÇò outline their use of the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey. We explore the current quality of the data and summarises what that means for Labour Market Statistics in Scotland.
- Labour Market Trends: April 2025
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - January to December 2024
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th Quarter 2024
- Public sector employment in Scotland: web tables
- Scotland's Labour Market Insights: February 2025
- Annual survey of hours and earnings: 2024
- Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places and Regions – Protected Characteristics. Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2021
- Labour Market Statistics for Scotland by Disability: January to December 2022
- Labour Market Statistics for Scotland by Ethnicity, January to December 2021
- Job-Related Training in Scotland: January to December 2022
Previous labour market trends publications
- Labour Market Trends: March 2025
- Labour Market Trends: February 2025
- Labour Market Trends: January 2025
- Labour Market Trends: December 2024
- Labour Market Trends: November 2024
- Labour Market Trends: October 2024
- Labour Market Trends: September 2024
- Labour Market Trends: August 2024
- Labour Market Trends: July 2024
- Labour Market Trends: June 2024
- Labour Market Trends: May 2024
- Labour Market Trends: April 2024
- Labour Market Trends: March 2024
- Labour Market Trends: February 2024
- Labour Market Trends: January 2024
- Labour Market Trends: December 2023
- Labour Market Trends: November 2023
- Labour Market Trends: September 2023
- Labour Market Trends: August 2023
- Labour Market Trends: July 2023
- Labour Market Trends: June 2023
- Labour Market Trends: May 2023
- Labour Market Trends: April 2023
- Labour Market Trends: March 2023
- Labour Market Trends: February 2023
- Labour Market Trends: January 2023
- Labour Market Trends: December 2022
- Labour Market Trends: November 2022
- Labour Market Trends: October 2022
- Labour Market Trends: September 2022
- Labour Market Trends: July 2022
- Labour Market Trends: June 2022
- Labour market trends: May 2022
- Labour market trends: April 2022
- Labour market trends: March 2022
- Labour market trends: February 2022
- Labour market trends: January 2022
- Labour market trends: December 2021
- Labour market trends: November 2021
- Labour market trends: October 2021
- Labour market trends: September 2021
- Labour market trends: August 2021
- Labour market trends: July 2021
- Labour market trends: June 2021
- Labour market trends: May 2021
- Labour market trends: April 2021
- Labour market trends: March 2021
- Labour market trends: February 2021
- Labour market trends: January 2021
- Labour market trends: December 2020
- Labour Market Trends: November 2020
- Labour market trends: October 2020
- Labour market trends: September 2020
- Labour market trends: August 2020
- Labour market trends: July 2020
- Labour market trends: June 2020
- Labour market trends: May 2020
- Labour market trends: April 2020
- Labour market trends: March 2020
- Labour market trends: February 2020
- Labour market trends: January 2020
- Labour market trends: December 2019
- Labour market recent trends: September 2019
Labour market monthly briefing
- Labour Market Monthly Briefing: August 2022
- Labour Market Monthly Briefing: July 2022
- Labour market monthly briefing: June 2022
- Labour market monthly briefing: May 2022
- Labour market monthly briefing: April 2022
- Labour market monthly briefing: March 2022
- Labour market monthly briefing: February 2022
- Labour market monthly briefing: January 2022
- Labour market monthly briefing: December 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: November 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: October 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: August 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: July 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: June 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: May 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: April 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: March 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: February 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: January 2021
- Labour market monthly briefing: December 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: November 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: October 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: September 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: August 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: July 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: June 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: May 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: March 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: February 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: January 2020
- Labour market monthly briefing: September 2019
- Labour market slide pack: August 2019
- Labour market slide pack: February 2019
Previous Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings publications
Previous public sector employment publications
- About public sector employment statistics
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2024
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2024
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 1st Quarter 2024
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th Quarter 2023
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2023
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2023
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 1st Quarter 2023
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th Quarter 2022
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2022
- Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 2nd Quarter 2022
- Public Sector Employment In Scotland Statistics For 1st Quarter 2022
- Public Sector Employment In Scotland Statistics For 4th Quarter 2021
- Public Sector Employment In Scotland Statistics For 3rd Quarter 2021
- Public Sector Employment In Scotland Statistics For 2nd Quarter 2021
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2021
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for fourth quarter 2020
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2020
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2020
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2020
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for fourth quarter 2019
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2019
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2019
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for first quarter 2019
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for fourth quarter 2018
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2018
- Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for second quarter 2018
Previous Annual Population Survey publications
- Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places and Regions - Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2020/21
- Scotland’s Labour Market: People, Places and Regions – background tables and charts 2020/21
- Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places, and Regions - Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2019
- Scotland’s Labour Market: People Places and Regions – background tables 2019
- Annual population survey: results for year to 31 December 2019
- Annual population survey: results for year to 30 June 2019
- Annual population survey: results for year to 31 March 2019
- Regional employment patterns in Scotland: statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2018
- Annual population survey: results for year to 31 December 2018
- Annual population survey: results for year to 30 September 2018
- Annual population survey: results for year to 30 June 2018
- Regional employment patterns in Scotland: statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2017
- Regional employment patterns in Scotland: statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2017 - technical annex
- Annual population survey: results for year to 31 March 2018
- Regional employment patterns in Scotland: statistics from the annual population survey 2017 publication (webtables)
- Regional employment patterns in Scotland: statistics from the annual population survey 2016 publication (webtables)
Previous labour market statistics for 16 to 24 year olds publications
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - October 2023 to September 2024
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - July 2023 to June 2024
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - April 2023 to March 2024
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - January to December 2023
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - October 2022 to September 2023
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - July 2022 to June 2023
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom - April 2022 to March 2023
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom – January to December 2022
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom – October 2021 to September 2022
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom – July 2021 to June 2022
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom – April 2021 to March 2022
- Labour Market Statistics for 16 to 24 year olds: Scotland and the United Kingdom – January to December 2021
- Labour Market Statistics for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK – October 2020 to September 2021
- Labour Market Statistics for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK – July 2020 to June 2021
- Labour Market Statistics for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK – April 2020 to March 2021
- Labour Market Statistics - young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK - January 2020 to December 2020
- Labour Market Statistics for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK - October 2019 to September 2020
- Labour Market Statistics for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK - July 2019 to June 2020
- Employment, unemployment and inactivity for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK - April 2019 to March 2020
- Employment, Unemployment and Inactivity for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK - January 2019 to December 2019
- Employment, Unemployment and Inactivity for young people (16-24 years): Scotland and UK - October 2018 to September 2019
- Youth unemployment in Scotland (excluding those in full-time education): 2019
- Youth unemployment in Scotland (excluding those in full-time education): 2018
- Youth unemployment in Scotland (excluding those in full-time education): 2017
Previous Labour Market Insights publications
Labour market topical reports
- Disabled people in the labour market in Scotland
- Young person’s local authority labour market dashboard
- Underemployment in Scotland
- 16-19 year olds not in employment, education or training (NEET) 2004-2014
- Indicative annual population survey pay gap
- Analysis of characteristics of 16-19 year olds who are NEET from the 2011 Census
Ad-Hoc briefing papers
Labour market by country of birth and nationality publications
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