The Datum Report

ITL1 region

Northern Ireland

What we think is happening

The job market in Northern Ireland has been getting stronger.

improving · established confidence · formed 31 August 2026 · how we reached this

What is distinctive here

These moved unusually against comparable areas, and did not simply move with them. A change shared with everywhere else is a fact about the country, not this place.

MeasurePeriodValueChangeAgainst peers
Claimant count August 2026 34,155 +1,270 in the top 1% of 12

By subject

Every figure published for Northern Ireland. Open a subject to see them, each with its history and its source. Where a producer splits the area into many categories, those sit behind a further disclosure.

Labour market 2
Claimant count
August 2026
34,155
33k34k35k2026-01-31: 34k2026-02-28: 35k2026-03-31: 35k2026-04-30: 35k2026-05-31: 33k2026-06-30: 33k2026-07-31: 33k2026-08-31: 34k 2026-01 2026-08
8 monthly readings · 33k to 35k · axis starts at 33k

ONS / DWP, Claimant count by sex and age, published 15 September 2026
72 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

2.9%
2.82.82.92026-01-31: 2.92026-02-28: 2.92026-03-31: 2.92026-04-30: 2.92026-05-31: 2.82026-06-30: 2.82026-07-31: 2.82026-08-31: 2.9 2026-01 2026-08
8 monthly readings · 2.8 to 2.9 · axis starts at 2.8

ONS / DWP, Claimant count by sex and age, published 15 September 2026
72 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

Pay 1
£22,258
6,97615k24k1997-12-31: 8,6131998-12-31: 8,6331999-12-31: 8,9562000-12-31: 9,4272001-12-31: 9,7402002-12-31: 10k2003-12-31: 11k2004-12-31: 11k2005-12-31: 12k2006-12-31: 13k2007-12-31: 13k2008-12-31: 13k2009-12-31: 13k2010-12-31: 13k2011-12-31: 14k2012-12-31: 14k2013-12-31: 14k2014-12-31: 15k2015-12-31: 15k2016-12-31: 15k2017-12-31: 16k2018-12-31: 16k2019-12-31: 17k2020-12-31: 17k2021-12-31: 18k2022-12-31: 19k2023-12-31: 21k2024-12-31: 22k 1997-12 2024-12
28 annual readings · 8,613 to 22k · axis starts at 6,976

ONS, Gross disposable household income per head

Business 12
Businesses
2025
80,085

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises, published 14 October 2025
15 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

63,335

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025
15 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

4,470

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025
15 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

435
3293884462010-03-31: 3502011-03-31: 3402012-03-31: 3402013-03-31: 3552014-03-31: 3552015-03-31: 3752016-03-31: 3852017-03-31: 3902018-03-31: 4152019-03-31: 4252020-03-31: 4102021-03-31: 4252022-03-31: 4152023-03-31: 4052024-03-31: 4102025-03-31: 435 2010-03 2025-03
16 annual readings · 340 to 435 · axis starts at 329

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025

50
32.64557.42010-03-31: 502011-03-31: 502012-03-31: 452013-03-31: 502014-03-31: 352015-03-31: 452016-03-31: 402017-03-31: 402018-03-31: 452019-03-31: 452020-03-31: 552021-03-31: 502022-03-31: 552023-03-31: 452024-03-31: 452025-03-31: 50 2010-03 2025-03
16 annual readings · 35 to 55 · axis starts at 32.6

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025

2,420

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025
15 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

120
86.41051242010-03-31: 1002011-03-31: 1052012-03-31: 1152013-03-31: 1152014-03-31: 1152015-03-31: 1052016-03-31: 902017-03-31: 1052018-03-31: 952019-03-31: 952020-03-31: 1002021-03-31: 1102022-03-31: 1052023-03-31: 1152024-03-31: 1202025-03-31: 120 2010-03 2025-03
16 annual readings · 90 to 120 · axis starts at 86.4

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025

8,400

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025
15 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

770

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025
15 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

80
29.657.585.42010-03-31: 502011-03-31: 402012-03-31: 352013-03-31: 452014-03-31: 502015-03-31: 452016-03-31: 552017-03-31: 502018-03-31: 652019-03-31: 752020-03-31: 652021-03-31: 752022-03-31: 702023-03-31: 702024-03-31: 702025-03-31: 80 2010-03 2025-03
16 annual readings · 35 to 80 · axis starts at 29.6

ONS, UK Business Counts - enterprises by size band, published 14 October 2025

95,430

ONS, UK Business Counts - local units, published 14 October 2025
15 earlier periods withheld by the producer and absent from the chart.

56,141
15k38k61k1998-12-31: 20k1999-12-31: 21k2000-12-31: 22k2001-12-31: 23k2002-12-31: 24k2003-12-31: 26k2004-12-31: 27k2005-12-31: 29k2006-12-31: 30k2007-12-31: 32k2008-12-31: 32k2009-12-31: 31k2010-12-31: 31k2011-12-31: 32k2012-12-31: 33k2013-12-31: 34k2014-12-31: 35k2015-12-31: 36k2016-12-31: 39k2017-12-31: 40k2018-12-31: 41k2019-12-31: 44k2020-12-31: 42k2021-12-31: 47k2022-12-31: 51k2023-12-31: 56k 1998-12 2023-12
26 annual readings · 20k to 56k · axis starts at 15k

ONS, Gross value added, published 16 October 2025

Local authorities in Northern Ireland

Antrim and Newtownabbey · Ards and North Down · Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon · Belfast · Causeway Coast and Glens · Derry City and Strabane · Fermanagh and Omagh · Lisburn and Castlereagh · Mid Ulster · Mid and East Antrim · Newry, Mourne and Down