The Datum Report

Source · ONS

Annual Population Survey - headline labour market rates

Employment and unemployment rates with numerator denominator and CV

FieldValue
PublisherONS
LicenceOGL-UK-3.0
How oftenQuarterly rolling 12-month windows
Finest geographylad
Levels heldcountry, county_ua, itl1, itl2, itl3, lad, nuts3, parliamentary_constituency, region
CoversDec. 31, 2004 to March 31, 2026
Basissurvey
Uncertaintyunverified — the producer publishes an interval but does not document its basis, so it is never shown here as precision
Newest figureMarch 31, 2026, published 21 July 2026
Our aggregations50028 figures at a geography the producer does not publish, summed from published local ones and labelled wherever they appear

What it measures

MeasureSubjectLatestWithheldCaveats
% aged 16-64 who are self employed labour_market Apr 2025-Mar 2026 1.9% 2
Employment rate - aged 16-64 labour_market Apr 2025-Mar 2026 1.5% 2
Unemployment rate - aged 16-64 labour_market Apr 2025-Mar 2026 17.0% 2

The producer's documentation

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DocumentTypePublished
Annual population survey (APS) QMI qmi
Nomis dataset NM_17_5 sourcemetadata 21 Jul 2026
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