The Office for National Statistics compiles data on Jobcentre vacancies and placings. The data cover the job-broking activities carried out by Employment Service in Great Britain and the Treasury and Employment Agency in Northern Ireland. Data are collected as a by-product of operational procedures.
Data are collected on the stock of unfilled vacancies held by Jobcentres, the number of job vacancies notified to Jobcentres during the month (inflows) and the number filled or cancelled (outflows).
Both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series are available at regional as well as national level. Unadjusted data, however, are also available at various levels by aggregating the data at individual Jobcentre level.
Data are collected every month (apart from the occupational a...