Employment Change

Employment Change released by the UK Office for National Statistics represents the change in the number of people who were employed in the UK in the three months to the release period. Generally, a healthy and consistent increase of this figure is positive (or bullish) for the GBP, while a decrease is negative.

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Most recent - Tuesday 18 February 2025 07:00

35K

Revised

Forecast

Actual

107K

Next event - Thursday 20 March 2025 07:00

Forecast

Actual

The typical/expected impact on GBP pairs is high.

There is no forecast value for Employment Change yet - check back for updates.

Trading range

Forecast history

The most recent announced value for Employment Change was 107K.

Past events

Date

Forecast

Actual

Tuesday 18 February 2025 07:00

107K

Tuesday 21 January 2025 07:00

35K

Tuesday 17 December 2024 07:00

173K

Tuesday 12 November 2024 07:00

219K

Tuesday 15 October 2024 06:00

373K

Tuesday 10 September 2024 06:00

265K

Tuesday 13 August 2024 06:00

97K

Thursday 18 July 2024 06:00

19K

Tuesday 11 June 2024 06:00

-140K

Tuesday 14 May 2024 06:00

-177K

Tuesday 16 April 2024 06:00

-156K

Tuesday 12 March 2024 07:00

-21K

Tuesday 13 February 2024 07:00

72K

Tuesday 16 January 2024 07:00

73K

Tuesday 12 December 2023 07:00

50K

Tuesday 14 November 2023 07:00

54K

Tuesday 24 October 2023 06:00

-198K

-82K

Tuesday 12 September 2023 06:00

-185K

-207K

Tuesday 15 August 2023 06:00

75K

-66K

Tuesday 11 July 2023 06:00

102K

Tuesday 13 June 2023 06:00

250K

Tuesday 16 May 2023 06:00

182K

Tuesday 18 April 2023 06:00

169K

Tuesday 14 March 2023 07:00

65K

Tuesday 14 February 2023 07:00

74K

Tuesday 17 January 2023 07:00

27K

Tuesday 13 December 2022 07:00

27K

Tuesday 15 November 2022 07:00

-52K

Tuesday 11 October 2022 06:00

-109K

Tuesday 13 September 2022 06:00

40K

Tuesday 16 August 2022 06:00

160K

Tuesday 19 July 2022 06:00

296K

Tuesday 14 June 2022 06:00

177K

Tuesday 17 May 2022 06:00

83K

Tuesday 12 April 2022 06:00

10K

Tuesday 15 March 2022 07:00

-12K

Economic context

Recent economic data has been broadly neutral for GBP. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Employment Change result:

		Previous	Latest
S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI	Bearish change	50.6	50.5
S&P Global/CIPS Manufacturing PMI	Bearish change	48.3	46.4
S&P Global/CIPS Services PMI	Bullish change	50.9	51.1
Retail Sales (MoM)	Bullish change	-0.6%	1.7%
Retail Sales (YoY)	Bearish change	2.8%	1%
Retail Sales ex-Fuel (MoM)	Bullish change	-0.9%	2.1%
Retail Sales ex-Fuel (YoY)	Bearish change	2.1%	1.2%
GfK Consumer Confidence	Bullish change	-22	-20
Consumer Price Index (MoM)	Bearish change	0.3%	-0.1%
Consumer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	2.5%	3%
Core Consumer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	3.2%	3.7%
PPI Core Output (MoM) n.s.a	Bullish change	0%	0.3%
PPI Core Output (YoY) n.s.a	Bearish change	1.6%	1.5%
Producer Price Index - Output (MoM) n.s.a	Bullish change	-0.2%	0.5%
Producer Price Index - Output (YoY) n.s.a	Bullish change	-0.1%	0.3%
Retail Price Index (MoM)	Bearish change	0.3%	-0.1%
Retail Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	3.5%	3.6%
Average Earnings Excluding Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	Bullish change	5.6%	5.9%
Average Earnings Including Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	Bullish change	5.6%	6%
Claimant Count Change	Bearish change	-15.1K	22K
Claimant Count Rate	Bearish change	4.5%	4.6%
ILO Unemployment Rate (3M)	(no change)	4.4%	4.4%

About Employment Change

Country:	United Kingdom
Currency:	GBP
Source:	Office for National Statistics
Category:	Labor Market
Frequency:	Monthly

Related events

	Australia		Unemployment Rate s.a.
	Australia		Employment Change s.a.
	Canada		Unemployment Rate
	Canada		Net Change in Employment
	New Zealand		Unemployment Rate
	New Zealand		Employment Change
	United Kingdom		ILO Unemployment Rate (3M)
	United Kingdom		Claimant Count Change
	United States		Nonfarm Payrolls
	United States		ADP Employment Change
	United States		Average Hourly Earnings (MoM)
	United States		Average Hourly Earnings (YoY)
	Australia		Wage Price Index (QoQ)
	Australia		Part-Time Employment
	Australia		Participation Rate
	Australia		Full-Time Employment
	Canada		Average Hourly Wages (YoY)
	Germany		Unemployment Change
	Germany		Unemployment Rate s.a.
	Eurozone		Unemployment Rate
	Eurozone		Employment Change (QoQ)
	Japan		Labor Cash Earnings (YoY)
	Japan		Unemployment Rate
	New Zealand		Participation Rate
	New Zealand		Labour Cost Index (QoQ)
	United Kingdom		Claimant Count Rate
	United Kingdom		Average Earnings Including Bonus (3Mo/Yr)
	United Kingdom		Average Earnings Excluding Bonus (3Mo/Yr)
	United States		ISM Manufacturing Employment Index
	United States		Unit Labor Costs
	United States		Personal Income (MoM)
	United States		Nonfarm Payrolls Benchmark Revision
	United States		ISM Services Employment Index
	United States		Unemployment Rate
	United States		Nonfarm Productivity
	United States		JOLTS Job Openings
	United States		Initial Jobless Claims
	United States		Challenger Job Cuts
	United States		Labor Force Participation Rate
	United States		U6 Underemployment Rate
	United States		Employment Cost Index

Calendar - Employment Change - United Kingdom

Employment Change

Most recent - Tuesday 18 February 2025 07:00

Next event - Thursday 20 March 2025 07:00

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