Today's labour market stats have a lot on vacancies - among the most up to date stats. @LearnWorkUK full briefing https://learningandwork.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=41ae36ecb9b3eee609d05b90c14222fb.530&s=7cd10d7f00c08fec8d3e558efd468023 . ONS vacancies in single month dropped back in November (lockdown...) but the 3-month average went on up.

Unemployed per vacancy has come down (still high...) as vacancies risen faster than unemployment (3-month averages)

Online vacancies up to early December show that the lockdown pause in recruitment was temporary. Note: analyses from @indeed hiring lab slightly different - different data and different analysts. https://www.hiringlab.org/uk/blog/2020/12/15/uk-job-postings-through-11th-dec/

The online analysts don't use standard sectors, so this is the @ONS vacancy survey. Virtually all sectors still down. Falls in traditionally high staff turnover accommodation and food service and retail unsurprisingly huge falls.

Regions and nations - employment rates. Still a few small annual rises in employment rate. South West shows particularly large fall.

Regions and unemployment rates. Unemployment - international definition - rising everywhere. London and East Midlands particularly

Economic inactivity in regions - a mixed picture for annual changes, but very large differences in levels. In some areas rising unemployment coming from flows from inactivity rather than jobs.