The number of people in employment continues to increase according to the latest Labour Market Survey from the ONS.
There were 30.43m people in employment according to estimates for January to March 2014, 283,000 more than October to December 2013 and 722,000 more than a year ago. An increase in the number of self-employed people partly accounts for the increase.
The increase in numbers of people employed approximates to 72.7% of people aged 16 to 64 in January to March from 72.1% for October to December 2013 and 71.4% from a year earlier.
The unemployment rate was 6.8% or 2.21m unemployed people down 133,000 from October to December 2013 and 309,000 from a year earlier.
Average weekly earnings in March 2014 were £449/week for average regular pay and £474/week for average total pay. Total pay has increased by 1.7% over the year to January to March 2014. Regular pay has increased by 1.3% over the same period. CPI increased by 1.6% between March 2013 and March 2014.
There were 628,000 job vacancies for February to April 2014 up from 116,000 a year earlier.
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