Key Points for September to November 2014
As we can see from this table undermployment is very high.
Underemployed workers1 in the labour market | |||||
Level and rate of underemployed workers, 2000 to 2014, UK | |||||
Underemployment Rate | |||||
Underemployed | Total Count2 | Underemployment Rate3 | 4 Quarter rolling average | ||
Thousands | Thousands | Percentage | Percentage | ||
2000 | January-March | 2,093 | 26,953 | 7.8 | |
April-June | 2,084 | 27,117 | 7.7 | ||
July-September | 2,189 | 27,382 | 8.0 | ||
October-December | 2,035 | 27,294 | 7.5 | 7.7 | |
2001 | January-March | 1,986 | 27,207 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
April-June | 1,826 | 27,358 | 6.7 | 7.4 | |
July-September | 1,938 | 27,563 | 7.0 | 7.1 | |
October-December | 1,897 | 27,551 | 6.9 | 7.0 | |
2002 | January-March | 1,870 | 27,384 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
April-June | 1,871 | 27,579 | 6.8 | 6.9 | |
July-September | 1,936 | 27,757 | 7.0 | 6.9 | |
October-December | 1,849 | 27,853 | 6.6 | 6.8 | |
2003 | January-March | 1,867 | 27,713 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
April-June | 1,839 | 27,881 | 6.6 | 6.7 | |
July-September | 1,909 | 28,049 | 6.8 | 6.7 | |
October-December | 1,878 | 28,031 | 6.7 | 6.7 | |
2004 | January-March | 1,857 | 28,046 | 6.6 | 6.7 |
April-June | 1,783 | 28,104 | 6.3 | 6.6 | |
July-September | 1,855 | 28,325 | 6.5 | 6.6 | |
October-December | 1,794 | 28,402 | 6.3 | 6.5 | |
2005 | January-March | 1,820 | 28,348 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
April-June | 1,842 | 28,406 | 6.5 | 6.4 | |
July-September | 1,900 | 28,744 | 6.6 | 6.5 | |
October-December | 1,881 | 28,615 | 6.6 | 6.5 | |
2006 | January-March | 1,936 | 28,658 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
April-June | 1,868 | 28,729 | 6.5 | 6.6 | |
July-September | 2,032 | 28,944 | 7.0 | 6.7 | |
October-December | 2,012 | 28,928 | 7.0 | 6.8 | |
2007 | January-March | 2,079 | 28,780 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
April-June | 1,968 | 28,902 | 6.8 | 7.0 | |
July-September | 2,135 | 29,167 | 7.3 | 7.1 | |
October-December | 2,091 | 29,277 | 7.1 | 7.1 | |
2008 | January-March | 2,153 | 29,194 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
April-June | 2,078 | 29,246 | 7.1 | 7.2 | |
July-September | 2,258 | 29,331 | 7.7 | 7.3 | |
October-December | 2,367 | 29,230 | 8.1 | 7.6 | |
2009 | January-March | 2,628 | 28,911 | 9.1 | 8.0 |
April-June | 2,710 | 28,598 | 9.5 | 8.6 | |
July-September | 2,851 | 28,759 | 9.9 | 9.1 | |
October-December | 2,777 | 28,731 | 9.7 | 9.5 | |
2010 | January-March | 2,812 | 28,470 | 9.9 | 9.7 |
April-June | 2,754 | 28,696 | 9.6 | 9.8 | |
July-September | 3,014 | 29,048 | 10.4 | 9.9 | |
October-December | 2,988 | 28,945 | 10.3 | 10.0 | |
2011 | January-March | 2,918 | 28,895 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
April-June | 2,841 | 28,973 | 9.8 | 10.2 | |
July-September | 2,997 | 28,949 | 10.4 | 10.1 | |
October-December | 3,045 | 28,956 | 10.5 | 10.2 | |
2012 | January-March | 3,036 | 28,897 | 10.5 | 10.3 |
April-June | 3,062 | 29,088 | 10.5 | 10.5 | |
July-September | 3,175 | 29,324 | 10.8 | 10.6 | |
October-December | 3,118 | 29,446 | 10.6 | 10.6 | |
2013 | January-March | 3,159 | 29,237 | 10.8 | 10.7 |
April-June | 3,091 | 29,314 | 10.5 | 10.7 | |
July-September | 3,139 | 29,631 | 10.6 | 10.6 | |
October-December | 3,133 | 29,816 | 10.5 | 10.6 | |
2014 | January-March | 3,144 | 29,912 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
April-June | 2,975 | 30,123 | 9.9 | 10.4 | |
Source: ONS, Labour Force Survey datasets | |||||
1Underemployed workers are those who are employed but who either wish to work more hours in their current role | |||||
or who are looking for an additional job or for a replacement job which offers more hours. They must also be over 16 | |||||
and be currently working under 40 hours per week if they are between 16 and 18 and under 48 hours if they are over 18. | |||||
Finally, they must be able to start working extra hours within the next two weeks | |||||
2 This total excludes those workers who have unknown underemployment status | |||||
3 This is calculated by dividing the total number of underemployed workers by the total number of people in employment | |||||
that have a known underemployment status | |||||