Period, quarters Original time series Seasonal adjustment time series
fixed-term contract fixed-term contract
persons, thousands previous quarter = 100.0% persons, thousands previous quarter = 100.0%
2009 Q1 231.2 263.5
Q2 275.0 118.9 269.6 102.3
Q3 300.5 109.3 278.5 103.3
Q4 303.9 101.1 294.6 105.8
2010 Q1 278.9 91.8 318.4 108.1
Q2 322.6 115.7 315.5 99.1
Q3 347.9 107.8 321.4 101.9
Q4 329.2 94.6 319.4 99.4
2011 Q1 258.1 78.4 295.9 92.7
Q2 310.3 120.2 302.8 102.3
Q3 331.1 106.7 305.8 101.0
Q4 300.3 90.7 291.6 95.3
2012 Q1 266.4 88.7 305.6 104.8
Q2 324.3 121.8 315.8 103.3
Q3 353.5 109.0 327.9 103.8
Q4 344.5 97.5 333.8 101.8
2013 Q1 286.3 83.1 326.6 97.9
Q2 390.3 136.3 381.5 116.8
Q3 408.1 104.6 381.7 100.0
Q4 425.8 104.3 411.1 107.7
2014 Q1 370.7 87.1 417.1 101.5
Q2 388.7 104.9 382.1 91.6
Q3 406.3 104.5 383.0 100.2
Q4 404.5 99.6 391.9 102.3
2015 Q1 365.1 90.3 406.7 103.8
Q2 424.0 116.1 417.9 102.8
Q3 459.5 108.4 433.7 103.8
Q4 453.8 98.8 441.7 101.9
2016 Q1 357.1 78.7 393.5 89.1
Q2 388.9 108.9 383.3 97.4
Q3 396.9 102.1 376.7 98.3
Q4 368.2 92.8 362.5 96.2
2017 Q1 336.6 91.4 365.5 100.8
Q2 366.9 109.0 360.4 98.6
Q3 362.2 98.7 345.5 95.9
Q4 331.7 91.6 330.5 95.7
2018 Q1 295.0 89.0 315.6 95.5
Q2 307.0 104.0 301.4 95.5
Q3 281.1 91.6 269.0 89.3
Q4 272.6 97.0 274.8 102.2
2019 Q1 255.9 93.9 270.4 98.4
Q2 268.5 104.9 264.0 97.6
Q3 284.0 105.8 271.0 102.6
Q4 249.2 87.7 253.8 93.7
2020 Q1 246.1 98.8 257.5 101.4
Q2 210.5 85.5 207.4 80.6
Q3 240.3 114.2 228.7 110.2
Q4 217.2 90.4 223.0 97.5
2021 Q1 226.7 104.4 236.3 106.0
Q2 242.9 107.1 240.1 101.6
Q3 257.2 105.9 243.7 101.5
Q4 224.0 87.1 229.4 94.1
2022 Q1 220.4 98.4 229.8 100.2
Q2 218.4 99.1 217.2 94.5
Q3 233.3 106.8 221.1 101.8
Q4 223.7 95.9 228.3 103.3
2023 Q1 198.4 88.7 206.4 90.4
Q2 211.3 106.5 210.4 101.9
Q3 219.1 103.7 208.2 98.9
Q4 198.5 90.6 203.0 97.5
2024 Q1 203.9 102.7 211.4 104.1
Q2 204.5 100.3 203.3 96.2
Q3 207.6 101.5 197.5 97.2
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Footnotes

*From 25 October 2024 onwards, the Labour Force Survey estimates are produced using population projections based on the 2022 Census. The data has been extrapolated back to 2018 using the new base. Source: labour force survey, HCSO.
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