Scotland's Labour Market Overview: December 2023

Introduction

Further to the Labour Market Trends publication that was released on 12 December 2023, this publication provides more detailed trends from a wider range of labour market data sources for Scotland. Trends are shown for Scotland with some comparisons provided with the UK.

It includes a summary of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity sourced from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) adjusted experimental labour market series as well as analysis of the labour market by protected characteristics from the ONS Annual Population Survey. This publication also includes estimates of payrolled employees and their median pay from HMRC Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI), Adzuna Online job advert estimates and ONS Claimant Count statistics.

The statistics in this release are Accredited Official Statistics or Official Statistics in Development. Information on the data sources is given in the Data and methodology section.

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland

These statistics are official statistics. Official statistics are statistics that are produced by crown bodies, those acting on behalf of crown bodies, or those specified in statutory orders, as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

Scottish Government statistics are regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.