Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) latest results were published 12 March 2024.
The survey date for Quarter 4 was 4 December 2023.
Latest results
- Latest estimates show the number of seasonally adjusted employee jobs reached 817,780 in December 2023. This was a decrease of -5,050 jobs (-0.6%) over the quarter and an increase of +6,400 jobs (+0.8%) over the year from December 2022.
- December 2023 marks the first quarterly decrease following ten consecutive increases in employee jobs since June 2021.
- In the last five years, employee jobs have increased by +5.7% (+44,200 jobs) to 817,780.
- Quarterly increases in employee jobs were seen within the construction industry (+350 jobs). Other industries jobs remained stable with only marginal change over the quarter to December 2023 (+20 jobs). Employee jobs decreased over the quarter within the services (-5,030 jobs) and manufacturing (-380 jobs) industries.
- There were increases in employee jobs over the year within the construction (+400 jobs), services (+5,740 jobs) and other industries (+290 jobs) sectors to December 2023. Employee jobs within the manufacturing sector decreased marginally (-30 jobs) over the year.
- Public sector jobs decreased over the quarter (-1,710 jobs) but increased over the year (+1,110 jobs) to December 2023, reaching 224,070 jobs.
- Private sector jobs decreased over the quarter (-3,630 jobs) but increased over the year (+5,310 jobs) to December 2023, reaching 593,150 jobs.
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Scroll through our scrollytelling article to see how NI employee jobs have changed over the years.
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