Labour Market Report - January 2026 | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

Date published: 20 January 2026

Statistics: Labour Market Survey, Labour Market Overview, Labour Force Survey, Claimant Count, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Redundancies

The LMR provides a monthly overview of key NI labour market statistics, including data from the LFS, QES, claimant count, redundancies, and HMRC PAYE.

The January LMR publication is available at the following link:

Labour Market Report - January 2026

All tables are available below. Supplementary information relating to the January Labour Market Report is available at the following link:

LMR Supplementary Information - January 2026

Documents

Infographic - January 2026 Adobe PDF (169 KB)
Headline tables - January 2026 Microsoft Excel (94 KB)
Claimant Count tables - January 2026 Microsoft Excel (323 KB)
HMRC PAYE Seasonal tables - January 2026 Microsoft Excel (186 KB)
HMRC PAYE Non-Seasonal tables - January 2026 Microsoft Excel (186 KB)
Labour Force Survey tables - January 2026 Microsoft Excel (122 KB)
Labour Force Survey Historical tables - January 2026 Microsoft Excel (1 MB)
Redundancy tables - January 2026 Microsoft Excel (38 KB)
RTI Revisions Triangle - January 2026 Microsoft Excel (94 KB)
ODS tables - January 2026 ZIP archive (2 MB)

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