Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Colby House
Stranmillis Court
BELFAST
BT9 5RR
Telephone: +44(0)28 9052 9475
Email: economicstats@nisra.gov.uk
Results of surveys and censuses conducted regarding the Northern Ireland labour market and social welfare.
Related statistics
Labour Market Overview
The Monthly Labour Market Report contains the most up to date labour market statistics from a range of household and business surveys, and administrative sources.
Labour Force Survey
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a quarterly sample survey carried out by interviewing people about their personal circumstances and work. If you have been selected to take part in the survey please visit the selected for a Household Survey page to securely enter your contact details.
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
The ASHE is a UK wide survey that provides data on hourly, weekly and annual earnings by gender, work patterns, industry and occupation, including public versus private sector pay comparisons.
Quarterly Employment Survey
The QES provides short-term employee jobs estimates for NI, which are then used by the ONS to feed into the calculation of the quarterly workforce jobs estimates for the UK as a whole.
Redundancies
Under the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Amended 8 October 2006) you are required by law to notify the Department of a proposal to make redundant 20 or more employees.
Claimant Count
The new experimental Claimant Count includes Jobseeker’s Allowance Claimants and those Universal Credit claimants who were claiming principally for the reason of being unemployed.
Annual Employee Jobs Surveys
Historically, there have been two annual employee jobs surveys; the Census of Employment (CoE) and the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), with each being run on alternate years.
Regional analysis and trends
Statistics for various regional divisions of Northern Ireland, such as district council area and parliamentary constituency.
COVID-19 related analysis
This page provides links to analysis relating to the impacts of COVID-19 on the NI labour market published in response to user requests or as part of a wider ONS or HMRC publication.
User requested data
Labour market statistics are published regularly throughout the year. We also produce bespoke tables if users request data that are not already available.
Employment Programme Statistics
Statistical publications on The Department for Communities' Employment Programmes