Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Colby House
Stranmillis Court
BELFAST
BT9 5RR
Telephone: 0300 200 7832
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.
The Transformation of Labour Market Statistics in Northern Ireland
NISRA is currently in the process of transforming the LFS and associated labour market statistics for NI. This work is being advanced alongside work by the ONS to transform the LFS in GB.
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 at one establishment.
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.
ASHE Pensions Results
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is a UK wide survey that provides a wide range of information on earnings, including workplace pension type by gender, age, and sector.
Work quality
Work quality statistics released to date contain a number of indicators primarily sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), alongside an earnings indicator sourced from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).
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
Labour Market Statistics User Engagement
The Labour Market Statistics User Group meeting 2023 took place online on Wednesday 15th November 2023.
The presentation is available at the following link:
Good Jobs in Northern Ireland
Following the Minister for the Department for the Economy’s vision setting out the four key priorities for DfE’s economic mission, where one objective is to increase the proportion of working-age people in Good Jobs, NISRA was commissioned to develop the Good Jobs in Northern Ireland measure.