Employee jobs by industry, Welsh local authority, English region and GB country

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Year	Shown in table	All 16 values	Change values
Geography	Shown in table	All 35 values	Change values

Table

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [b] = break in time series, [c] = confidential information, [k] = low figure, [p] = provisional.

Data values	Data description	Year	Geography
26,642,600	All industries	2009	Great Britain
205,600	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2009	Great Britain
26,437,000	All industries excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing	2009	Great Britain
4,035,100	Production and construction industries	2009	Great Britain
22,401,900	All service industries	2009	Great Britain
1,334,300	Construction	2009	Great Britain
55,800	Mining and quarrying	2009	Great Britain
2,380,500	Manufacturing	2009	Great Britain
111,000	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	2009	Great Britain
153,600	Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	2009	Great Britain
4,317,300	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2009	Great Britain
1,223,100	Transportation and storage	2009	Great Britain
1,779,800	Accommodation and food service activities	2009	Great Britain
1,020,300	Information and communication	2009	Great Britain
1,048,500	Financial and insurance activities	2009	Great Britain
427,100	Real estate activities	2009	Great Britain
1,907,900	Professional, scientific and technical activities	2009	Great Britain
2,059,000	Administrative and support service activities	2009	Great Britain
1,484,800	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	2009	Great Britain
2,495,000	Education	2009	Great Britain
3,431,600	Human health and social work activities	2009	Great Britain
648,200	Arts, entertainment and recreation	2009	Great Britain
559,300	Other service activities	2009	Great Britain
2,678,400	Tourism industries	2009	Great Britain
1,171,100	All industries	2009	Wales

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Metadata

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Next update expected:October 2026

Updates

• 29th October 2025: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Accredited official statistics
• Data provider: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Data source: Business Register Employment Survey (BRES)
• Dataset ID: f6c89340-90a8-4a29-90fb-522deb139d21

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  These data are counts of civilian jobs of employees in various industry groupings, paid for by employers who run a Pay-As-You-Earn scheme and/or are registered for VAT.

  All industries section includes SIC07 sections A to S. These figures for local authorities exclude farm agriculture (SIC subclass 01000). Production and construction industries includes SIC07 sections B to F. All industries excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing section includes SIC07 sections B to S. All service industries includes SIC07 sections G to S.

  Tourism industries are based on the international definition of tourism related sectors defined on SIC07 5 digit codes.

  The data for 2011 are not consistent with previous years due to improvements in the estimation of working proprietors.

  The self-employed, HM forces, homeworkers and private servants are excluded.

• Data collection or calculation:

  The figures are taken from the Business Register Employers Survey (BRES) run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and are based on SIC07. As the results come from a survey, the results are sample-based estimates and therefore subject to differing degrees of sampling variability, i.e. the true value for any measure lies in a differing range about the estimated value. This range or sampling variability increases as the detail in the data increases, for example individual industry data are subject to higher variability than the all industries data. The data themselves are to be found on the National On-line Manpower Information System (NOMIS).

• Statistical quality:

  Quality Methodology Information (QMI) for BRES is available on the ONS website.

• Rounding applied:

  Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 and so there may be some apparent slight discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and the totals as shown. Some data are suppressed for disclosure reasons.

• Related reports:
  • GOV.WALES Business register and employment survey

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: labourmarket.stats@gov.wales