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The rate of UK unemployment remained unchanged in the three months to February, the Office for National Statistics has said.
New analysis, released on Tuesday, revealed the unemployment rate for people aged 16 years and over was estimated at 4.4 per cent in December 2024 to February 2025.
This is above estimates from a year ago, but largely unchanged in the latest quarter.
ONS director of economic statistics Liz McKeown said: “Regular pay growth remains strong having increased slightly in the latest period.
“Growth accelerated in the public sector as previous pay rises fully fed through to our headline figures, while pay in the private sector was little changed.
“The latest survey results estimate that the unemployment rate is unchanged on the previous three months, while separately the number of employees on payroll fell slightly over the same period.”
The new data also revealed that UK pay growth remained elevated after recent public sector pay increases.
ONS said average weekly pay grew by 5.9 per cent for the three months to February.
Meanwhile, UK average regular earnings growth decreased to 5.6 per cent in the three months to February and was 2.8 per cent higher after taking Consumer Prices Index inflation into account.
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