Slight rise in unemployment in Scotland at end of 2025

UK unemployment rate hits highest point in five years

The UK unemployment rate has hit its highest point in five years, as per data from the office for national statistics.

Slight rise in unemployment in Scotland at end of 2025

SCOTLAND'S unemployment rate rose by 0.1 per cent in the final three months of 2025, the latest figures show ...

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Latest Scottish labour market statistics

Scotland’s unemployment rate is below the UK rate of 5.2%, with the early seasonally adjusted estimates for January 2026 from HMRC Pay As You Earn Real Time Information indicating that median monthly pay for payrolled employees in Scotland was £2,612. This is an increase of 4.8% compared with January 2025. Ann Frances Cooney, employment expert and partner at DWF, commented on these latest statistics: “In the context of sustained economic pressur…

Slight rise in unemployment in Scotland towards end of 2025

Scotland’s unemployment rate sat at 3.8% between October and December.

Unemployment has risen to its highest in nearly five years but Scotland lower than UK average

The UK jobless rate climbed to 5.2% in the three months to December 2025, up from 5.1% previously - the highest level since early 2021 outside the pandemic period.  The latest figures from ONS show Scotland doing better than the south.