Short-term Employment Survey, Great Britain
Surveys of approximately 37,000 businesses in Great Britain, collecting data on how many employee jobs businesses have on a specified date.
The Short-term Employment Surveys (STES) are three statutory, quarterly surveys of private sector businesses. The surveys ask businesses for their number of employees (male, female; full-time, part-time) on a specified date (the second or third Friday of March, June, September or December).
Results from the combined surveys cover all sectors of the UK economy, the private sector, and all industries in England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain), with the exception of agriculture, forestry and fishing, and private households. Online questionnaires are sent to a sample of approximately 37,000 businesses each quarter. Northern Ireland businesses are not approached through STES.
The STES data feeds into the quarterly UK workforce jobs estimates published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
All data hosted on the Integrated Data Service (IDS) are de-identified.