The UK job market right now is best described as steadily loosening — not crashing, but clearly cooling. Here’s where things stand as of the latest June 2026 data from the ONS: The headline numbers • Unemployment is 4.9% (February to April 2026), up 0.3 points on the year but down 0.3 points on the latest quarter. • The employment rate held at 75.0%, largely unchanged on both the year and the quarter. • Vacancies fell to around 707,000 — the lowest level since early 2021. That’s roughly half the mid-2022 peak of 1.3 million. • Payrolled employee numbers have been drifting down, falling about 138,000 over the year to April 2026. #ca#careertiktokm#employmentp#sprouto#jobn#interestingfacts - @jsparked