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Hospitality and tourism

Hospitality jobs

Stable
2.62million jobs in hotels, restaurants, pubs and catering, 2026 Q2

−0.5% on a year earlier and +4.0% on the end of 2019. 70 thousand vacancies, against a peak of 177 thousand

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Hospitality vacancies, thousands

What it means: jobs in accommodation and food services, the official industry group for hospitality, including part-time jobs and the self-employed. Hospitality is one of the largest employers of young and part-time workers. The industry’s output is −9.4% compared with the end of 2019, after inflation. A change in jobs of 2% or more over a year counts.

Source: ONS, workforce jobs by industry (JWS5); ONS, vacancies by industry (JP9O); ONS output index (L2NQ).