At the end of January unemployment stood at 1176, an unemployment rate of 2.6%.
During the month 387 signed on and 231 signed off, giving a rise of 156 in the total registered unemployed. Of the total unemployed 844 are males and 332 are females.
A total of 528 vacancies were notified to the Job Centre during the month and at the end of the month 280 positions were still vacant and held on file.
Details can be found in the key statistical data section of the Economic Affairs web page http://www.gov.im/treasury/economic.
