# Economy and work in Derby The west of the East Midlands. 275,344 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 78 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for Derby, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) ## Median full-time pay Derby: **£36,428** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS earnings survey. Published 23 October 2025. Full-time workers living in Derby earned a median of £36,428 in 2025. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay#place=E06000015) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/east-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/derby/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits Derby: **8,585** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Derby, 8,585 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants#place=E06000015) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/derby/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate Derby: **4.9%** (August 2026, council level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In Derby, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. For the UK as a whole, the figure was 3.9%. - Against East Midlands: 40% higher (3.5%) - Against the UK: 26% higher (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate#place=E06000015) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/east-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/derby/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Derby: **72.7%** (March 2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: ONS population survey. Published 21 July 2026. 72.7% of people aged 16 to 64 in Derby were in work in the year to March 2026. Derby is joint 87th lowest of 348 for employment rate. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment#place=E06000015) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/east-midlands) · https://openindex.co.uk/derby/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/derby) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/planning) (3) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/derby/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E06000015/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/derby/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/derby/economy#l-median-pay-full-time. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/derby/economy