# Economy and work in London South east England. 9,122,909 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 1,573 square kilometres. 4 layers about economy and work for London, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) ## Median full-time pay Council level, Great Britain only, 2025. Source: ONS earnings survey. Published for councils, not as one figure for the whole of London. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/median-pay?place=E12000007) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/median-pay) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/median-pay/london) · https://openindex.co.uk/london/economy#l-median-pay-full-time ## People claiming out-of-work benefits London: **347,135** (August 2026, region level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In London, 347,135 people were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimants?place=E12000007) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimants) · https://openindex.co.uk/london/economy#l-claimant-count ## Claimant rate London: **5.5%** (August 2026, region level). Source: ONS via Nomis. Published 15 September 2026. In London, 5.5% 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 England: 38% higher (4.0%) - Against the UK: 41% higher (3.9%) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/claimant-rate?place=E12000007) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/claimant-rate) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/claimant-rate/london) · https://openindex.co.uk/london/economy#l-claimant-rate ## Employment rate Council level, Great Britain only, March 2026. Source: ONS population survey. Published for councils, not as one figure for the whole of London. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/employment?place=E12000007) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/employment) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/employment/london) · https://openindex.co.uk/london/economy#l-employment-rate ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/london) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/london/housing) (17) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/london/crime) (13) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/london/people) (24) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/london/deprivation) (8) - [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/london/health) (4) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/london/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/london/environment) (9) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/london/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/london/connectivity) (5) - [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/london/planning) (3) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/london/council-tax) (10) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/london/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/london/services) (3) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/london/sources) (28) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E12000007/data?family=economy ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/london/economy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/london/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 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/london/economy