Number of job-to-job resignations in the UK 2001-2024
In the first quarter of 2024 approximately 269,000 job-to-job resignations took place in the United Kingdom, compared with 322,000 in the same quarter of 2023. The number of resignations in Q2 2022 was the highest number of resignations taking place in a single quarter during this provided time period, reaching 442,000. In most years, there is a noticeable trend of resignations peaking in the fourth quarter of the year and being at their lowest in the first quarter. There is also a significant fall in people resigning from their jobs after the 2008 financial crisis and after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
