Notified Vacancies (a monthly count of vacancies notified to employment service job centres)
| Area | Notified Vacancies April 2005 | Notified Vacancies April 2006 | Notified Vacancies April 2007 | Notified Vacancies April 2008 |
| Worcestershire | 2,448 | 3,060 | 3,533 | 3,238 |
| West Midlands | 27,686 | 32,271 | 36,340 | 31,344 |
| England | 234,271 | 277,748 | 316,064 | 294,506 |
Source: Office for National Statistics, 2008.
Workplaces by Size Band - Worcestershire
| Number of Employees | Number of Workplaces* | Percentage of Workplaces |
| 1-10 | 20,500 | 85.3 |
| 11-49 | 2,800 | 11.5 |
| 50-199 | 700 | 2.7 |
| 200+ | 100 | 0.4 |
| Total | 24,100 | 100.0 |
* All figures rounded to the nearest 100
Source: Annual Business Inquiry, 2006.
Workplaces by Size Band - District Analysis
| Number of Employees | Bromsgrove | Malvern Hills | Redditch | Worcester City | Wychavon | Wyre Forest |
| 1-10 | 88.0 | 87.8 | 81.3 | 81.3 | 87.2 | 83.9 |
| 11-49 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 12.9 |
| 50-199 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| 200+ | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Source: Annual Business Inquiry, 2006.