The UK Labour Market release from the ONS revealed that the average wage in the ‘accommodation and food service activities’ industry was £244 in October 2015, up from £240 in September.
In the most recent quarter (September 2015), 2,253 workforce jobs were created in the industry, increasing from 2,228 in the previous quarter and 2,171 in the same quarter in 2014.
There has also been a 12.9% increase in vacancies in the accommodation and foodservice activities industry compared to last year, with 85 vacancies available between September and November 2015.
Across the whole of the UK economy, there are more than half a million more people in work compared to this time last year, bringing the total number in employment to 31.3 million.
Priti Patel, employment minister, said: “We are ending the year on a high, with a record rate of employment, and wages continuing to grow.
“Today’s figures show half-a-million more people in work compared to this time last year, which means hundreds of thousands of families are going into the festive season with the security and hope for the future that work brings.
“Next year we will build on this positive story with the introduction of the National Living Wage and the new offer of 30 hours free childcare for working families. In this way we are delivering the high-wage, low-welfare society with opportunity and security at its heart that we know the British people want.”