The number of jobs in the East Midlands has grown by more than 270,000 since the height of the financial slump.
There were 2.21 million jobs in the East Midlands in the second quarter of 2008 - when the financial crash started.
The number of jobs then dropped to a low of 2.14 million in the three months to June 2009, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The data shows it was back up to 2.41 million jobs as of June this year.
It means our region has seen a rise of 203,000 jobs since the start of the financial crisis - an increase of 9 per cent - and by 271,000 since the low in June 2011.
Since June 2008, the population in our region has grown by 8 per cent, meaning that job growth has outpaced population growth.
Certain industries have fared better than others.
The property sector saw the biggest increase from the start of the downturn to now.
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The 28,000 jobs in the sector in June 2008 has almost doubled to 50,000.
Electricity, gas and associated activities followed, rising by 70 per cent to 17,000 jobs.
The next biggest growth in jobs was seen in water supply, sewerage and waste (up 33 per cent to 64,000 jobs).
Neil Carberry, chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, said: “Although slow to take off after a harsh recession in the East Midlands, growth in the number of jobs was good after 2013, according to our Workforce Intelligence.
“In the last year though the jobs market has been under pressure again.
“One negative data point isn’t a trend by any means, but understanding what may be changing is crucial for policy makers and for those who support the growth of the local economy in the East Midlands.”
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Job growth in our region since the start of the financial crash in 2008 has been slower than the national average, however.
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There were 32.35 million jobs across the 海角视频 in the second quarter of 2008.
By June 2011, that number had fallen as low as 31.56 million.
As of 2019 there were 35.67 million jobs - a rise of 10% since 2008.
The largest increase was seen in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply industry, which grew by 64% from 86,000 to 141,000 jobs.
Measuring employment differs from the measurement of jobs, since a person can have more than one job, and some jobs may be shared by more than one person.