But a Christian charity says although the rise is small these people are more than numbers.
James Carne from Christian Against Poverty Jobs Clubs told Premier's News Hour that: "The statistics will show an extra 10,000 people being unemployed as not that significant - for us, for CAP, as Christians and the UK Church each one of those people is an intrinsically valuable individual we want to reach out to."
1.82 million people are currently officially out of work, but the unemployment rate remains the same at 5.5 per cent.
The Office for National Statistics also says there has been the fastest rise in the rate of pay for 6 years.
Wages increased 2.9 per cent, compared with the year before.
James Carne added that CAP asked many of their service users how being out of work made them feel: "There were very common themes of hopelessness, desperation, feelings of worthlessness, so it has a really, really high impact on people once they become unemployed."
He stressed that people are all in different situations when it comes to looking for work: "Some people will find themselves with skills that are in high demand, and so sometimes it might just be a case of putting together a great CV that really markets that, and then can find work very quickly.
"There are other people who might be facing other challanges and it takes much longer - so there's never any one answer, it's always a process."
Listen to Premier's Hannah Tooley speak to James Carne from Christian Against Poverty Jobs Clubs here:
