According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), a total of264,000 people were unemployed in the region between September and November.
The region's unemployment rate was 9.9% and saw a rise of 22.2% during the period.
Nationally, unemployment rose by 49,000, with 2.5 million people out of work.
The unemployment rate is now 7.9%, but for 16 to 24-year-olds it is 20.3%. One in five 16 to 24-year-olds are jobless after an increase of 32,000 in the quarter to November to 951,000, the highest figure since records began in 1992.
Unemployment in the East Midlands has increased by 15,000 in the same quarter. A total of 186,000 people were unemployed in the region between September and November.
The region's unemployment rate was 8.1% and saw a rise of 8.7% during the period.
The region with the worst rate was the West Midlands, which saw the biggest increase in people out of work at 22.2%, followed by the East Midlands. There were 157,000 redundancies in the latest quarter, up by 14,000 on the previous three months.
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