Number of employees on payrolls UK 2014-2025

Published by D. Clark, Mar 24, 2025

In February 2025, there were approximately 30.4 million employees on payrolls in the United Kingdom, an increase of over 20,500 compared with the previous month. 

Number of employees on payrolls in the United Kingdom from July 2014 to February 2025

CharacteristicNumber of payrolled employees
Feb 25 30,432,858
Jan 25 30,412,342
Dec 24 30,403,015
Nov 24 30,411,846
Oct 24 30,438,655
Sep 24 30,407,202
Aug 24 30,407,955
Jul 24 30,432,359
Jun 24 30,422,182
May 24 30,430,223
Apr 24 30,387,137
Mar 24 30,387,664
Feb 24 30,366,174
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of payrolled employeesJul 14Oct 14Jan 15Apr 15Jul 15Oct 15Jan 16Apr 16Jul 16Oct 16Jan 17Apr 17Jul 17Oct 17Jan 18Apr 18Jul 18Oct 18Jan 19Apr 19Jul 19Oct 19Jan 20Apr 20Jul 20Oct 20Jan 21Apr 21Jul 21Oct 21Jan 22Apr 22Jul 22Oct 22Jan 23Apr 23Jul 23Oct 23Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25
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Release date

March 2025

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

July 2014 to February 2025

Age group

14 years and older

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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