Percentage of businesses experiencing a worker shortage in the UK 2021-2024

Published by D. Clark, Nov 26, 2024

As of October 2024, approximately 7.4 percent of businesses in the United Kingdom reported that they were experiencing a worker shortage, compared with 15.7 percent in September 2022.

Percentage of businesses experiencing a shortage of workers in the United Kingdom from October 2021 to October 2024

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Release date

November 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

October 2021 to October 2024

Number of respondents

4,858 to 6,458

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Single-site businesses in the UK

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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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