As of 2024, approximately 7.4 percent of businesses in the United Kingdom were experiencing worker shortages. Around 12 percent of arts, entertainment and recreation businesses had a staff shortage at this time, the most of any industry sector.
Percentage of businesses experiencing a shortage of workers in the United Kingdom in 2024, by industry sector
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Percentage of businesses experiencing a shortage of workers
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (November 5, 2024). Percentage of businesses experiencing a shortage of workers in the United Kingdom in 2024, by industry sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369216/uk-worker-shortages-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of businesses experiencing a shortage of workers in the United Kingdom in 2024, by industry sector." Chart. November 5, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369216/uk-worker-shortages-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2024). Percentage of businesses experiencing a shortage of workers in the United Kingdom in 2024, by industry sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369216/uk-worker-shortages-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Percentage of Businesses Experiencing a Shortage of Workers in The United Kingdom in 2024, by Industry Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Nov 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369216/uk-worker-shortages-by-sector/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Percentage of businesses experiencing a shortage of workers in the United Kingdom in 2024, by industry sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369216/uk-worker-shortages-by-sector/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Percentage of businesses experiencing a shortage of workers in the United Kingdom in 2024, by industry sector [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), November 5, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369216/uk-worker-shortages-by-sector/
