In 2020, 827 thousand people working in the professional, scientific, and technical industries in the United Kingdom worked mainly from home, the highest number of any sector. The industry sector with the highest percentage of homeworkers was agriculture, forestry, and fishing, with over half of that industry's workforce working from home.
Number of those in employment who work mainly from home in the United Kingdom in 2020, by industry sector
The source adds the following information regarding methodology: "Responders were asked to consider where they would mainly work in their main job prior to the COVID-19 pandemic."
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 17, 2021). Number of those in employment who work mainly from home in the United Kingdom in 2020, by industry sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/310343/working-from-home-uk-by-sector/
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