Number of employees on zero-hours contracts UK 2000-2024

Published by D. Clark, Aug 20, 2024

In 2024, there were approximately 1.03 million people on zero hours contracts in the United Kingdom, compared with 1.22 million in the previous year. Since 2000 there has been a net increase of 805,000 people on this type of employment contract.

Number of employees on a zero-hours contract in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2024 (in 1,000s)

CharacteristicNumber of employees in thousands
2024 1,033
2023 1,221
2022 1,032
2021 919
2020 1,068
2019 896
2018 781
2017 883
2016 904
2015 746
2014 624
2013 585
2012 252
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Release date

August 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2024

Age group

16 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.

For the years 2000 to 2013, the data is for Q4 of the relevant year. Data from 2014 onwards corresponds to Q2 of the relevant year.

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