In 2023, around 4.42 million employees in the United Kingdom had employment contracts that allowed for flexible working hours, making it the most common flexible working practice in that year. The second-most prevalent type of flexible arrangement was an annualized hours contract, whereby an employee works a specified number of hours over a year, instead of working the same hours every week or month. There were approximately 98,000 employees on contracts that involved job-sharing, making it the least common type of flexible working contract.
Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2023, by type of contract
(in 1,000s)
The source adds the following information regarding methodology: "Labour Force Survey (LFS) responses are weighted to official population projections. As the current projections are 2018-based they are based on demographic trends that pre-date the COVID-19 pandemic."
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 15, 2023). Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2023, by type of contract (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/
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