United Kingdom (UK): united kingdom: telecommunications industry number of employees 2018

In 2018, the number of employees in the telecommunications industry in the United Kingdom remained nearly unchanged at around 220,800 employees. With a decline of 1,248 employees (-0.56 percent), there is no significant change to 2017.
Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.

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Total number of employees in the telecommunications sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018

Characteristic	Number of employees
2018	220,800
2017	222,048
2016b	221,827
2015	234,371
2014	209,788
2013	210,074
2012	202,380
2011	216,883
2010	218,309
2009	222,369

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Release date

March 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to 2018

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work
Data coverage corresponds to Section J61 of CE Rev 2.

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