United Kingdom (UK): administrative & support services number of employees 2018

The number of employees in the administrative and support service industry in the United Kingdom increased by 60,592 employees (+2.39 percent) in 2018. With 2,595,203 employees, the number of employees thereby reached its highest value in the observed period.
The relationship of employer to employee exists when there is an agreement, which may be formal or informal, between an enterprise and a person, normally entered into voluntarily by both parties, whereby the person works for the enterprise in return for remuneration in cash or in kind.

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Total number of employees in the administrative and support service activities industry in United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2018

Characteristic	Number of employees
2018	2,595,203
2017	2,534,611
2016b	2,549,762
2015	2,477,374
2014	2,350,819
2013	2,235,571
2012	2,160,328
2011	2,126,743
2010	2,066,171
2009	2,026,062

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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 code N of CE Rev 2.

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