UK self employment rate 2022 | Statista

In 2022, 13 percent of workers in the United Kingdom were self-employed, which was the lowest self-employment rate since 2009 and a significant fall compared with 2019 when the self-employment rate reached a peak of 15.3 percent, just prior to the arrival of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Share of workforce that are self-employed in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2005 to 2nd quarter 2022

Characteristic	Share of workforce
Q2 2022	13%
Q1 2022	13.2%
Q4 2021	13.3%
Q3 2021	13.5%
Q2 2021	13.5%
Q1 2021	13.7%
Q4 2020	14%
Q3 2020	14.5%
Q2 2020	14.9%
Q1 2020	15.1%
Q4 2019	15.3%
Q3 2019	15.2%
Q2 2019	15.1%
Q1 2019	15.1%
Q4 2018	15%
Q3 2018	15%
Q2 2018	15.1%
Q1 2018	15.2%
Q4 2017	15.2%
Q3 2017	15.2%
Q2 2017	15.3%
Q1 2017	15.3%
Q4 2016	15.2%
Q3 2016	15.1%
Q2 2016	15%
Q1 2016	14.7%
Q4 2015	14.8%
Q3 2015	14.8%
Q2 2015	14.8%
Q1 2015	14.7%
Q4 2014	14.8%
Q3 2014	14.7%
Q2 2014	14.7%
Q1 2014	14.6%
Q4 2013	14.4%
Q3 2013	14.3%
Q2 2013	14.2%
Q1 2013	14.2%
Q4 2012	14.3%
Q3 2012	14.3%
Q2 2012	14.3%
Q1 2012	14.1%
Q4 2011	13.9%
Q3 2011	13.8%
Q2 2011	13.7%
Q1 2011	13.6%
Q4 2010	13.6%
Q3 2010	13.5%
Q2 2010	13.4%
Q1 2010	13.4%
Q4 2009	13.2%
Q3 2009	13.1%
Q2 2009	12.9%
Q1 2009	12.9%
Q4 2008	12.9%
Q3 2008	13%
Q2 2008	13.1%
Q1 2008	13.1%
Q4 2007	13.1%
Q3 2007	13%
Q2 2007	13.1%
Q1 2007	13%
Q4 2006	13%
Q3 2006	13%
Q2 2006	12.9%
Q1 2006	12.9%
Q4 2005	12.8%
Q3 2005	12.8%
Q2 2005	12.8%
Q1 2005	12.7%

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2022

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2005 to Q2 2022

Supplementary notes

Data is for the 12 months leading up to the end of relevant quarter (Q1 2021 = April 2020 to March 2021)

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