31 percent of people were traveling to work.
In 2020, employees who mainly worked from home worked an average of 35.9 hours a week, compared with the 40.26 hours worked in 2013. At the height of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, in April 2020, almost half of UK workers were working from home, and justAverage weekly hours of work for full-time workers who mainly worked from home in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2020
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Other statistics that may interest you Remote work in the UK
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Working location trends in Great Britain 2020-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of employees that work from home in the UK 1998-2020
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees who work from home in the UK 1998-2020
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employed people that can work from home in the European Union 2002-2020
- Basic Statistic Percentage of people usually working from home in Europe 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Percentage of people sometimes working from home in Europe 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employed people that can work from home in European countries 2008-2022
Demographics
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- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by gender
- Premium Statistic Number of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by age group
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by age group
- Premium Statistic Number of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by local authority
- Premium Statistic Share of people working from home in the UK in 2020, by education level
Sectors
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- Premium Statistic Number of employees that work from home in the UK 2020, by sector
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees that work from home in the UK 2020, by sector
- Premium Statistic Number of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by occupation
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by occupation
- Premium Statistic Number of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by minor occupation group
- Premium Statistic Percentage of employees who work from home in the UK 2020, by minor occupation group
Hours and earnings
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- Premium Statistic Home office working day pattern in the UK 2020
- Premium Statistic Average weekly hours of work for full-time homeworkers in the UK 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Average weekly hours of work for part-time homeworkers in the UK 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Median gross weekly pay for homeworkers in the UK 2011-2020
- Premium Statistic Median gross weekly pay for full-time homeworkers in the UK 2011-2020, by gender
- Premium Statistic Sickness absence rate in the UK 2020, by work from home status
Impact of COVID-19
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- Premium Statistic Location of work at time of Coronavirus in Great Britain in July 2021
- Premium Statistic Reasons for working from home in Coronavirus in Great Britain July 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of people working from home due to Coronavirus in Great Britain 2022, by age
- Premium Statistic Likelihood of being allowed to work from home after Coronavirus Great Britain 2021
- Basic Statistic Working from home situation before Coronavirus and preference afterwards Britain 2021
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- Reasons why people want remote work 2019
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- Share of teleworkers in the Netherlands 2021, by industry
- Access to telework in the United States by occupation group 2019
- Italy: willingness to work from home in 2017
- Opinion on the effect of working from home and productivity in Britain 2018
- Share of enterprises where employees regularly telecommute in Sweden 2004-2020
- Challenges to remote work 2020
- Preferences for home office after pandemic in Canada 2021, by skill level
- Hindrances faced by employees while working from home due to COVID-19 India 2020
- Global expected level to work remotely 2021-2022
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Office for National Statistics (UK). "Average weekly hours of work for full-time workers who mainly worked from home in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2020." Chart. April 19, 2021. Statista. Accessed September 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241082/average-working-hours-for-homeworkers-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2021). Average weekly hours of work for full-time workers who mainly worked from home in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241082/average-working-hours-for-homeworkers-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Average Weekly Hours of Work for Full-time Workers Who Mainly Worked from Home in The United Kingdom from 2011 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241082/average-working-hours-for-homeworkers-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Average weekly hours of work for full-time workers who mainly worked from home in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241082/average-working-hours-for-homeworkers-uk/ (last visited September 21, 2023)
Average weekly hours of work for full-time workers who mainly worked from home in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2020 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), April 19, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241082/average-working-hours-for-homeworkers-uk/