Biopharma industry employment in the UK 2021

This statistic displays the number of individuals employed in the biopharmaceutical sector in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2021. In 2021, the employment in the core biopharma sector was 64.5 thousand, while related services and supply chains added another nearly 72 thousand employees.

Employment in the biopharmaceutical sector in the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2021

Characteristic	Core biopharma	Biopharma service & supply chain
2021	64,500	71,800
2020	66,000	63,900
2019	64,000	60,500
2018	63,800	58,300
2017	64,000	56,300
2016	66,300	55,800
2015	64,900	53,500
2014	62,200	50,400
2013	61,400	49,400
2012	62,900	47,800
2011	69,400	47,000

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Release date

December 2022

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2011 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Definition:Core biopharma: includes all businesses involved in developing and/or producing their own pharmaceutical products - from small, research and development (R&D) focused biotechs to multinational Big Pharma.
Biopharma service & supply chain: comprises businesses that offer goods and services to Core Biopharma businesses including, for example, Contract Research and Manufacturing Organisations (CRMOs), and suppliers of consumables and reagents for R&D facilities
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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