The National Health Service (NHS) had almost 1.9 million employees as of the third quarter of 2022, making it the largest public sector employer in the United Kingdom. In the same year, around 1.5 million people worked in education, the second largest industry in terms of public sector employees.
Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom as of 2022, by industry (in 1,000s)
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Statistics on Employment in the UK
Employment
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- Basic Statistic Number of people employed in the UK 1971-2021
- Basic Statistic Employment rate in the UK 1971-2021
- Premium Statistic Employment rate in the UK in 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of private sector employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of people employed in the private sector in the UK 2022, by sector
- Basic Statistic Number of public sector employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of public sector employees UK 2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Number of jobs in the UK 1959-2022
Unemployment
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- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate of the UK 1971-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of people unemployed in the UK 1971-2022
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 1971-2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Unemployment rate in the UK 1992-2022, by age group
- Premium Statistic Youth unemployment rate in the UK 1992-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of job vacancies in the UK 2001-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of redundancies in the UK 1995-2022
Labor force
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- Basic Statistic Overall weekly hours worked in the UK 1971-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of full-time workers in the UK 1992-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of part-time workers in the UK 1992-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of temporary workers in the UK 1992-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of self-employed workers in the UK 1992-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of flexible working contract employees UK 2022, by type
Wages and earnings
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- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 1999-2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2004-2022, by age group
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for full-time employees in the UK 2022, by region
- Basic Statistic Average annual earnings for part-time employees in the UK 1999-2022
- Premium Statistic Average weekly earning growth in the UK 2001-2022
Impact of COVID-19
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- Premium Statistic Cumulative number of jobs furloughed under the job retention scheme UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of claims made by companies from the job retention scheme in the UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of employers using the job retention scheme in the UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Daily number of jobs furloughed in the UK 2020-2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Number of claims made to the self-employment support scheme in the UK 2021
- Premium Statistic Value of claims made to the self-employment support scheme in the UK 2021
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- Number of workforce jobs in the UK in 2022 by industry
- Number of unpaid family workers in the Philippines 2009-2018
- Number of wage and salary workers in the Philippines 2009-2018
- Number of self-employed workers in the Philippines 2009-2018
- Employment in the small hydropower industry in France 2013-2015
- Employment in solar thermal & photovoltaic industry Hungary 2017
- Employment in the wind industry in Finland 2013-2017
- Employment in solar thermal & photovoltaic industry Czechia 2017
- Employment in the geothermal energy industry in Czechia 2013-2017
- Employment in the geothermal energy industry in Slovakia 2013-2017
- Employment in the hydropower industry in Portugal 2015-2017
- Employment in the hydropower industry in Germany 2015-2017
- Startup jobs in sectors with at least one unicorn in Victoria, Australia 2020
- Value of deposits Syndicate Bank FY 2018-2020
- Scottish revenue: National Insurance contributions 2008-2018
- Income of bosses in the public sector in Sweden 2016, by gender and education
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- Number of wage and salary workers in the Philippines 2009-2018
- Number of self-employed workers in the Philippines 2009-2018
- Employment in the small hydropower industry in France 2013-2015
- Employment in solar thermal & photovoltaic industry Hungary 2017
- Employment in the wind industry in Finland 2013-2017
- Employment in solar thermal & photovoltaic industry Czechia 2017
- Employment in the geothermal energy industry in Czechia 2013-2017
- Employment in the geothermal energy industry in Slovakia 2013-2017
- Employment in the hydropower industry in Portugal 2015-2017
- Employment in the hydropower industry in Germany 2015-2017
- Startup jobs in sectors with at least one unicorn in Victoria, Australia 2020
- Value of deposits Syndicate Bank FY 2018-2020
- Scottish revenue: National Insurance contributions 2008-2018
- Income of bosses in the public sector in Sweden 2016, by gender and education
Office for National Statistics (UK). (December 15, 2022). Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom as of 2022, by industry (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/284104/public-sector-employment-uk-by-industry/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom as of 2022, by industry (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284104/public-sector-employment-uk-by-industry/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom as of 2022, by industry (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284104/public-sector-employment-uk-by-industry/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Public Sector Employees in The United Kingdom as of 2022, by Industry (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284104/public-sector-employment-uk-by-industry/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom as of 2022, by industry (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284104/public-sector-employment-uk-by-industry/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom as of 2022, by industry (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), December 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/284104/public-sector-employment-uk-by-industry/