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UK financial sector: total financial services employment in the UK 2001-2018
UK financial sector: total financial services employment in the UK 2001-2018
Number of employees in the financial services sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2018 (in millions)
by James Cherowbrier,
last edited
May 3, 2019
This statistic shows the employment figures for the financial services sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2018. In 2018, the total number of people employed in this sector in the UK amounted to approximately 1.1 million. This was a decrease compared to the state from before the global recession, when on the British market there were 1.2 million people were employed in all subsectors of financial services. These figures have decreased as a result of the crisis, to approximately 1.1 million in 2010, but since then they noted a a rocky few years fluctuating between nearly 1.15 and1.1 million employees. This trend for the total number of financial services sector employees in the United Kingdom can be seen in the context of a similar trend, displayed specifically just for London, as one of the leading centers of international finance. Overall the number of finance and insurance sector employees in London is forecasted to grow over the coming years.
Number of employees in the financial services sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2018 (in millions)
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| Number of employees in millions | |
|---|---|
| 2018** | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.13 |
| 2015 | 1.11 |
| 2014 | 1.11 |
| 2013 | 1.12 |
| 2012 | 1.15 |
| 2011 | 1.12 |
| 2010 | 1.12 |
| 2009 | 1.13 |
| 2008 | 1.21 |
| 2007 | 1.19 |
| 2006 | 1.17 |
| 2005 | 1.15 |
| 2004 | 1.17 |
| 2003 | 1.18 |
| 2002 | 1.19 |
| 2001 | 1.19 |
| Number of employees in millions | |
|---|---|
| 2018** | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.13 |
| 2015 | 1.11 |
| 2014 | 1.11 |
| 2013 | 1.12 |
| 2012 | 1.15 |
| 2011 | 1.12 |
| 2010 | 1.12 |
| 2009 | 1.13 |
| 2008 | 1.21 |
| 2007 | 1.19 |
| 2006 | 1.17 |
| 2005 | 1.15 |
| 2004 | 1.17 |
| 2003 | 1.18 |
| 2002 | 1.19 |
| 2001 | 1.19 |
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by James Cherowbrier,
last edited
May 3, 2019
This statistic shows the employment figures for the financial services sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001 to 2018. In 2018, the total number of people employed in this sector in the UK amounted to approximately 1.1 million. This was a decrease compared to the state from before the global recession, when on the British market there were 1.2 million people were employed in all subsectors of financial services. These figures have decreased as a result of the crisis, to approximately 1.1 million in 2010, but since then they noted a a rocky few years fluctuating between nearly 1.15 and1.1 million employees. This trend for the total number of financial services sector employees in the United Kingdom can be seen in the context of a similar trend, displayed specifically just for London, as one of the leading centers of international finance. Overall the number of finance and insurance sector employees in London is forecasted to grow over the coming years.
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* Figures taken from the fourth quarter of each year. Figures rounded
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