In 2024, around 4.23 million employees in the United Kingdom had employment contracts that allowed for flexible working hours, making it the most common flexible working practice in that year. The second-most prevalent type of flexible arrangement was an annualized hours contract, whereby an employee works a specified number of hours over a year, instead of working the same hours every week or month. There were approximately 88,000 employees on contracts that involved job-sharing, making it the least common type of flexible working contract.
Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2024, by type of contract
(in 1,000s)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 13, 2024). Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2024, by type of contract (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2024, by type of contract (in 1,000s)." Chart. August 13, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2024). Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2024, by type of contract (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Employees in Flexible Working Contracts in The United Kingdom in 2024, by Type of Contract (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2024, by type of contract (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/ (last visited October 06, 2024)
Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2024, by type of contract (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/
