In 2022, around 4.3 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 101,000 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 2022, by type of contract (in 1,000s)
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Statistics on Remote work in the UK
Overview
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- 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 2020, 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 2008-2020
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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- Basic Statistic Working location trends in Great Britain 2020-2023
- 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
Further related statistics
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- Time freelancers spend on remote working in Poland 2021
- Importance of flexible working hours by gender in Poland 2017
- Remote work: preferable working hours in Poland 2017
- Share of reasons for using flexible working arrangements in the UK 2019
- Availability and use of flexible working arrangements in the UK 2019
- Prevalence of flexible working hours in the Netherlands 2021
- Number of employees working term-time contracts in the UK 2013-2022
- Number of employees working annualized hours contracts in the UK 2013-2022
- Number of employees working flexi-time in the UK 2013-2022
- Number of employees working compressed working weeks in the UK 2013-2022
- Number of job-sharing employees in the UK 2012-2022
- Number of on-call employees in the UK 2013-2022
- Rate of remote working business people in selected countries worldwide 2017
- U.S. full-time employees' remote working habits, by gender 2014
- U.S. employees' views on working remotely after business hours 2014
- Importance of flexible working times among gig economy workers in the U.S. 2018
- Impact of flexible working arrangements in the UK 2019, by gender
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- Remote work: preferable working hours in Poland 2017
- Share of reasons for using flexible working arrangements in the UK 2019
- Availability and use of flexible working arrangements in the UK 2019
- Prevalence of flexible working hours in the Netherlands 2021
- Number of employees working term-time contracts in the UK 2013-2022
- Number of employees working annualized hours contracts in the UK 2013-2022
- Number of employees working flexi-time in the UK 2013-2022
- Number of employees working compressed working weeks in the UK 2013-2022
- Number of job-sharing employees in the UK 2012-2022
- Number of on-call employees in the UK 2013-2022
- Rate of remote working business people in selected countries worldwide 2017
- U.S. full-time employees' remote working habits, by gender 2014
- U.S. employees' views on working remotely after business hours 2014
- Importance of flexible working times among gig economy workers in the U.S. 2018
- Impact of flexible working arrangements in the UK 2019, by gender
Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 17, 2022). Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2022, by type of contract (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 30, 2023, 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 2022, by type of contract (in 1,000s)." Chart. August 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2022, by type of contract (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 30, 2023. 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 2022, by Type of Contract (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Aug 2022, 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 2022, 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 March 30, 2023)
Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2022, by type of contract (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/