Number of flexible working contract employees UK 2023, by type

In 2023, around 4.42 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 98,000 employees on contracts that involved job-sharing, making it the least common type of flexible working contract.