There were around 5.77 million people employed in the public sector in the United Kingdom as of the third quarter of 2022, compared with 6.46 million in late 2009, which was the peak for public sector employment during the provided time period.
Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 1999 to 3rd quarter 2022 (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
Further related statistics
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- Quarterly employment figures in the UK 2000-2020
- United Kingdom (UK): quarterly employment levels (aged 65+) 2014-2018
- Employments in the Netherlands 2023
- Employment in the small hydropower industry in France 2013-2015
- Employment in the wind industry in Greece 2013-2017
- Employment in the geothermal energy industry in Greece 2013-2017
- Employment in the geothermal energy industry in Germany from 2013 to 2015
- Number of self-employed workers in the Philippines 2009-2018
- Employment in the hydropower industry in Sweden 2015-2017
- Employment in the wind industry in Denmark 2013-2018
- Number of wage and salary workers in the Philippines 2009-2018
- Share of financial services employment in the UK Q1 2019, by region
- Employment in startups in Victoria, Australia 2018-2020, by company age
- Contribution of tire industry to employment in organized sector in India 2011-2014
- Number of employees by industry in Hong Kong 2020
- Share of male employers in Morocco 2010-2019
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- Employment in the geothermal energy industry in Greece 2013-2017
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (December 13, 2022). Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 1999 to 3rd quarter 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/623259/public-sector-workforce-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 1999 to 3rd quarter 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/623259/public-sector-workforce-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 1999 to 3rd quarter 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/623259/public-sector-workforce-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Public Sector Employees in The United Kingdom from 1st Quarter 1999 to 3rd Quarter 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/623259/public-sector-workforce-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 1999 to 3rd quarter 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/623259/public-sector-workforce-uk/ (last visited January 27, 2023)
Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 1999 to 3rd quarter 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), December 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/623259/public-sector-workforce-uk/