This statistic illustrates the number of employees working within the construction sector of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, broken down by business employment size. The largest number of workers were self-employed at 177 thousand, this was followed by 257 people employed in companies with 500 or more employees.
Number of employees working in the construction sector of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by business employment size (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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- Employment costs in the construction sector in the United Kingdom 2009-2018
- Canada's construction employment share by sector 2019
- Growth forecast in Canada's construction employment by province from 2019 onwards
- Building construction industry jobs New Zealand 2012-2021
- Canada's construction industry jobs by gender 2017, with forecasts up until 2027
- Construction workforce by occupation in N. Ireland 2021, with 2022 and 2025 forecasts
- Construction workforce by occupation in Scotland 2021, with 2022 and 2025 forecasts
- Number of construction workers in the U.S. 2021, by occupation
- Construction workforce by occupation in Wales 2021, with 2022 and 2025 forecasts
- Turnover of construction businesses UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Number of construction businesses UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Number of people employed in the administrative sector UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Number of construction sector employees in London, England 2006-2047
- Job vacancies in the construction industry in Finland quarterly 2015-2018
- Number of people employed in the retail sector UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Number of people employed in the educational sector UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Argentina: construction wage spending 2017-2021
- Switzerland: number of enterprises in the total business economy 2010-2019
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- Employment costs in the construction sector in the United Kingdom 2009-2018
- Canada's construction employment share by sector 2019
- Growth forecast in Canada's construction employment by province from 2019 onwards
- Building construction industry jobs New Zealand 2012-2021
- Canada's construction industry jobs by gender 2017, with forecasts up until 2027
- Construction workforce by occupation in N. Ireland 2021, with 2022 and 2025 forecasts
- Construction workforce by occupation in Scotland 2021, with 2022 and 2025 forecasts
- Number of construction workers in the U.S. 2021, by occupation
- Construction workforce by occupation in Wales 2021, with 2022 and 2025 forecasts
- Turnover of construction businesses UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Number of construction businesses UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Number of people employed in the administrative sector UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Number of construction sector employees in London, England 2006-2047
- Job vacancies in the construction industry in Finland quarterly 2015-2018
- Number of people employed in the retail sector UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Number of people employed in the educational sector UK 2021, by enterprise size
- Argentina: construction wage spending 2017-2021
- Switzerland: number of enterprises in the total business economy 2010-2019
GOV.UK. (October 10, 2019). Number of employees working in the construction sector of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by business employment size (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/677142/united-kingdom-uk-construction-sector-employment-by-number-of-employees/
GOV.UK. "Number of employees working in the construction sector of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by business employment size (in 1,000s)." Chart. October 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/677142/united-kingdom-uk-construction-sector-employment-by-number-of-employees/
GOV.UK. (2019). Number of employees working in the construction sector of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by business employment size (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/677142/united-kingdom-uk-construction-sector-employment-by-number-of-employees/
GOV.UK. "Number of Employees Working in The Construction Sector of The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2019, by Business Employment Size (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/677142/united-kingdom-uk-construction-sector-employment-by-number-of-employees/
GOV.UK, Number of employees working in the construction sector of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by business employment size (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/677142/united-kingdom-uk-construction-sector-employment-by-number-of-employees/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Number of employees working in the construction sector of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by business employment size (in 1,000s) [Graph], GOV.UK, October 10, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/677142/united-kingdom-uk-construction-sector-employment-by-number-of-employees/