UK full-time workers 2025| Statista

There were around 25.4 million full-time workers in the United Kingdom as of February 2025. Compared with January 2000, there has been a net increase of around five million full-time workers in the UK, despite significant falls in full-time employment between May 2008 and April 2010.

Number of full-time workers in the United Kingdom from January 2000 to March 2025 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of workers in thousands
Mar 25	25,409
Feb 25	25,500
Jan 25	25,496
Dec 24	25,419
Nov 24	25,374
Oct 24	25,296
Sep 24	25,262
Aug 24	25,213
Jul 24	25,203
Jun 24	25,117
May 24	25,075
Apr 24	25,017
Mar 24	25,103
Feb 24	25,001
Jan 24	25,016
Dec 23	24,993
Nov 23	24,931
Oct 23	24,863
Sep 23	24,805
Aug 23	24,649
Jul 23	24,671
Jun 23	24,674
May 23	24,820
Apr 23	24,868
Mar 23	24,704
Feb 23	24,693
Jan 23	24,636
Dec 22	24,674
Nov 22	24,683
Oct 22	24,699
Sep 22	24,671
Aug 22	24,687
Jul 22	24,640
Jun 22	24,704
May 22	24,728
Apr 22	24,608
Mar 22	24,538
Feb 22	24,544
Jan 22	24,480
Dec 21	24,525
Nov 21	24,474
Oct 21	24,508
Sep 21	24,581
Aug 21	24,539
Jul 21	24,589
Jun 21	24,534
May 21	24,491
Apr 21	24,501
Mar 21	24,462
Feb 21	24,413
Jan 21	24,317
Dec 20	24,256
Nov 20	24,326
Oct 20	24,278
Sep 20	24,233
Aug 20	24,272
Jul 20	24,267
Jun 20	24,302
May 20	24,226
Apr 20	24,181
Mar 20	24,267
Feb 20	24,477
Jan 20	24,501
Dec 19	24,446
Nov 19	24,390
Oct 19	24,276
Sep 19	24,270
Aug 19	24,253
Jul 19	24,232
Jun 19	24,180
May 19	24,134
Apr 19	24,204
Mar 19	24,156
Feb 19	24,146
Jan 19	24,118
Dec 18	24,035
Nov 18	24,008
Oct 18	23,966
Sep 18	23,927
Aug 18	23,898
Jul 18	23,867
Jun 18	23,845
May 18	23,841
Apr 18	23,747
Mar 18	23,739
Feb 18	23,673
Jan 18	23,694
Dec 17	23,609
Nov 17	23,641
Oct 17	23,535
Sep 17	23,495
Aug 17	23,543
Jul 17	23,579
Jun 17	23,555
May 17	23,514
Apr 17	23,499
Mar 17	23,486
Feb 17	23,407
Jan 17	23,332
Dec 16	23,300
Nov 16	23,262
Oct 16	23,235
Sep 16	23,254
Aug 16	23,234
Jul 16	23,255
Jun 16	23,183
May 16	23,173
Apr 16	23,091
Mar 16	23,094
Feb 16	23,076
Jan 16	23,035
Dec 15	23,081
Nov 15	23,053
Oct 15	22,990
Sep 15	22,894
Aug 15	22,855
Jul 15	22,801
Jun 15	22,793
May 15	22,756
Apr 15	22,783
Mar 15	22,769
Feb 15	22,745
Jan 15	22,691
Dec 14	22,632
Nov 14	22,565
Oct 14	22,588
Sep 14	22,566
Aug 14	22,507
Jul 14	22,395
Jun 14	22,400
May 14	22,451
Apr 14	22,376
Mar 14	22,277
Feb 14	22,243
Jan 14	22,165
Dec 13	22,140
Nov 13	22,111
Oct 13	21,997
Sep 13	21,944
Aug 13	21,893
Jul 13	21,867
Jun 13	21,769
May 13	21,725
Apr 13	21,723
Mar 13	21,734
Feb 13	21,699
Jan 13	21,753
Dec 12	21,736
Nov 12	21,665
Oct 12	21,560
Sep 12	21,568
Aug 12	21,566
Jul 12	21,542
Jun 12	21,513
May 12	21,475
Apr 12	21,410
Mar 12	21,372
Feb 12	21,345
Jan 12	21,364
Dec 11	21,365
Nov 11	21,381
Oct 11	21,401
Sep 11	21,408
Aug 11	21,441
Jul 11	21,452
Jun 11	21,476
May 11	21,451
Apr 11	21,414
Mar 11	21,437
Feb 11	21,433
Jan 11	21,387
Dec 10	21,326
Nov 10	21,282
Oct 10	21,289
Sep 10	21,341
Aug 10	21,314
Jul 10	21,335
Jun 10	21,301
May 10	21,265
Apr 10	21,221
Mar 10	21,234
Feb 10	21,281
Jan 10	21,291
Dec 09	21,349
Nov 09	21,344
Oct 09	21,349
Sep 09	21,388
Aug 09	21,446
Jul 09	21,412
Jun 09	21,479
May 09	21,585
Apr 09	21,715
Mar 09	21,768
Feb 09	21,843
Jan 09	21,952
Dec 08	21,951
Nov 08	21,959
Oct 08	22,010
Sep 08	22,061
Aug 08	22,081
Jul 08	22,170
Jun 08	22,189
May 08	22,227
Apr 08	22,160
Mar 08	22,134
Feb 08	22,130
Jan 08	22,083
Dec 07	22,075
Nov 07	22,054
Oct 07	22,038
Sep 07	21,989
Aug 07	21,947
Jul 07	21,921
Jun 07	21,902
May 07	21,896
Apr 07	21,797
Mar 07	21,756
Feb 07	21,748
Jan 07	21,753
Dec 06	21,749
Nov 06	21,745
Oct 06	21,709
Sep 06	21,763
Aug 06	21,821
Jul 06	21,769
Jun 06	21,745
May 06	21,745
Apr 06	21,757
Mar 06	21,704
Feb 06	21,678
Jan 06	21,660
Dec 05	21,623
Nov 05	21,604
Oct 05	21,625
Sep 05	21,625
Aug 05	21,595
Jul 05	21,520
Jun 05	21,469
May 05	21,452
Apr 05	21,472
Mar 05	21,509
Feb 05	21,510
Jan 05	21,430
Dec 04	21,376
Nov 04	21,328
Oct 04	21,232
Sep 04	21,176
Aug 04	21,125
Jul 04	21,107
Jun 04	21,111
May 04	21,081
Apr 04	21,059
Mar 04	21,047
Feb 04	21,049
Jan 04	21,038
Dec 03	20,987
Nov 03	21,001
Oct 03	20,985
Sep 03	20,976
Aug 03	20,954
Jul 03	20,979
Jun 03	20,957
May 03	20,919
Apr 03	20,879
Mar 03	20,876
Feb 03	20,877
Jan 03	20,932
Dec 02	20,951
Nov 02	20,879
Oct 02	20,812
Sep 02	20,778
Aug 02	20,792
Jul 02	20,796
Jun 02	20,803
May 02	20,828
Apr 02	20,818
Mar 02	20,787
Feb 02	20,762
Jan 02	20,742
Dec 01	20,782
Nov 01	20,789
Oct 01	20,779
Sep 01	20,772
Aug 01	20,785
Jul 01	20,718
Jun 01	20,724
May 01	20,720
Apr 01	20,693
Mar 01	20,619
Feb 01	20,611
Jan 01	20,616
Dec 00	20,565
Nov 00	20,522
Oct 00	20,542
Sep 00	20,529
Aug 00	20,559
Jul 00	20,550
Jun 00	20,523
May 00	20,520
Apr 00	20,487
Mar 00	20,450
Feb 00	20,413
Jan 00	20,463

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Release date

May 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2000 to March 2025

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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