The number of employees in the extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas industry in the United Kingdom decreased by 602 employees (-4.45 percent) in 2018 in comparison to the previous year. As a result, the number of employees in the United Kingdom saw its lowest number in 2018 with 12,938 employees. Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Total number of employees in the crude petroleum and natural gas extraction sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2007 to 2018
Characteristic
Number of employees
2018
12,938
2017
13,540
2016b
16,952
2015
17,107
2013
14,360
2012
15,099
2011
13,025
2010
15,173
2008
13,399
2007
15,579
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b: Break in time series. Data for the years 2009 and 2014 was not provided by the source. The source adds the following information: 'Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work' Data coverage corresponds to code B06 of CE Rev. 2.
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