As of the fourth quarter of 2024, the average weekly number of hours worked by full-time workers in the United Kingdom was 36.5 hours. During this period, there is a dramatic drop observable in 2020, when the average number of working hours fell sharply due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As of the fourth quarter of 2024, men in the UK collectively worked approximately 613.6 million hours per week, and women 464.2 million hours per week.

As of the fourth quarter of 2024, approximately 59.8 percent of people in employment in the United Kingdom had a weekly working week of between 31 and 45 hours, compared with 14.1 percent who worked more than 45 hours.

The hours worked by employees on the main job in the United Kingdom saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 36.48 hours per week per person. Still, 2023 marked the second consecutive decline of the hours worked in this industry. Find more key insights for the hours worked by employees in countries like Greece, Italy, and Denmark.

As of the third quarter of 2024, the average weekly hours for full-time workers in London was 37.2 hours a week, compared with 37.3 hours a week at the same point in 2023.

Actual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Average Weekly Hours in the United Kingdom increased to 31.90 Hours in January from 31.80 Hours in December of 2024. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Average Weekly Hours- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

As of the fourth quarter of 2024, approximately 54.3 percent of women in employment in the UK worked between 31 and up to 45 hours a week, compared with 27.4 percent who worked between 16 and 30 hours.

In 2022, employed people in the white ‘other’ and Indian ethnic groups (both 82%) were the most likely to work full time out of all ethnic groups.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by work-based region to local and unitary authority level.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by region and two-digit Standard Industrial Classification 2007.

As of the fourth quarter of 2024, approximately 40 percent of self-employed people in the United Kingdom worked between 31 and 45 hours a week, compared with 20.7 percent who worked more than 45 hours.

In 2020, part-time employees who mainly worked from home worked an average of 12.92 hours a week, slightly more than the 11.98 hours worked in 2013, indicating an increase in the hours worked by part-time employees at home. At the height of the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic, in April 2020, almost half of UK workers were working from home, and just 31 percent of people were traveling to work.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by age group and two-digit Standard Industrial Classification 2007.

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The aim of these studies is to examine the positions of the low paid, the subemployed (men and women unemployed for over 4 weeks in the last 12 months), the disabled and immigrants in two local labour markets. There were two main sources of data:
1) All members not in full-time education and under 71 of a simple random sample of households in 2 urban areas (230).
2) Follow-up survey of all individuals in 1, who fell into any one of four special categories (231).
i) low paid (less than 55p for males over 18, less than 35p for females over 18)
ii) subemployed (unemployed for more than 4 weeks in last 12 months)
iii) disabled
iv) immigrants (not born in UK or Eire)

Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
This dataset contains data from source 1.
a) Terms and Conditions of Employment
Holidays, sick pay, pension, notice, contract, journey to work (time, weekly cost), normal starting time, outdoors or indoors (shelter, tea/coffee, toilet, washing facilities, place to eat, place for storage, first aid, phone call, heating), place for coats etc., adjustable lighting, details of fringe benefits received.
Amount of heaving, lifting, sitting down, whether work dangerous, noisy or tiring. Security, promotion prospects, trade union (membership), reasons if no trade union, opinion on whether union would be advisable (reasons), reasons for non-membership. Number of employees, immediate work group, autonomy, number in same job (as a proportion of the labour force), origin of workmates, earnings relative to others, low paid men/women. Influence on pay (union/employer or other), assessment of employer (reasons). Net/gross wages last time paid, hours worked/overtime during last pay week, period of payment, number of weeks worked in past year, average hourly earnings, variations in pay during last month (specific details). Promotion/demotion (reasons and description of job change).
Labour force status, internal movement, number of employers/ occupations/industries/jobs/skill level changes in last 5 and last 10 years. Number of job changes, number of periods of unemployment, length of time unemployed, size of works closure, redundancy pay received, job offers, help finding a job (type). Average gross/net earnings, average hours worked/period of payment. Additions to pay, tax rebate, tax paid direct, work expenses, number of weeks paid holiday, income fluctuations (reasons), deductions, time off work (reasons), sick pay, number of weeks sickness, strike pay, number of weeks on strike, pay for other reasons, number of weeks absent for other reasons. Length of time out of work/on short time/part time (reasons).
b) Previous occupation
Reason for leaving; type; location; hours per week; gross/net earnings; payment period; date left work.
c) First job
Social class; source of information; starting date; method of application; reasons for acceptance.
d) Second job
Social class; gross/net income.
e) Housewives
Attitude to work; reasons for not working; whether job taken if help given with family; suitable conditions-hours, location, pay, type of job.
Method of job search, interviews, refusals, whether job held in last 5 years. Previous job; type, employment status, location, hours per week, gross/net earnings, payment period, reason for leaving, date of leaving.
f) Retired
As for housewives, plus reason for retirement; when started drawing pension.
Background Variables
Age, sex, marital status, place of birth, ethnic origin, educational status, school-leaving age, number of years of schooling, qualifications, further education, job-specific training. Driving licence, general health condition, specific troubles/illnesses, health effect on work, employment status. Number of households at address, number in household with: four or more weeks unemployed in last 12 months; low pay; disability; number of immigrants. Number in household, number aged 71 and over, number aged 15 and under, number aged 15 and over in education, number currently with paid job. Household type, number of rooms, amenities, structural defects, tenure, business purposes, net household income, rent rebate, number of weeks rent paid, rates, rate rebate (owner occupiers only), whether house paid for, presence of lodgers/boarders and sub-tenants, persons per room, cost of repairs over previous year, housing cost weekly. Family allowances received, retirement pension, widows pension.
Benefits received - sickness, unemployment, supplementary, industrial injury, industrial disability, war disability, maternity, death. Income received from property, assets and savings (value), number of weeks worked in past year, average hourly earnings, length of residence in study area/in North East/in GLC, local papers read.
Relatives in area (father, mother, siblings, children,...

Average SWB measures and average work hours overall and by gender.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by work-based travel to work area.

This statistic shows the mean actual weekly hours of part-time work in London (UK) from 2012 to 2017, by gender. The weekly average for women saw a net rise of 0.6 hours over the assessed period. Similarly, the average for men increased by 0.9 hours.