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Zero hours contracts: employees by occupation UK 2016

Number of people on a zero hours contract in the United Kingdom from April to June 2016, by occupation (in thousands)

The data displays the number of people in thousands on a zero hour contract in the UK in the period April to June 2016, by occupation. There were 308 thousand people on zero hour contracts in elementary occupations, compared with 40 thousand in administrative and secretarial occupations.

Elementary Occupations 308
Caring, Leisure And Other Service Occupations 199
Professional Occupations 75
Process, Plant And Machine Operatives 75
Sales And Customer Service Occupations 67
Associate Professional And Technical Occupations 64
Skilled Trades Occupations 58
Administrative And Secretarial Occupations 40
Managers, Directors And Senior Officials 16