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Zero hours contracts: share of employed population in the United Kingdom, by occupation 2016

Share of employees in specified occupation on a zero hours contract in the United Kingdom from April 2016 to June 2016

The data displays the share of employed persons in the specified occupations who were on a zero hour contract in the UK in the period April to June 2016. The occupation with the highest proportion of such contracts were elementary occupations - normally entrance positions requiring a minimum general level of education, where 9% were on a zero hours contract.

Elementary Occupations	9
Caring, Leisure And Other Service Occupations	6.7
Process, Plant And Machine Operatives	3.6
Sales And Customer Service Occupations	2.8
Skilled Trades Occupations	1.7
Associate Professional And Technical Occupations	1.4
Administrative And Secretarial Occupations	1.3
Professional Occupations	1.2
Managers, Directors And Senior Officials	0.5

Zero hours contracts: share of employed population in the United Kingdom, by occupation 2016

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