The share of workers on zero-hours contracts, which offer no guaranteed hours of work from week to week, rose rapidly after 2012. This was partly due to a media-induced increase in awareness of this way of working. But there is strong evidence that a genuine rise since the financial crisis underlies these trends. The data in this section shows how rates of zero-hours contract working have evolved over time, and for different age groups and cohorts.
Zero-hours contracts
Headline - by age
Sex - by age
Headline - by cohort
Sex - by cohort
Notes
‘All ages’ refers to those aged 16-64.
Source
RF analysis of ONS, Quarterly Labour Force Survey
Notes
‘All ages’ refers to those aged 16-64.
Source
RF analysis of ONS, Quarterly Labour Force Survey
Source
RF analysis of ONS, Quarterly Labour Force Survey
Source
RF analysis of ONS, Quarterly Labour Force Survey
