How many workers are there in the UK and, specifically, how many are office workers?

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Clarification of Question by ianmsd-ga on 12 Jul 2005 08:42 PDT

Please provide your sources!  Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 12 Jul 2005 15:41 PDT

Hi ianmsd,

After several hours of research, the following is what I was able to
locate regarding UK employment figures. Please let me know if this
suffices as an answer to your question.


As of April 2005, the total number of people employed in the UK is 28.578 million.

"The latest estimates for February to April 2005 show the working age
employment rate fell 0.1 percentage points over the quarter to 74.8%.
This decline was driven by men, down 0.2 percentage points to 79.2%,
whilst women remained unchanged at 70.1%. The total employment level
rose 11,000 to 28.578 million. This was driven by female employment
levels rising 16,000 to 13.142 million.

The number of employees increased by 10,000 to 24.731 million. In
contrast self-employment declined 3,000 to 3.623 million. The most
recent trend estimates show that the trend for the working age
employment rate has levelled off and the trend for the total
employment level continues to increase."

UK National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/LMS_QandA.pdf


"There are over 10 million office workers in the UK. They work in over
200 million square metres of office space representing a capital
investment of more than £120 billion..."

Flexibility: Facilities for work 
http://www.flexibility.co.uk/flexwork/offices/facilities1.htm 


"More than half of the UK's white-collar employees - equivalent to 8.7
million people - work in a culture where coming in early, staying late
and battling on when ill is expected, according to research..."

PersonnelToday: 'Presenteeism' infects white-collar workplace
http://www.personneltoday.co.uk/Articles/2005/06/27/30516/'Presenteeism'+infects+white-collar+workplace.htm


Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by ianmsd-ga on 12 Jul 2005 18:11 PDT

Hi Rainbow
Thanks for your hardwork.  The info I'm really trying to get at is an
authoritative source for office workers though.

Judging by your sources, I can assume that in the UK there are "more
than 10m" office workers or perhaps 16m or so white collar workers
(8.7m = more than half of the UK's white collar workers).

I've been looking for this myself and not found it, but I still need a
defensible statistic ideally for this figure.