Employment trends

Just over 30 million people are in employment, up by 459,000 in one year. Employment is at its highest since records began in 1971.  The private sector has created 473,000 jobs in the past year, bringing total private sector employment to 24.7 million.  Public sector employment fell to 5.2 million, a five year low.   A report has predicted that the number of self-employed will outstrip the number of state workers for the first time by 2018.  Currently there are 5.5 million state workers, compared to 4.5 million self-employed.  [ Source GTAssociates ]