In 2025, 28.8 percent of the United Kingdom's accommodation and food sector workforce were on a zero-hours contract, the highest of any industry. The rate of zero-hour employees in health and social work was the second-highest, at 16.8 percent, compared with the public administration industry, which had just 2.1 percent of people working on a zero-hours arrangement.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 12, 2025). Percentage of people in employment on a zero-hours contract in the United Kingdom in 2025, by industry [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 19, 2026, from /statistics/407833/share-zero-hour-contracts-industry/
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