In 2025, around 4.4 million employees in the United Kingdom had employment contracts that allowed for flexible working hours, making it the most common flexible working practice in that year. The second-most prevalent type of flexible arrangement was an annualized hours contract, whereby an employee works a specified number of hours over a year, instead of working the same hours every week or month. There were approximately 121,000 employees on contracts that involved job-sharing, making it the least common type of flexible working contract.
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 12, 2025). Number of employees in flexible working contracts in the United Kingdom in 2025, by type of contract (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/415888/number-of-employees-flexible-working-contracts-uk-by-type/
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