Care work ranked as UK’s most common full-time occupation, Ciphr finds
Care workers and home carers made up the largest full-time workforce, with an estimated 554,000 employees in the year to March 2026.
Care work, software developers and secondary school teachers are among the UK’s most common full-time occupations, according to analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data from Ciphr.
Care workers and home carers made up the largest full-time workforce, with an estimated 554,000 employees in the year to March 2026.
This was equal to about 2.5% of the UK’s 21.9 million full-time employees.
The figures excluded self-employed workers.
Programmers and software development professionals ranked second, with 492,000 employees.
It was the most common occupation in London, the South East and the East of England.
Secondary school teachers ranked third, with 399,700 employees.
Other common occupations included financial managers and directors, with 340,200 employees, followed by administrative and clerical assistants at 327,900 and sales account and business development managers at 321,300.
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