LFS: Usual weekly hrs of work: Self-employed: Less than 6 hrs: UK: Male: 000s:SA

Name: LFS: Usual weekly hrs of work: Self-employed: Less than 6 hrs: UK: Male: 000s:SA
Creator: Labour Market team
Published: 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source dataset: Labour market statistics time series (LMS)

Contact:
Labour Market team

Release date:
20 January 2026
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Period	Value
1992	26
1993	30
1994	28
1995	35
1996	34
1997	35
1998	36
1999	36
2000	35
2001	28
2002	30
2003	32
2004	34
2005	36
2006	32
2007	38
2008	39
2009	36
2010	42
2011	50
2012	50
2013	56
2014	58
2015	60
2016	55
2017	62
2018	58
2019	58
2020	55
2021	45
2022	56
2023	65
2024	68
1992 Q2	25
1992 Q3	32
1992 Q4	33
1993 Q1	31
1993 Q2	31
1993 Q3	29
1993 Q4	29
1994 Q1	29
1994 Q2	27
1994 Q3	26
1994 Q4	30
1995 Q1	32
1995 Q2	36
1995 Q3	37
1995 Q4	34
1996 Q1	37
1996 Q2	33
1996 Q3	35
1996 Q4	33
1997 Q1	36
1997 Q2	37
1997 Q3	34
1997 Q4	34
1998 Q1	31
1998 Q2	38
1998 Q3	36
1998 Q4	38
1999 Q1	34
1999 Q2	35
1999 Q3	39
1999 Q4	37
2000 Q1	39
2000 Q2	35
2000 Q3	34
2000 Q4	31
2001 Q1	29
2001 Q2	26
2001 Q3	26
2001 Q4	33
2002 Q1	31
2002 Q2	30
2002 Q3	27
2002 Q4	32
2003 Q1	30
2003 Q2	33
2003 Q3	35
2003 Q4	30
2004 Q1	32
2004 Q2	39
2004 Q3	35
2004 Q4	30
2005 Q1	35
2005 Q2	32
2005 Q3	38
2005 Q4	41
2006 Q1	29
2006 Q2	28
2006 Q3	37
2006 Q4	34
2007 Q1	40
2007 Q2	36
2007 Q3	34
2007 Q4	42
2008 Q1	40
2008 Q2	42
2008 Q3	36
2008 Q4	37
2009 Q1	34
2009 Q2	36
2009 Q3	35
2009 Q4	37
2010 Q1	40
2010 Q2	37
2010 Q3	48
2010 Q4	42
2011 Q1	57
2011 Q2	52
2011 Q3	47
2011 Q4	44
2012 Q1	42
2012 Q2	50
2012 Q3	55
2012 Q4	53
2013 Q1	53
2013 Q2	51
2013 Q3	52
2013 Q4	68
2014 Q1	59
2014 Q2	62
2014 Q3	58
2014 Q4	51
2015 Q1	64
2015 Q2	65
2015 Q3	62
2015 Q4	48
2016 Q1	51
2016 Q2	54
2016 Q3	52
2016 Q4	63
2017 Q1	65
2017 Q2	59
2017 Q3	64
2017 Q4	61
2018 Q1	50
2018 Q2	59
2018 Q3	58
2018 Q4	63
2019 Q1	61
2019 Q2	58
2019 Q3	63
2019 Q4	49
2020 Q1	73
2020 Q2	46
2020 Q3	38
2020 Q4	62
2021 Q1	42
2021 Q2	46
2021 Q3	50
2021 Q4	43
2022 Q1	41
2022 Q2	55
2022 Q3	73
2022 Q4	57
2023 Q1	68
2023 Q2	73
2023 Q3	61
2023 Q4	57
2024 Q1	63
2024 Q2	57
2024 Q3	66
2024 Q4	84
2025 Q1	83
2025 Q2	76
2025 Q3	78
1992 APR	25
1992 MAY	25
1992 JUN	27
1992 JUL	29
1992 AUG	32
1992 SEP	33
1992 OCT	33
1992 NOV	33
1992 DEC	31
1993 JAN	31
1993 FEB	31
1993 MAR	32
1993 APR	30
1993 MAY	31
1993 JUN	31
1993 JUL	30
1993 AUG	29
1993 SEP	26
1993 OCT	29
1993 NOV	29
1993 DEC	29
1994 JAN	28
1994 FEB	29
1994 MAR	29
1994 APR	28
1994 MAY	27
1994 JUN	24
1994 JUL	25
1994 AUG	26
1994 SEP	31
1994 OCT	30
1994 NOV	30
1994 DEC	33
1995 JAN	33
1995 FEB	32
1995 MAR	32
1995 APR	35
1995 MAY	36
1995 JUN	37
1995 JUL	37
1995 AUG	37
1995 SEP	35
1995 OCT	35
1995 NOV	34
1995 DEC	34
1996 JAN	38
1996 FEB	37
1996 MAR	36
1996 APR	32
1996 MAY	33
1996 JUN	33
1996 JUL	35
1996 AUG	35
1996 SEP	33
1996 OCT	31
1996 NOV	33
1996 DEC	34
1997 JAN	35
1997 FEB	36
1997 MAR	36
1997 APR	38
1997 MAY	37
1997 JUN	37
1997 JUL	36
1997 AUG	34
1997 SEP	40
1997 OCT	33
1997 NOV	34
1997 DEC	31
1998 JAN	32
1998 FEB	31
1998 MAR	33
1998 APR	35
1998 MAY	38
1998 JUN	37
1998 JUL	37
1998 AUG	36
1998 SEP	36
1998 OCT	40
1998 NOV	38
1998 DEC	39
1999 JAN	37
1999 FEB	34
1999 MAR	35
1999 APR	34
1999 MAY	35
1999 JUN	34
1999 JUL	34
1999 AUG	39
1999 SEP	40
1999 OCT	41
1999 NOV	37
1999 DEC	36
2000 JAN	37
2000 FEB	39
2000 MAR	38
2000 APR	37
2000 MAY	35
2000 JUN	35
2000 JUL	37
2000 AUG	34
2000 SEP	32
2000 OCT	31
2000 NOV	31
2000 DEC	34
2001 JAN	29
2001 FEB	29
2001 MAR	28
2001 APR	27
2001 MAY	26
2001 JUN	29
2001 JUL	28
2001 AUG	26
2001 SEP	28
2001 OCT	29
2001 NOV	33
2001 DEC	31
2002 JAN	31
2002 FEB	31
2002 MAR	30
2002 APR	30
2002 MAY	30
2002 JUN	31
2002 JUL	29
2002 AUG	27
2002 SEP	29
2002 OCT	31
2002 NOV	32
2002 DEC	30
2003 JAN	31
2003 FEB	30
2003 MAR	29
2003 APR	32
2003 MAY	33
2003 JUN	33
2003 JUL	33
2003 AUG	35
2003 SEP	35
2003 OCT	32
2003 NOV	30
2003 DEC	30
2004 JAN	28
2004 FEB	32
2004 MAR	35
2004 APR	37
2004 MAY	39
2004 JUN	39
2004 JUL	42
2004 AUG	35
2004 SEP	30
2004 OCT	31
2004 NOV	30
2004 DEC	35
2005 JAN	34
2005 FEB	35
2005 MAR	32
2005 APR	32
2005 MAY	32
2005 JUN	31
2005 JUL	34
2005 AUG	38
2005 SEP	40
2005 OCT	41
2005 NOV	41
2005 DEC	38
2006 JAN	35
2006 FEB	29
2006 MAR	29
2006 APR	27
2006 MAY	28
2006 JUN	31
2006 JUL	32
2006 AUG	37
2006 SEP	36
2006 OCT	35
2006 NOV	34
2006 DEC	38
2007 JAN	39
2007 FEB	40
2007 MAR	39
2007 APR	38
2007 MAY	36
2007 JUN	38
2007 JUL	36
2007 AUG	34
2007 SEP	34
2007 OCT	37
2007 NOV	42
2007 DEC	37
2008 JAN	39
2008 FEB	40
2008 MAR	43
2008 APR	42
2008 MAY	42
2008 JUN	38
2008 JUL	39
2008 AUG	36
2008 SEP	35
2008 OCT	38
2008 NOV	37
2008 DEC	41
2009 JAN	35
2009 FEB	34
2009 MAR	33
2009 APR	34
2009 MAY	36
2009 JUN	36
2009 JUL	34
2009 AUG	35
2009 SEP	37
2009 OCT	35
2009 NOV	37
2009 DEC	34
2010 JAN	38
2010 FEB	40
2010 MAR	41
2010 APR	39
2010 MAY	37
2010 JUN	40
2010 JUL	44
2010 AUG	48
2010 SEP	48
2010 OCT	45
2010 NOV	42
2010 DEC	54
2011 JAN	51
2011 FEB	57
2011 MAR	46
2011 APR	55
2011 MAY	52
2011 JUN	47
2011 JUL	43
2011 AUG	47
2011 SEP	50
2011 OCT	49
2011 NOV	44
2011 DEC	39
2012 JAN	39
2012 FEB	42
2012 MAR	48
2012 APR	50
2012 MAY	50
2012 JUN	54
2012 JUL	57
2012 AUG	55
2012 SEP	51
2012 OCT	53
2012 NOV	53
2012 DEC	51
2013 JAN	56
2013 FEB	53
2013 MAR	54
2013 APR	53
2013 MAY	51
2013 JUN	53
2013 JUL	48
2013 AUG	52
2013 SEP	50
2013 OCT	64
2013 NOV	68
2013 DEC	70
2014 JAN	64
2014 FEB	59
2014 MAR	54
2014 APR	56
2014 MAY	62
2014 JUN	75
2014 JUL	69
2014 AUG	58
2014 SEP	46
2014 OCT	49
2014 NOV	51
2014 DEC	58
2015 JAN	59
2015 FEB	64
2015 MAR	59
2015 APR	60
2015 MAY	65
2015 JUN	65
2015 JUL	63
2015 AUG	62
2015 SEP	53
2015 OCT	53
2015 NOV	48
2015 DEC	50
2016 JAN	54
2016 FEB	51
2016 MAR	54
2016 APR	57
2016 MAY	54
2016 JUN	48
2016 JUL	47
2016 AUG	52
2016 SEP	58
2016 OCT	59
2016 NOV	63
2016 DEC	62
2017 JAN	68
2017 FEB	65
2017 MAR	68
2017 APR	60
2017 MAY	59
2017 JUN	54
2017 JUL	69
2017 AUG	64
2017 SEP	66
2017 OCT	61
2017 NOV	61
2017 DEC	56
2018 JAN	50
2018 FEB	50
2018 MAR	52
2018 APR	58
2018 MAY	59
2018 JUN	60
2018 JUL	60
2018 AUG	58
2018 SEP	61
2018 OCT	69
2018 NOV	63
2018 DEC	57
2019 JAN	59
2019 FEB	61
2019 MAR	56
2019 APR	55
2019 MAY	58
2019 JUN	60
2019 JUL	58
2019 AUG	63
2019 SEP	57
2019 OCT	55
2019 NOV	49
2019 DEC	60
2020 JAN	76
2020 FEB	73
2020 MAR	68
2020 APR	55
2020 MAY	46
2020 JUN	47
2020 JUL	39
2020 AUG	38
2020 SEP	42
2020 OCT	55
2020 NOV	62
2020 DEC	56
2021 JAN	48
2021 FEB	42
2021 MAR	42
2021 APR	46
2021 MAY	46
2021 JUN	45
2021 JUL	50
2021 AUG	50
2021 SEP	44
2021 OCT	41
2021 NOV	43
2021 DEC	43
2022 JAN	42
2022 FEB	41
2022 MAR	37
2022 APR	52
2022 MAY	55
2022 JUN	61
2022 JUL	63
2022 AUG	73
2022 SEP	67
2022 OCT	60
2022 NOV	57
2022 DEC	59
2023 JAN	63
2023 FEB	68
2023 MAR	71
2023 APR	70
2023 MAY	73
2023 JUN	59
2023 JUL	65
2023 AUG	61
2023 SEP	71
2023 OCT	52
2023 NOV	57
2023 DEC	59
2024 JAN	72
2024 FEB	63
2024 MAR	62
2024 APR	50
2024 MAY	57
2024 JUN	62
2024 JUL	66
2024 AUG	66
2024 SEP	74
2024 OCT	78
2024 NOV	84
2024 DEC	81
2025 JAN	89
2025 FEB	83
2025 MAR	85
2025 APR	78
2025 MAY	76
2025 JUN	75
2025 JUL	74
2025 AUG	78
2025 SEP	69
2025 OCT	70

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