Logistics industry regional employee requirement UK-2020

This statistic shows the expected employee requirement of the logistics industry by region in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2020. It is projected that by 2020 there will be almost 180 thousand new employees required in the logistics industry, a much higher demand than in Scotland, for example, were there will be an expected requirement of just 60 thousand.

Total employee requirement in the logistics industry in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2020, by region

Characteristic	Number of required employees
South East	179,000
Greater London	142,000
North West	98,000
East of England	96,000
South West	85,000
Yorkshire	82,000
West Midlands	79,000
Scotland	60,000
East Midlands	39,000
North East	21,000
Northern Ireland	21,000
Wales	14,000

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Release date

May 2013

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010 to 2020

Supplementary notes

The figures are estimated based on the expected 10% increase in employment in the UK logistics sector between 2010 and 2020.
All data rounded up or down to nearest 1,000.'
This statistic using original data from the Department for Transport and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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