The state of UK HR told in 20 stats
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HR plays an extremely important role in the workplace, including creating a positive work environment, recruitment, talent retention, and keeping on top of conflict management.
The HR landscape has been, and continues to evolve, at an ever-increasing rate. The need for a better work-life balance, the release of new technologies, economic uncertainty, and demographic inclusion, are all factors that affect the approach HR takes daily.
HR professionals have a better understanding of the UK workforce than any other industry, so let’s take a look at some very interesting HR and workforce stats!
The HR industry
- The general workforce has grown by 10% in the last decade, whereas this is 42% for HR professionals
- For every 100 employees there are on average 1.54 HR professionals
- Revenue is boosted by x4 on average when there is a well-functioning HR role present
- 78% of HR professionals are in the private sector compared to 22% in the public sector
- Gender diversity in HR is 76% female and 24% male
- 98% of HR staff say that they have experienced burnout, with 94% having felt overwhelmed in the past 6 months.
- Over two-thirds of HR professionals state they would like a new challenge and would venture into a new profession.
- There are over 3000 live vacancies for HR professionals on Indeed
The UK workforce as told by HR
- 65% of employees would rather tolerate lower pay than a bad work environment
- 79% of the workforce support pay transparency in job listings
- The average UK worker stays in a job for 4.5 years
- Flexible working is the most desired job benefit followed by job security and a competitive salary
- Business is on average 21% more profitable when the workforce is highly engaged
- The average work week is 1.83 hours longer than it was in December 2022
- 94% of employees are actively choosing and leaving jobs based on career progression opportunities and skill development.
- Companies using pay programmes see on average 1.4 times higher productivity rates
- Poor employee mental health costs UK businesses £56 billion per year
- Every £1 invested into employee mental health services sees £5.30 returned due to improvements in staff retention and performance
- Company engagement and revenue increase by 20% if there is an equality diversity and inclusion strategy in place.
- 47% of UK companies don’t have a ED&I strategy
(Sources: Lets talk talent, Beyond HR, Guider, Linkedin Learning)
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