BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 69

Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 69.


Workforce Status

In Wave 69 the BICS asked businesses about the status of their workforce. Note that businesses were asked about the status of their workforce in October 2022.

Figure 1: In October 2022, 66.3% of the workforce were estimated to be working from a designated workspace, 25.5% to be using a hybrid model of working and 5.4% working from home. In the latest period, the industry sectors with the lowest proportion of the workforce working from a designated workspace were the Information & Communication and Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities sectors, estimated at 13.3% and 21.3% respectively – with these sectors having the highest rates of hybrid working and home working.

A bar chart showing 66.3% of the workforce were estimated to be working from a designated workspace in October 2022.

Source: Office for National Statistics – BICS – Weighted Scotland Estimates – Wave 69

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Marina Curran

Business & Innovation Statistics

Office of the Chief Economic Adviser

e-mail: marina.curran@gov.scot or industrystatistics@gov.scot

 

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