Zero-Hours Contracts: The latest figures and analysis

Almost a quarter (23 per cent) of those on ZHC are looking for a different or additional job, compared to only 7 per cent of those in non-ZHC work.
While fewer than one in 10 ZHC workers (9 per cent) are union members, this rises to almost one in four (23 per cent) of those with regular-hours contracts.

The likelihood of being on a ZHC is higher for the youngest age groups with half of all ZHC workers aged under 30. And this is not just down to students fitting in work around studies – 18 per cent of zero-hours workers overall are students.
More than half of workers (53 per cent) on ZHCs have GCSEs or A Levels as their highest qualification.
More than one in five ZHC workers (21 per cent) have a degree, or equivalent qualification.
You are most likely to be on a ZHC if you work in hospitality (one in 12 of all workers in the sector), followed by arts and leisure (one in 20) and administration (one in 25).
The sectors with the largest total number of ZHC workers are health and social work with 128,000 (22 per cent of the total), hospitality with 110,000 (19 per cent)) and both retail and administration with 58,000 (each 10 per cent).