Which jobs have the shortest weekly hours?

Using official 'big data' sources, we look at the jobs that have the shortest average working week in the UK.

#	Occupation	Average Weekly Hours 2022
1	Human resource managers and directors	37 hours
2	Financial managers and directors	38 hours
3	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	38 hours
4	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	39 hours
5	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	39 hours
6	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	39 hours
7	Information technology professionals n.e.c.	39 hours
8	Graphic and multimedia designers	39 hours
9	Purchasing managers and directors	40 hours
10	Charitable organisation managers and directors	40 hours
11	Property, housing and estate managers	40 hours
12	Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors	40 hours
13	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	40 hours
14	Biological scientists	40 hours
15	Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.	40 hours
16	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	40 hours
17	Cyber security professionals	40 hours
18	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	41 hours
19	Public relations and communications directors	41 hours
20	Travel agency managers and proprietors	41 hours
21	Civil engineers	41 hours
22	Engineering project managers and project engineers	41 hours
23	IT network professionals	41 hours
24	Web design professionals	41 hours
25	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	42 hours
26	Managers in storage and warehousing	42 hours
27	Chemical scientists	42 hours
28	Physical scientists	42 hours
29	Mechanical engineers	42 hours
30	Electrical engineers	42 hours
31	IT quality and testing professionals	42 hours
32	Generalist medical practitioners	42 hours
33	Specialist medical practitioners	42 hours
34	Production managers and directors in construction	43 hours
35	Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors	43 hours
36	Managers in transport and distribution	43 hours
37	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	43 hours
38	Managers and directors in the creative industries	43 hours
39	Electronics engineers	43 hours
40	Aerospace engineers	43 hours
41	Garage managers and proprietors	44 hours
42	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	45 hours
43	Leisure and sports managers and proprietors	45 hours
44	Publicans and managers of licensed premises	46 hours
45	Programmers and software development professionals	46 hours

37 hours

Human resource managers and directors

Average weekly hours UK 2022 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

38 hours

Financial managers and directors

Average weekly hours UK 2022 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

38 hours

Functional managers and directors n.e.c.

Average weekly hours UK 2022 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

39 hours

Marketing, sales and advertising directors

Average weekly hours UK 2022 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

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