"Figure 4: Employees on temporary contracts in the public sector have higher retention rates than those on temporary contracts in the private sector","" " One-year retention rates by contract type in largest public sector occupations, UK, 2016 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Rates showing as 0% mean that the rate is unpublished for disclosure and quality reasons. 2. The permanency of a job relates to the job itself, not the respondent's intentions about that job. 3. Occupations shown are the largest public sector occupations. See [How are occupations defined?] (https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicspending/articles/isstaffretentionanissueinthepublicsector/2019-06-17#how-are-the-occupations-defined) for more information. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Not permanent","Permanent" "UK workforce","61","84" "","undefined","undefined" "Private sector","58","83" "Public sector","68","85" "","undefined","undefined" "Police officers","0","94" "Heads of educational establishments","0","92" "Nurses and midwives","89","92" "Local and national government administrative roles","0","91" "University lecturers","50","90" "Doctors","92","89" "Social workers","0","88" "Nurse auxiliaries/assistants","0","88" "Primary school teachers","80","88" "Secondary school teachers","51","86" "Teaching and educational support assistants","71","84" "Crossing patrols and school midday supervisors","0","83" "Further education teachers","0","79" "Cleaners and housekeepers","0","74" "Care workers","0","68"