"Figure 2: Record quarterly decrease for self-employed workers","" "UK employment percentage growth for employees and self-employed people (aged 16 years and over), seasonally adjusted, compared with March to May 2015","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Period","Employees","Self-Employed" "Mar-May 2015","0.000","0.000" "Apr-Jun 2015","0.005","1.015" "May-Jul 2015","0.237","1.274" "Jun-Aug 2015","0.452","0.886" "Jul-Sep 2015","0.643","2.311" "Aug-Oct 2015","0.881","3.534" "Sep-Nov 2015","1.094","4.030" "Oct-Dec 2015","1.070","4.625" "Nov-Jan 2016","1.156","4.227" "Dec-Feb 2016","1.075","4.797" "Jan-Mar 2016","1.064","5.384" "Feb-Apr 2016","1.172","5.218" "Mar-May 2016","1.295","6.809" "Apr-Jun 2016","1.412","6.978" "May-Jul 2016","1.706","6.273" "Jun-Aug 2016","1.689","6.996" "Jul-Sep 2016","1.676","7.031" "Aug-Oct 2016","1.702","6.470" "Sep-Nov 2016","1.660","6.915" "Oct-Dec 2016","1.712","7.383" "Nov-Jan 2017","1.679","7.499" "Dec-Feb 2017","1.776","7.345" "Jan-Mar 2017","2.096","7.271" "Feb-Apr 2017","2.136","7.492" "Mar-May 2017","2.464","7.201" "Apr-Jun 2017","2.619","7.461" "May-Jul 2017","2.734","8.205" "Jun-Aug 2017","2.586","8.506" "Jul-Sep 2017","2.614","7.536" "Aug-Oct 2017","2.706","7.463" "Sep-Nov 2017","3.253","6.642" "Oct-Dec 2017","2.996","6.785" "Nov-Jan 2018","3.392","6.717" "Dec-Feb 2018","3.633","6.334" "Jan-Mar 2018","3.947","6.206" "Feb-Apr 2018","3.940","7.570" "Mar-May 2018","3.997","7.036" "Apr-Jun 2018","4.050","6.658" "May-Jul 2018","3.985","7.358" "Jun-Aug 2018","4.152","6.593" "Jul-Sep 2018","4.269","6.420" "Aug-Oct 2018","4.421","6.823" "Sep-Nov 2018","4.352","8.553" "Oct-Dec 2018","4.570","8.202" "Nov-Jan 2019","4.999","8.173" "Dec-Feb 2019","5.030","8.041" "Jan-Mar 2019","4.584","10.222" "Feb-Apr 2019","4.855","9.836" "Mar-May 2019","4.708","10.780" "Apr-Jun 2019","4.870","10.862" "May-Jul 2019","4.877","10.162" "Jun-Aug 2019","4.521","10.220" "Jul-Sep 2019","4.686","10.778" "Aug-Oct 2019","4.836","10.891" "Sep-Nov 2019","5.031","11.805" "Oct-Dec 2019","5.086","12.375" "Nov-Jan 2020","5.215","12.511" "Dec-Feb 2020","5.579","12.409" "Jan-Mar 2020","5.987","11.770" "Feb-Apr 2020","5.852","9.590" "Mar-May 2020","5.947","8.424"