"Figure 3: The number of self-employed women has increased by 45.3% over the last 10 years; this is more than double the percentage increase for men","" "UK percentage growth for employees and self-employed men and women (aged 16 years and over), seasonally adjusted, between January to March 2010 and January to March 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Period","Men: employees","Women: employees","Men: self-employed","Women: self-employed" "Jan-Mar 2010","0.000","0.000","0.000","0.000" "Feb-Apr 2010","0.094","0.005","0.186","1.192" "Mar-May 2010","0.620","0.312","0.450","-0.664" "Apr-Jun 2010","0.934","0.470","0.488","-1.572" "May-Jul 2010","1.347","0.661","1.626","-0.912" "Jun-Aug 2010","1.393","0.702","2.315","-2.148" "Jul-Sep 2010","1.525","0.576","3.231","0.147" "Aug-Oct 2010","1.685","0.372","1.198","-0.627" "Sep-Nov 2010","1.503","0.192","1.824","-0.189" "Oct-Dec 2010","1.761","0.269","2.145","-0.446" "Nov-Jan 2011","2.063","0.289","1.746","1.869" "Dec-Feb 2011","2.159","0.629","1.655","2.172" "Jan-Mar 2011","2.199","0.935","0.724","0.748" "Feb-Apr 2011","2.408","0.581","1.883","0.227" "Mar-May 2011","2.396","0.855","2.058","0.928" "Apr-Jun 2011","2.235","0.998","2.275","-0.778" "May-Jul 2011","1.722","0.831","2.226","-1.307" "Jun-Aug 2011","1.375","0.425","2.617","1.905" "Jul-Sep 2011","0.765","0.259","4.375","3.801" "Aug-Oct 2011","0.733","0.098","5.170","4.767" "Sep-Nov 2011","0.757","0.208","5.193","4.390" "Oct-Dec 2011","1.058","0.317","4.124","4.146" "Nov-Jan 2012","1.005","0.264","4.247","4.653" "Dec-Feb 2012","1.293","0.004","4.709","5.985" "Jan-Mar 2012","1.374","0.213","5.092","7.709" "Feb-Apr 2012","1.479","0.285","5.611","7.228" "Mar-May 2012","1.574","0.637","6.125","5.183" "Apr-Jun 2012","1.962","0.787","7.051","6.100" "May-Jul 2012","1.903","1.131","7.331","7.979" "Jun-Aug 2012","2.149","1.351","7.053","6.981" "Jul-Sep 2012","2.006","1.298","7.117","6.816" "Aug-Oct 2012","2.046","1.166","7.080","6.213" "Sep-Nov 2012","2.534","1.414","6.227","9.251" "Oct-Dec 2012","2.557","1.657","6.471","10.514" "Nov-Jan 2013","2.646","1.936","5.304","8.896" "Dec-Feb 2013","2.159","1.819","5.876","8.882" "Jan-Mar 2013","2.318","2.136","5.236","7.263" "Feb-Apr 2013","2.363","2.109","5.810","8.737" "Mar-May 2013","2.523","2.037","5.105","7.520" "Apr-Jun 2013","2.767","2.203","5.262","8.147" "May-Jul 2013","3.027","2.400","5.552","8.113" "Jun-Aug 2013","3.072","2.205","6.265","9.710" "Jul-Sep 2013","3.583","2.324","6.186","10.011" "Aug-Oct 2013","3.626","2.754","7.321","11.869" "Sep-Nov 2013","3.667","2.657","9.688","15.752" "Oct-Dec 2013","3.474","2.722","9.890","16.546" "Nov-Jan 2014","3.344","2.619","12.071","17.945" "Dec-Feb 2014","3.726","3.231","12.902","19.136" "Jan-Mar 2014","3.779","3.157","13.307","21.700" "Feb-Apr 2014","4.238","3.620","12.972","22.032" "Mar-May 2014","4.626","3.916","13.010","24.055" "Apr-Jun 2014","4.414","3.737","13.062","24.483" "May-Jul 2014","4.382","4.001","12.579","22.421" "Jun-Aug 2014","4.935","4.398","12.267","19.677" "Jul-Sep 2014","5.201","4.567","12.412","19.629" "Aug-Oct 2014","5.313","4.518","11.814","22.136" "Sep-Nov 2014","5.475","4.582","11.169","23.310" "Oct-Dec 2014","6.019","5.015","10.295","23.383" "Nov-Jan 2015","6.155","5.108","10.956","24.025" "Dec-Feb 2015","6.596","5.555","11.912","22.468" "Jan-Mar 2015","6.983","5.604","11.082","22.356" "Feb-Apr 2015","6.779","5.902","10.582","20.907" "Mar-May 2015","6.627","5.761","9.528","21.559" "Apr-Jun 2015","6.600","5.800","11.212","21.447" "May-Jul 2015","6.988","5.902","11.408","21.968" "Jun-Aug 2015","7.554","5.787","10.698","22.168" "Jul-Sep 2015","7.480","6.271","12.452","23.447" "Aug-Oct 2015","8.061","6.191","13.350","25.968" "Sep-Nov 2015","8.285","6.420","13.765","26.873" "Oct-Dec 2015","8.379","6.273","14.202","28.101" "Nov-Jan 2016","8.365","6.471","14.245","26.492" "Dec-Feb 2016","8.206","6.458","15.338","26.084" "Jan-Mar 2016","8.171","6.471","15.693","27.475" "Feb-Apr 2016","8.125","6.748","16.121","25.840" "Mar-May 2016","8.054","7.083","17.017","29.763" "Apr-Jun 2016","8.269","7.116","17.243","29.871" "May-Jul 2016","8.738","7.269","15.824","30.536" "Jun-Aug 2016","8.775","7.194","16.890","30.773" "Jul-Sep 2016","8.753","7.190","15.904","33.223" "Aug-Oct 2016","8.723","7.276","14.640","34.067" "Sep-Nov 2016","8.475","7.437","15.651","33.377" "Oct-Dec 2016","8.414","7.611","16.291","33.647" "Nov-Jan 2017","8.552","7.400","16.389","33.858" "Dec-Feb 2017","8.675","7.484","15.898","34.428" "Jan-Mar 2017","8.949","7.891","15.839","34.287" "Feb-Apr 2017","9.044","7.879","16.042","34.645" "Mar-May 2017","9.297","8.323","16.162","33.259" "Apr-Jun 2017","9.435","8.516","16.348","33.811" "May-Jul 2017","9.367","8.831","16.605","36.025" "Jun-Aug 2017","9.312","8.569","16.646","37.070" "Jul-Sep 2017","9.227","8.716","16.196","34.451" "Aug-Oct 2017","9.188","8.953","15.714","35.308" "Sep-Nov 2017","10.289","9.005","14.613","34.784" "Oct-Dec 2017","9.983","8.766","14.212","36.269" "Nov-Jan 2018","10.487","9.103","14.210","36.015" "Dec-Feb 2018","10.882","9.216","13.080","37.221" "Jan-Mar 2018","11.210","9.555","12.980","36.972" "Feb-Apr 2018","10.937","9.817","14.432","38.730" "Mar-May 2018","10.910","9.966","14.580","36.355" "Apr-Jun 2018","11.122","9.864","14.362","35.436" "May-Jul 2018","11.016","9.834","15.157","36.217" "Jun-Aug 2018","11.187","10.017","14.473","34.930" "Jul-Sep 2018","11.353","10.098","14.645","33.869" "Aug-Oct 2018","11.488","10.288","15.320","33.808" "Sep-Nov 2018","11.562","10.065","16.422","37.775" "Oct-Dec 2018","11.654","10.439","16.455","36.368" "Nov-Jan 2019","11.820","11.187","16.868","35.285" "Dec-Feb 2019","11.611","11.465","17.408","33.513" "Jan-Mar 2019","10.911","11.221","19.276","37.391" "Feb-Apr 2019","11.180","11.528","18.556","37.621" "Mar-May 2019","11.034","11.363","18.723","40.808" "Apr-Jun 2019","10.924","11.822","18.464","41.727" "May-Jul 2019","11.002","11.757","18.067","40.005" "Jun-Aug 2019","10.796","11.204","18.816","38.463" "Jul-Sep 2019","10.878","11.474","19.740","38.409" "Aug-Oct 2019","11.271","11.396","18.774","41.107" "Sep-Nov 2019","11.190","11.895","19.223","43.515" "Oct-Dec 2019","11.290","11.912","19.360","45.359" "Nov-Jan 2020","11.204","12.275","19.605","45.298" "Dec-Feb 2020","11.400","12.854","19.405","45.379" "Jan-Mar 2020","11.701","13.423","18.425","45.261"