Demographics Report 2014

UKCSOFFSHOREWORKFORCEDEMOGRAPHICSREPORT2014

Figure 3 below illustrates the distribution of the total offshoreworkforce between thoseworking for operators and thoseworking for contractors.

In 2013, the number of personnel working for operators increased by 4.2 per cent to 12,971. Whilst this is a smaller year-on-year increase than from 2011 to 2012, which saw a 4.8 per cent rise, it is nevertheless a positive trend. A total of 48,921 personnel worked for contractors in 2013, which represents almost 80 per cent of the total offshoreworkforce, and an increase of almost 10 per cent from2012 and 15.6 per cent from2006.

Figure3: Total Personnel TravellingOffshore forOperatorsandContractors from2006 to2013

70,000

Operators Contractors Total

60,000

50,000

40,000

30,000

Number of Personnel

20,000

10,000

0

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Source: VantagePOB Source: VantagePOB

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