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 2019
1	Psychologists	32 hours
2	Medical practitioners	34 hours
3	Purchasing managers and directors	35 hours
4	Web design and development professionals	35 hours
5	Chief executives and senior officials	36 hours
6	Programmers and software development professionals	36 hours
7	Information technology and telecommunications professionals n.e.c.	36 hours
8	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	37 hours
9	Marketing and sales directors	37 hours
10	Human resource managers and directors	37 hours
11	Biological scientists and biochemists	37 hours
12	Design and development engineers	37 hours
13	IT specialist managers	37 hours
14	IT project and programme managers	37 hours
15	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	37 hours
16	Environment professionals	37 hours
17	Research and development managers	37 hours
18	Financial managers and directors	38 hours
19	Information technology and telecommunications directors	38 hours
20	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	38 hours
21	Civil engineers	38 hours
22	Mechanical engineers	38 hours
23	Production and process engineers	38 hours
24	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	38 hours
25	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	39 hours
26	Electrical engineers	39 hours
27	Conservation professionals	39 hours
28	Chemical scientists	40 hours
29	Production managers and directors in construction	41 hours
30	Advertising and public relations directors	41 hours
31	Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.	41 hours
32	Electronics engineers	41 hours
33	Physical scientists	42 hours
34	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	45 hours
35	Social and humanities scientists	45 hours
36	Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors	48 hours
37	Property, housing and estate managers	49 hours
38	Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors	49 hours
39	Elected officers and representatives	50 hours
40	Leisure and sports managers	52 hours
41	Travel agency managers and proprietors	52 hours
42	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	52 hours
43	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	53 hours
44	Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	55 hours
45	Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services	56 hours
46	Publicans and managers of licensed premises	56 hours
47	Health care practice managers	57 hours
48	Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors	63 hours
49	Garage managers and proprietors	68 hours
50	Shopkeepers and proprietors – wholesale and retail	74 hours

32 hours

Psychologists

Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

34 hours

Medical practitioners

Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

35 hours

Purchasing managers and directors

Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

35 hours

Web design and development professionals

Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

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