UKCS Offshore Workforce Demographics Report 2013

UKCS OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2013

The breakdown of non-British nationalities working offshore on the UKCS is provided in figure 21 below. In comparison to 2011, a number of observations can be made: • The greatest number of non-British employees in 2012 were still Norwegian, followed by the Dutch and employees from the USA. • The proportion of Canadians, French, Germans, Polish, Irish and Lithuanians working on the UKCS declined in 2012. • The proportion of Maltese employees declined, dropping out of the top ten non-British nationalities working on the UKCS. • The Danish employees were a new entry in the top ten in 2012, accounting for 3.5 per cent of the offshore population from outside the UK.

Figure 21: The Top Ten Non-British Nationalities Working on the UK Continental Shelf

Proportion of Non-British Workers

Nationality

No. of Personnel

Norwegian

15%

1,473

Dutch

9.4%

918

American (USA)

4.7%

464

Polish

4.4%

429

Irish

3.5%

344

Danish

3.5%

340

French

2.5%

247

Canadian

2.3%

230

Lithuanian

2.1%

201

German

1.9%

188

Other

50.6%

4,956

Total No. of Non-British Employees

9,790

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