UKCS Offshore Workforce Demographics Report 2015

Similar to 2013, almost half of the offshore workforce travelled to the central North Sea last year. There was a 20.8 per cent (447) decrease in the numbers working in the west of Shetland (W of S) overall.

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Figure 7: Geographical Distribution of the Total Offshore Workforce on the UK Continental Shelf 1

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West of Shetland

No. of Males & Females

No. of Males No. of Females

Northern North Sea

1,704

1,605

99

No. of Males & Females

% of Total Workforce

No. of Males No. of Females

2.7

2.5

0.2

4

8,482

8,196

286

% of Total Workforce 13.2

12.8

0.4

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Central North Sea

No. of Males & Females

No. of Males No. of Females

31,408

30,076

1,332

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% of Total Workforce

49

46.9

2.1

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Morecambe Bay (including East Irish Sea) No. of Males & Females

No. of Males No. of Females

1,261

1,220

41

% of Total Workforce

2

1.9

0.1

Southern North Sea

No. of Males & Females

No. of Males No. of Females

6,023

5,863

160

% of Total Workforce

9.4

9.1

0.2

Multiple Sectors

No. of Males & Females

No. of Males No. of Females

15,235

14,850

385

% of Total Workforce 23.8

23.2

0.6

1 All percentages displayed have been rounded and so do not add up to 100.

Source: Vantage POB

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