UKCS Offshore Workforce Demographics Report 2015

UKCS OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2015

Figure 22: A Map Showing the Nationalities Working Offshore on the UK Continental Shelf. The Countries Shown in Green are Represented by Employees.

The top 10 non-British nationalities working on the UKCS are shown in Figure 23 below. The percentage of Norwegian workers has declined from 16.1 per cent in 2013 to 13.7 per cent last year, whilst the proportions of Dutch, Polish, American, Irish, French and Romanian workers have all increased. Canadians have fallen out of the top ten while Italians have entered the list.

Figure 23: The Top Ten Non-British Nationalities Working on the UK Continental Shelf

Nationality 1. Norwegian

Proportion

No. of Personnel

1,399 1,060

13.7% 10.4%

2. Dutch 3. Polish

648 502 481 298 280 251 223 199

6.3% 4.9% 4.7% 2.9% 2.7% 2.5% 2.2% 1.9%

4. Irish

5. American (USA)

6. French 7. Italian

8. Romanian 9. Lithuanian

10. Danish

Other

4,891

47.8%

Total Number of Non-British Employees

10,232

Source: Vantage POB

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