The table illustrates people count between the ages of 18 and 65 who were employed in various industry in the United Kingdom in 1998 and 8 years later.
Overall, the table shows that some categories declined while other grew. For example, in 1998 in the sphere of hotel and catering 18-25 ages of people was more than other – 25.764. However by 2006 their number decreased to 18.998 and people in 36-45 age group were the most numerous – 21.303. Likewise, in 1998 the building industry employed more workers aged 18-25 (112.565) and fewer 56-65 (5.400), 8 years later workforce dropped slightly but in common it stayed unchanged: 18-25 – 86.430 and 56-65 – 3.287. The technology sector had the highest number of people between the ages of 26 and 35 over the entire period: 63.889 in 1998 and 454.35 in 2006. Also in education there were a lot of people who aged 46-55 – 125.345 in 1998. By contrast, in 2008 first place went to those 36-45 years old – 125.436.
It is interesting to note that in 1998 most people were in the field of education – more than 410.00 people and the fewest in hotel and catering sector – under 72000 workers. 8 years later technology sphere was the most popular – over 990000 employees had a job there and fewer than 80000 in hotel and catering industry.