The table compares how many people worked for each age group in particular sectors in the UK in 1998 and 2006.
Overall, what stands out from the chart is that while the number of employees for all age categories in the building field decreased, there was a rapid increase in that of people who worked in the technology sector. At the same time, hotel and catering and education in all ages saw small differences between 1998 and 2006.
Moving to a more detailed analysis, in 1998, the quantity of 18-25 aged workers was the highest in the building field, at 112,565, which was followed by hotel and catering accounting for 25,764 and in the remaining two categories it was just under 10,000. While the figure for 26-35 aged employees in hotel and catering was less than 20,000, in the other three sectors it was about 100,000 in this year. There was a considerable decrease in hotel and catering for the youngest workers, building, and education to 18,998, 86,430, and 4,987, respectively in 2006, whereas technology field for this age group rocketed to 187,600. 2006 saw a rise in all sectors (hotel to 19,034, the technology to 454,375, and education to 115,476) expect from building (46,409) for 26-36 aged people.
With regard to the other age groups, hotel and catering and building was under 15,000 for 46-55 and 56-65 people in both 1998 and 2006. The technology for these ages rose approximately 20 times with 46-55 people comprising 3,090 and 56-65 workers accounting for 800 at the beginning of the period. Hotel and catering and building for 36-45 aged employees were always under 25,000 and technology increased rapidly for this age group from 18,452 to 273,466. While education for 36-55 people was more than 15,000 in both 1998 and 2006, it for 56-65 declined roughly two times from 43,647 to 23,000.