On January 19th, LinkedIn hit 20 million members in the UK. Here are some insights into our member base. Update your profile today: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=li_li_
Meet our
20 million
UK members
State of the nation
Top UK cities by number of members on LinkedIn
The story so far
2015 in numbers
Our UK membership growth since 2009
Skills in demand
Sales
Recruiter
HR
Marketing
Java
Our members’ professions
265k 196k 164k 110k
11k
535k
Marketers Accountants Teachers Nurses
Lawyers
Engineers
The top skills searched by recruiters in 2015
2009
3m 5m 8m
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
11m 14m
18m 19m 20m
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More than 1.2 million members changed employers
338.7 million new connections were made in the UK
330,061 members received promotions
Business as usual
Most represented industries
on LinkedIn
An international workforce
Top 5 countries our members
are from
Biggest British employers on LinkedIn based on number of members
Hospital &
Health Care
Retail
Financial Services
Education Management
Accounting
Marketing &
Advertising
IT &
Services
Construction
664k
630k
600k
566k
540k
429k
371k
334k
Nearly 200k joined the UK workforce from abroad in 2015
United States
Australia
France
India
Spain
United States
Australia
India
France
South Africa
Top 5 countries our members
moved to
201k UK members moved abroad for work in 2015
London Birmingham Manchester Reading Glasgow
1
2
3
4
5
6k
Plumbers
814
Poets
Source: LinkedIn UK Member Data - January 2016
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597
Magicians
217
Opera Singers