Career mobility | Hybrid working still shaped by class, age & income, ONS data reveals

Hybrid working has become a lasting legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, with new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing that 28% of working adults in Great Britain were hybrid workers between January and March 2025.

However, the findings reveal stark inequalities in who benefits from this model, with differences shaped by education level, income, region, disability status and job type.