Rolls-Royce is one of the UK's leading high-skilled employers, directly providing jobs for more than 23,000 workers across 37 sites. This UK workforce is the backbone of our broader global operation, making up over 50% of Rolls-Royce's employees worldwide.
Through our business, we also support an additional 50,000 jobs every year, via indirect and induced employment. Our company spends over £2bn annually with more than 1,350 British suppliers. This means that for every Rolls-Royce employee working today, two more jobs exist in the British economy that would not otherwise be there. This multiplier is particularly pronounced in the area around Derby, our largest UK site, where as many as one in eight workers are supported by our operations.
Alongside being highly productive, our people are highly loyal, with record rates of employee retention in the UK. Employees in our Civil Aerospace division, for example, have a median tenure of 11 years – 60% longer than the national average. One in five team members have been at Rolls-Royce for over two decades. It makes us immensely proud that we are able to provide long-term careers, benefitting our people and local communities.