Information on earnings and the living wage are, sourced from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and published by the Scottish Government at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/Earnings In the period, Jan 2016-Dec 2016 130,000 employees held temporary positions (5.8% of all employees), a decrease from 136,000 (6% of all employees) in Jan 2015–Dec 2015.