How Many Working Days in 2025?
The full breakdown for England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Working days in 2025
253
England & Wales (Mon–Fri minus bank holidays)
By region
England & Wales
253
working days
Scotland
252
working days
Northern Ireland
251
working days
The 2025 working calendar in detail
England & Wales has 253 working days in 2025, set against 8 bank holidays across the year. That is 1 fewer than 2024, which had 254. The change comes from where the fixed-date holidays — New Year, Christmas, and Boxing Day — fall across the week, and whether any need a substitute day.
Easter falls late in 2025: Good Friday is Friday, 18 April 2025. Good Friday and Easter Monday are both bank holidays in England & Wales, so they remove two working days from the second quarter. A late Easter bunches the Easter and Early May holidays close together, compressing late April and early May.
2025 has 6 bank holidayslanding on a Monday or Friday in England & Wales, each creating a three-day weekend: Good Friday (Friday 18 April), Easter Monday (Monday 21 April), Early May bank holiday (Monday 5 May), Spring bank holiday (Monday 26 May), Summer bank holiday (Monday 25 August), Boxing Day (Friday 26 December). These are the dates to watch when a short deadline could quietly absorb a long weekend.
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Months | Working days (E&W) |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | January–March | 63 |
| Q2 | April–June | 61 |
| Q3 | July–September | 65 |
| Q4 | October–December | 64 |
The lightest quarter for working days is Q2 (April–June, 61 working days), where the bank holidays cluster; the fullest is Q3 (July–September, 65 working days). Capacity planning, billing targets, and delivery forecasts are more realistic when they reflect this uneven spread rather than assuming a flat quarter.
Monthly breakdown
Bank holidays in 2025
Hover or tap a month above to jump to its working-day breakdown. The full bank holiday list lives on our 2025 bank holidays page.
England & Wales
- New Year’s Day01/01
- Good Friday18/04
- Easter Monday21/04
- Early May bank holiday05/05
- Spring bank holiday26/05
- Summer bank holiday25/08
- Christmas Day25/12
- Boxing Day26/12
Scotland
- New Year’s Day01/01
- 2nd January02/01
- Good Friday18/04
- Early May bank holiday05/05
- Spring bank holiday26/05
- Summer bank holiday04/08
- St Andrew’s Day01/12
- Christmas Day25/12
- Boxing Day26/12
Northern Ireland
- New Year’s Day01/01
- St Patrick’s Day17/03
- Good Friday18/04
- Easter Monday21/04
- Early May bank holiday05/05
- Spring bank holiday26/05
- Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day)14/07
- Summer bank holiday25/08
- Christmas Day25/12
- Boxing Day26/12
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