Data set from Supply of skills for jobs in science and technology

UK STEM employment growth

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Employment volume and growth for occupation groups. Data from Annual Population Survey July 2022 - June 2023 and July 2012 - June 2013, sourced from ONS NOMIS:

  • Employment volumes presented in millions, to one decimal place
  • Details of group definitions are available in the publication methodology

Data set details

Theme
Further education
Publication
Supply of skills for jobs in science and technology
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Employment (millions)
  • Growth since 2013
Filters
  • Group of occupations
Time period
2013 to 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namegroupemploymentgrowth_since_2013
2013Calendar yearNationalK02000001United KingdomAll occupations29.50
2023Calendar yearNationalK02000001United KingdomAll occupations32.711
2013Calendar yearNationalK02000001United KingdomSTEM7.70
2023Calendar yearNationalK02000001United KingdomSTEM9.422
2013Calendar yearNationalK02000001United KingdomNot STEM21.80

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable nameVariable description
employmentEmployment (millions)
groupGroup of occupations - Filter by occupation group
growth_since_2013Growth since 2013

Footnotes

  1. Data for 2021 onwards is based on SOC 2020, and data prior to 2021 is based on SOC 2010.
  2. Not STEM includes Medicine and Health.

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