Data set from Occupations in demand

Scaled occupations in demand

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Published 11 December 2025

Last updated 11 December 2025

This file contains demand indicators used in determining occupations in demand, demand levels, and information on demand indicator uncertainty and indicator imputation.

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Data set details

• Theme: Labour market and skills
• Publication: Occupations in demand
• Release: Calendar year 2025
• Number of rows: 71,952
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Annual change in hours worked critical demand flag
  • Annual change in hours worked elevated demand flag
  • Annual change in hours worked lower estimate value
• Filters:
  • Demand level
  • ONS skill level
  • Occupation is in STEM
• Time period: 2025

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

soc20_unit	soc20_label	scaled_visa_density_lower_estimate	scaled_online_job_ad_density_lower_estimate	scaled_annual_change_in_hours_worked_lower_estimate	scaled_annual_perc_change_in_hourly_wage_lower_estimate	scaled_wage_premium_lower_estimate	demand_index	visa_density_critical	online_job_ad_critical	annual_change_in_hours_worked_critical	annual_perc_change_in_hourly_wage_critical	wage_premium_critical	visa_density_elevated	online_job_ad_elevated	annual_change_in_hours_worked_elevated	annual_perc_change_in_hourly_wage_elevated	wage_premium_elevated	demand_level	hourly_wage	workers	skill_level	immigration_salary_list	construction	STEM	indicator_uncertainty	indicator_demand	indicator_demand_uncertainty_flag	imputation_capped_indicators	named_imputed_indicators	count	percent	demand_level_percent	imputed_indicators	missing_indicators	time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name
Total	Total	0.0830661870048544	0.26483250184621	-0.31921282648788	0.42166323998123	-0.250108947169034	0.0391404030153348	26	74	18	58	16	205	134	171	195	80	Total	20.3000922564712	33023600	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total	412	100	100	163	66	2025	Reporting year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom
1111	Total	1.00632700164507	-1.30157360172841	2.67170253167673	0.292650824467625	1.72074838042423	0.877971027297049	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	Total	46.24	180200	Total	Total	Total	Total	No uncertainty	Demand in multiple indicators: change in hours worked, change in hourly wage, wage premium, visa density	Total	No indicators capped at elevated due to imputation	No indicators imputed	1	0.545670369069393	0.545670369069393	0	0	2025	Reporting year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom
1112	Total	-1.54544310119151	0.972543662811793	0.00880666327620697	-0.851678788817711	-2.23054001926568	-0.729262316637382	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	Total	17.05	14800	Total	Total	Total	Total	Uncertainty in visa density	Demand in multiple indicators: change in hours worked, online job advert density	Total	No indicators capped at elevated due to imputation	No indicators imputed	1	0.0448164343075861	0.0448164343075861	0	0	2025	Reporting year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom
1121	Total	0.647510932347867	0.295640356698856	0.0316641897290156	0.299806644167655	-0.3336379460717	0.188196835374339	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	Total	27.47	246100	Total	Total	Total	Total	No uncertainty	Demand in multiple indicators: change in hours worked, change in hourly wage, online job advert density, visa density	Total	No indicators capped at elevated due to imputation	No indicators imputed	1	0.745224627236279	0.745224627236279	0	0	2025	Reporting year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom
1122	Total	0.652846995667804	0.648759193901708	0.0316641897290156	-0.426709300648564	-0.855769307883707	0.0101583541532514	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	Total	25.7	165200	Total	Total	Total	Total	No uncertainty	Demand in multiple indicators: change in hours worked, online job advert density, visa density	Total	No indicators capped at elevated due to imputation	No indicators imputed	1	0.500248307271164	0.500248307271164	0	0	2025	Reporting year	National	K02000001	United Kingdom

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 35 variables

Variable name	Variable description
annual_change_in_hours_worked_critical	Annual change in hours worked critical demand flag
annual_change_in_hours_worked_elevated	Annual change in hours worked elevated demand flag
annual_perc_change_in_hourly_wage_critical	Annual percentage change in hourly wage critical demand flag
annual_perc_change_in_hourly_wage_elevated	Annual percentage change in hourly wage elevated demand flag
construction	Occupation is in construction - Filter by construction occupations

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Footnotes

1. Average is the weighted mean based on published workers.
2. The annual change in hourly wage, wage premium and annual change in hours worked indicators do not include Northern Ireland data, whereas the visa density and online job advert density indicators include data for the whole of the UK. This could disproportionately impact occupations which have a large proportion of workers in Northern Ireland.
3. Proportions may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
4. Worker volumes sourced from: Annual population survey Jul 2024 - Jun 2025 (opens in new tab)
5. Median wages sourced from: 2025 provisional Earnings and hours worked, occupation by four-digit SOC: ASHE Table 14 - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)  (opens in new tab)
6. Proportion uses the UK 16+ working population as the denominator.
7. Proportion uses the total workers in the respective demand level as the denominator.

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