UK STEM employment projections scenarios
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Unit for Future Skills employment projections of numbers of jobs for each year to 2030 in different scenarios, for groups of occupations. Based on the Skills Imperative 2035 Employment and Skills Projections.
Provided for Baseline, High growth, Population growth, and Technological growth scenarios.
Details of scenario and group definitions are available in the publication methodology.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Further education
- Publication
- Supply of skills for jobs in science and technology
- Release
- Calendar year 2023
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Employment projection
- Filters
- Group of occupations
- Growth scenario
- Time period
- 2013 to 2030
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | group | scenario | employment_projection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Calendar year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Digital and Computing SOC2020 | Outturn | 1149.1 |
| 2014 | Calendar year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Digital and Computing SOC2020 | Outturn | 1182.2 |
| 2015 | Calendar year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Digital and Computing SOC2020 | Outturn | 1209.9 |
| 2016 | Calendar year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Digital and Computing SOC2020 | Outturn | 1305.3 |
| 2017 | Calendar year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom | Digital and Computing SOC2020 | Outturn | 1326.1 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| employment_projection | Employment projection |
| group | Group of occupations - Filter by occupation group |
| scenario | Growth scenario - Filter by projection scenario |
Footnotes
- Data for 2021 onwards is based on SOC 2020, and data prior to 2021 is based on SOC 2010.
- Not STEM includes Medicine and Health.
- Projections from the Skills Imperative 2035 are rebased for employment data from the Annual Population Survey, July 2022-June 2023.
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