Data set from Employer Skills Survey

Vacancy measures by occupational group

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The total number of vacancies and establishments with at least one vacancy at 4 digit SOC level, number of hard to fill and skill-shortage vacancies, as well as hard to fill and skill-shortage vacancy density in 2019. Indicators can be broken down by UK nation, occupational group and sector.


Data set details

Theme
UK education and training statistics
Publication
Employer Skills Survey
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Number of establishments with at least one vacancy at the 4 digit SOC level
  • Number of vacancies
  • Number of hard to fill vacancies
Filters
  • 1 digit SOC code and name
  • 2 digit SOC code and name
  • 3 digit SOC code and name
Time period
2019

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
country_namesectorsoc_4_labelledsoc_3_labelledsoc_2_labelledsoc_1_labelledsample_estab_w_vac_for_x_occvac_sumhtfv_sumssv_sumhtfv_denssv_dencountry_codetime_periodtime_identifiergeographic_level
EnglandArts & Other Services1115 - Chief executives and senior officials111 - Chief executives and senior officials11 - Corporate managers and directors1 - Managers, directors and senior officialscuuuuuE920000012019Calendar yearNational
EnglandArts & Other Services1121 - Production managers and directors in manufacturing112 - Production managers and directors11 - Corporate managers and directors1 - Managers, directors and senior officialscuuuuuE920000012019Calendar yearNational
EnglandArts & Other Services1131 - Financial managers and directors113 - Functional managers and directors11 - Corporate managers and directors1 - Managers, directors and senior officials5uuuuuE920000012019Calendar yearNational
EnglandArts & Other Services1133 - Purchasing managers and directors113 - Functional managers and directors11 - Corporate managers and directors1 - Managers, directors and senior officialscuuuuuE920000012019Calendar yearNational
EnglandArts & Other Services1135 - Human resource managers and directors113 - Functional managers and directors11 - Corporate managers and directors1 - Managers, directors and senior officialscuuuuuE920000012019Calendar yearNational

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 11 variables
Variable nameVariable description
htfv_denHard to fill vacancy density (as a percentage of vacancies for the SOC code)
htfv_sumNumber of hard to fill vacancies
sample_estab_w_vac_for_x_occNumber of establishments with at least one vacancy at the 4 digit SOC level
sectorSector - Filter by sector
soc_1_labelled1 digit SOC code and name - Filter by 1 digit SOC code (SOC2010)

Footnotes

  1. The sum of vacancies by occupation is slightly lower than the total number of vacancies shown in the core indicator file. (This is also the case for hard-to-fill and skill-shortage vacancies.) This is because the survey only collects detailed information on up to 6 different occupations per establishment, in order to prevent excessively long interviews. If the intention is to show the total number of vacancies, use the core indicator file.
  2. For some vacancies, there is insufficient information from respondents to code a particular occupation (i.e. a 4 digit SOC code). In these cases, the vacancy is shown as 'not codeable to this level of SOC'. The vacancies are shown at a higher levels of occupational aggregation (e.g. a 3, 2 or 1 digit SOC code) where there is enough information to allow this.

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