Future projected employment growth for STEM occupations for baseline, technological growth, population growth, and high growth scenarios.

UK STEM employment projections scenarios

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Employment data for occupation groups, based on ONS SOC (details of group definitions are available in the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/supply-of-skills-for-jobs-in-science-and-technology">publication methodology</a>), and industry groups defined by ONS based on SIC (see footnote):<ul><li>Employment volumes presented in millions, to one decimal place. Data from Annual Population Survey July 2022 - June 2023, sourced from ONS NOMIS</li></ul>

UK STEM employment by industry

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:<ul><li>Employment volumes presented in millions, to one decimal place</li><li>Details of group definitions are available in the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/supply-of-skills-for-jobs-in-science-and-technology">publication methodology</a></li></ul>

UK STEM employment growth

Employment data for each SOC Unit group (4 digit) from Annual Population Survey July 2022 - June 2023, sourced from ONS NOMIS:<ul><li>Employment volumes, rounded to nearest 100</li><li>Female % of employment</li><li>Annual % growth from July 2021-June 2022 data</li></ul>

UK STEM employment by occupation

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 <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/supply-of-skills-for-jobs-in-science-and-technology">publication methodology</a>.

Details of education pathways prior to early career employment in England in different SOC2010 occupations (or groups of occupations), using pooled employment data from 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 tax years; where an employee appears more than once, we take the information from the latest tax year observed. Further details are available in the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/supply-of-skills-for-jobs-in-science-and-technology">publication methodology</a>.The 'proportion' measure shows the share of employees for a group defined by selecting filters from:<ul><li>breakdown: filtering the group variable to show individual occupations or STEM sub-groups</li><li>group: to select a specific STEM sub-group or specific individual occupation</li><li>pathway: to select employees whose highest qualification was attained in Higher Education, Further Education, an Apprenticeship, or at A/AS Level or GCSE level</li><li>stem_qual: whether the highest qualification was in a STEM subject</li><li>top_10_subjects: whether the qualification is in a top 10 subject area for early career workers, and which one</li></ul>The 'all_occupations_proportion' measure is a comparator showing the share of employees for the group selected, but ignoring the occupation selection (defined by 'breakdown' and 'group').

England science and technology education pathways

Data about highest qualifications prior to early career employment in England in STEM occupations, using pooled employment data from 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 tax years; where an employee appears more than once, we take the information from the latest tax year observed. Further details are available in the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/supply-of-skills-for-jobs-in-science-and-technology">publication methodology</a>.The 'stem_qualification' measure shows the share of people having a STEM-related qualification, within groups defined by level of highest qualification held and gender.

England qualification levels for STEM employees

Data about the share of early career employees in England in different SOC2010 occupations (or groups of occupations), using pooled employment data from 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 tax years; where an employee appears more than once, we take the information from the latest tax year observed. Further details are available in the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/supply-of-skills-for-jobs-in-science-and-technology">publication methodology</a>.The 'employee_share' measure shows the share of employees for a group defined by selecting filters from:<ul><li>group: to select a specific STEM sub-group</li><li>qualification_type: A Level or GCSE</li><li>subject: either Any A Level or specific A Level or GCSE subject</li></ul>

England GCSE and A Levels held by STEM employees

Skills Imperative 2035 Employment and Skills Projections of numbers of jobs for each year to 2035, provided for each SOC Unit Group (4 digit), based on the value for the relevant SOC Sub-major Group (2 digit).

UK Skills Imperative 2035 employment projections by occupation

Skills Imperative 2035 Employment and Skills Projections of numbers of jobs for each year to 2035, provided for groups of occupations (details of group definitions are available in the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/supply-of-skills-for-jobs-in-science-and-technology">publication methodology</a>).

UK Skills Imperative 2035 employment projections by occupation group

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Children's social care

Including Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

COVID-19

Including not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics

Destination of pupils and students

Including early years foundation stage profile and early years surveys statistics

Early years

Including local authority (LA) and student loan statistics

Finance and funding

Including advanced learner loan, benefit claimant and apprenticeship and traineeship statistics

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Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Labour market and skills

Including absence, application and offers, capacity, exclusion and special educational needs (SEN) statistics

Pupils and schools

School and college outcomes and performance

Including initial teacher training (ITT) statistics

Teachers and school workforce

Including summarised expenditure, post-compulsory education, qualification and school statistics

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