Employer Skills Survey
Official statistics on vacancies, skills gaps and training, from the Employer Skills Survey.
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- Department for Education
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- Last updated
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If you have a specific enquiry about Employer Skills Survey statistics and data:
Surveys and Research Team
Email: Employer.SURVEYS@education.gov.ukContact name: Amy Clay
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Telephone: 020 7783 8300
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Official statistics
These are Official Statistics and have been produced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (opens in new tab).
This can be broadly interpreted to mean that these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
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Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
- Secretary of State for Education
- Permanent Secretary
- Minister of State (Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education)
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System and Student Finance)
- Special Adviser on Skills
- Special Adviser on Communications
- Director General for Skills Group
- Director, Further Education Oversight
- Director, Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
- Director, Skills Strategy and Engagement
- Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence and Science & Strategic Data Transformation
- Director, Technical Qualifications and Essential Skills
- Deputy Director, Unit for Future Skills
- Deputy Director, Skills Strategy and Delivery
- Deputy Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence and Science & Strategic Data Transformation
- G6 Head of Data and Modelling, Skills Policy Analysis Division
- G6 Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence and Science & Strategic Data Transformation
- G6 Head of Employer Insight, Apprenticeships Directorate
- G7 Statistician, Unit for Future Skills
- G7, Skills Strategy and Engagement
- G7 Statistician, Skills Policy Analysis Division
- Higher Executive Officer, Social Media
- Higher Executive Officer, Social Media
- Deputy Director, Education Analytical Services (Scottish Government)
- Senior Principal Researcher, Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis (Scottish Government)
- Principal Research Officer, Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis (Scottish Government)
- Senior Research Officer, Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis (Scottish Government)
- Assistant Statistician, Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis (Scottish Government)
- Statistician, Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis (Scottish Government)
- Senior Principal Statistician, Analytical Services Division (Department for the Economy Northern Ireland)
- Principal Economist, Analytical Services Division (Department for the Economy Northern Ireland)
- Deputy Economist, Analytical Services Division (Department for the Economy Northern Ireland)
- First Minister (Welsh Government)
- Minister for Economy (Welsh Government)
- Special Advisor (Welsh Government)
- Director, Social Partnership, Employability and Fair Work (Welsh Government)
- Chief Statistician (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Further Education and Apprenticeships Division (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Higher Education Division (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Economic Policy (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Employability & Skills (Welsh Government)
- Head of News (Welsh Government)
- Head of Research, Education, Social Justice and Welsh Language Group (Welsh Government)
- Head of Employability Strategy (Welsh Government)
- Head of Communications (Welsh Government)
- Head of Economic Analysis and Evidence (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Head of Economy, Treasury and Constitution Communications (Welsh Government)
- Principal Research Officer, Labour Market Intelligence (Welsh Government)
- Senior Research Officer, Labour Market Intelligence (Welsh Government)
- Senior Information Officer (Welsh Government)
- Senior Press Officer (Welsh Government)