Calendar year 2024

Employer Skills Survey

Official statistics on vacancies, skills gaps and training, from the Employer Skills Survey.

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  • Core indicators

    National, Regional

    Covers vacancies, hard-to-fill vacancies, skill-shortage vacancies, skills gaps and training measures. Data can be broken down by country, region, sector, single or multi-site, site type and site size.

    Number of rows
    124,129
    Indicators
    • Number of sites with at least one vacancy
    • Number of vacancies
    • Percentage of sites with at least one vacancy
    Filters
    • Site size
    • Site type
    • Single site or one of multiple sites within organisation
    Time period
    2011 to 2024
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  • Investment in training

    National, Regional

    Covers total investment through training, as well as investment in training per employee and trainee. Original figures and figures adjusted for 2024 inflation. Indicators can be broken down by country, region, sector and site size.

    Number of rows
    7,848
    Indicators
    • Number of employees
    • Number of trainees
    • Sample size in the Investment in Training follow-up survey
    Filters
    • Site size
    • Sector
    Time period
    2011 to 2024
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  • Mayoral Strategic Authorities - core indicators

    English devolved area

    Covers vacancies, hard-to-fill vacancies, skill-shortage vacancies, skills gaps and training measures for Mayoral Strategic Authorities.

    Number of rows
    23
    Indicators
    • Number of sites with at least one vacancy
    • Number of vacancies
    • Percentage of sites with at least one vacancy
    Time period
    2022 to 2024
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  • Two digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) - core indicators

    National

    Covers vacancies, hard-to-fill vacancies, skill-shortage vacancies, skills gaps and training measures for two digit Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC).

    Number of rows
    166
    Indicators
    • Number of sites with at least one vacancy
    • Number of vacancies
    • Percentage of sites with at least one vacancy
    Filters
    • Two digit standard industrial classification (SIC)
    Time period
    2022 to 2024
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  • Vacancy measures by occupational group (SOC2010)

    National

    Covers number of vacancies, hard to fill vacancies and skill-shortage vacancies, skill-shortage vacancy density and hard to fill vacancy density, by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2010. Indicators can be broken down by country and sector.

    Number of rows
    538,772
    Indicators
    • Number of vacancies
    • Number of hard to fill vacancies
    • Number of skill-shortage vacancies
    Filters
    • 1 digit SOC2010 code and name
    • 2 digit SOC2010 code and name
    • 3 digit SOC2010 code and name
    Time period
    2011 to 2022
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  • Vacancy measures by occupational group (SOC2020)

    National

    Covers number of vacancies, hard to fill vacancies and skill-shortage vacancies, skill-shortage vacancy density and hard to fill vacancy density, by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2020. Indicators can be broken down by country and sector.

    Number of rows
    178,873
    Indicators
    • Number of vacancies
    • Number of hard to fill vacancies
    • Number of skill-shortage vacancies
    Filters
    • 1 digit SOC2020 code and name
    • 2 digit SOC2020 code and name
    • 3 digit SOC2020 code and name
    Time period
    2022 to 2024
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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes the key data from the Employer Skills Survey 2024. It adds to the previously published data from the Employer Skills Survey 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022.

The technical report should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on sampling, data sources and the methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

This release covers:

  • Vacancy incidence, density and volume 
  • Hard to fill vacancy incidence, density and volume 
  • Skill-shortage vacancy incidence, density and volume 
  • Skill gap incidence, density and volume 
  • Average days of training per employee and trainee, total number of training days, number and proportion of employees trained, establishments arranging and paying for training in the past 12 months, and types of training arranged and paid for
  • Vacancy measures by occupational group 
  • Employer investment in training

Data can be broken down by:

  • UK nation and English region
  • Sector (13 sector groups)
  • Single or multi-site
  • Site type
  • Site size
  • Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
  • Mayoral Combined Authority - core indicators for 2022 and 2024 only
  • Two digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) - core indicators for 2022 and 2024 only

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Contact us

If you have a specific enquiry about Employer Skills Survey statistics and data:

Surveys and Research Team

Email: Employer.SURVEYS@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Amy Clay

Press office

If you have a media enquiry:

Email: skills.england@education.gov.uk

Public enquiries

If you have a general enquiry about Skills England:

Email: skills.england@education.gov.uk

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