Employer Skills Survey
Official statistics on vacancies, skills gaps and training, from the Employer Skills Survey.
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- Department for Education and Skills England
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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
Press office
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Email: skills.england@education.gov.uk
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- 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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Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
- Secretary of State for Education
- Permanent Secretary
- Minister of State (Minister for Skills) and Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families)
- Special Advisor on Policy
- Special Advisor on Policy, Speeches and Political Engagements
- Special Advisor on Communications
- Special Advisor on Parliamentary, Social Media and Regional/Trade Press Communications
- Special Advisor on Women and Equalities policy
- Director General for Skills Group
- Director, Further Education Oversight
- Director, Technical Qualifications and Essential Skills
- Director, Skills Strategy and Engagement
- Director, Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
- Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Insight and Science
- Deputy Director, Head of Profession for Statistics
- G6, Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
- G6, Head of Economics, Skills Policy Analysis
- Deputy Director, Skills Strategy and Delivery
- G6, Head of Skills Delivery
- G6, Head of Industrial Strategy Sectors and Investment
- G7, Skills Strategy Unit
- Deputy Director, Press Office
- G7, Social Media Lead
- G7, Chief Press Officer
- Senior Executive Officer, Social Media Lead
- Senior Executive Officer, Senior Media Officer
- Higher Executive Officer, Media Officer
- Chief Executive Officer (Skills England)
- Deputy Director, Head of Analysis and Insights (Skills England)
- G6, Analysis and Insights (Skills England)
- G6, Head of Research (Skills England)
- G7, Analysis and Insights (Skills England)
- 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)
- Team Leader, Skills Planning Policy (Scottish Government)
- Senior Assistant Statistician, Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis (Scottish Government)
- Senior Principal Statistician, Analytical Services Division (Department for the Economy Northern Ireland)
- Assistant Economist, 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)
- Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning (Welsh Government)
- Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (Welsh Government)
- Special Advisor, Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (Welsh Government)
- Chief Statistician (Welsh Government)
- Head of Research, Education, Social Justice and Welsh Language Group (Welsh Government)
- Director, Social Partnership, Employability and Fair Work (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Skills (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Employability & Skills (Welsh Government)
- Head of Employability (Welsh Government)
- Principal Research Officer, Labour Market Intelligence (Welsh Government)
- Senior Research Officer, Labour Market Intelligence (Welsh Government)
- Director, Tertiary Education (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Learner Experience Division (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Learner Pathways (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Strategy and Funding (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Director, Economic Policy (Welsh Government)
- Deputy Head of Economy, Treasury and Constitution Comms (Welsh Government)
- Head of Comms & Marketing, Skills and Business (Welsh Government)
- Head of 16-19 Curriculum Reform and Delivery (Welsh Government)