Summary

Measures of potential skills of the working age population across the UK, and levels of mismatch by qualifications per occupation across employed individuals in England and Wales, to understand local skills differences. These statistics are official statistics in development (previously known as experimental statistics).

Publications

• Understanding skill and qualification suitability in the labour market, UK: August 2024

  Subnational differences in the population’s suitability to the labour market, with potential gaps and shortages. These are official statistics in development.

Data

• Skills supply estimates: 2012 to 2023

  These reference tables contain skills supply estimates for the UK between 2012 and 2023. These are official statistics in development.

• Qualification mismatch estimates in England and Wales: 2021

  These reference tables contain estimates of qualification mismatch in England and Wales using Census 2021. These are official statistics in development.

Methodology

• Measuring skill and qualification suitability in the UK labour market: user guide

  Supporting information for skill and qualification suitability estimates in the UK labour market. Methods used, data strengths, limitations, uses and users.

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