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Welcome to the SLIM Data Library

What is Labour Market Data?

The labour market is the mechanism where the demand and supply of labour interact. The supply of labour includes all those who are participating in the labour force so, those either working or looking for work. Demand for labour is determined by factors such as demand for products, export demand, government policy and so on.

Further information about labour market terminology and concepts is available from The Labour Market Handbook [.pdf 239KB], which provides an introductory guide to understanding the labour market.

Browse all SLIM data or use the links on the right to search by theme.

The South West Labour Market

SW Recession Monitoring

These pages aim to help monitor the impact of the recession on the South West, collating the latest information and statistics on notified redundancies / vacancies, claimant count, long-term unemployment and ILO unemployment rate by industry sector or unitary authority.

Local Area Data

This section is aimed at providing relevant data to assist local partners who are working with Local Area Data on topics such as Local Area Agreements (LAAs). The data is structured to provide data over time on a range of subjects that are aimed at helping monitor progress towards targets and priorities set out in national framework local area themes.

Local Area Agreements

This section is aimed at providing relevant data to assist local partners who are working specifically with Local Area Agreements (LAAs). The data are structured against national indicator targets to illustrate progress towards targets over time. A range of subjects are covered as set out in the national framework. These pages aim to help monitor local data themes.

Industrial Sectors

This is a key regional resource of labour market data at an industry level. It pulls together information that can be provided by key robust data sources such as the Annual Population Survey (APS) and the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). The data is presented in a series of spreadsheets at a regional level for SIC, SSC and SWRDA priority sector industry breakdowns.

Public Service Agreements

Download PSA target data relating to key stage 2, key stage 3 aned GCSE results, achievement levels of 19 year olds, NEETS, skills for life, adults without a Level 2 qualification and participation in higher education.

South West at a Glance

This is a useful summary guide to labour market functioning in the region. It is a smaller but complimentary publication to the HLMR. It is updated annually and is available to browse online or download. A downloadable chart summary is also available.

Labour Market Intelligence

The South West Healthy Labour Market Review is commissioned by the South West Regional Skills Partnership (SWRSP) and produced by the Skills and Learning Intelligence Module (SLIM). It provides part of the evidence base in support of the work of the SWRSP and is one of four elements of the overall ' Balanced Scorecard' for reviewing SWRSP progress.

Regional Employment and Skills

SLIM is the in the process of developing the Regional Skills and Employment Analysis 2010. This will provide the evidence base for the refresh of the European Social Fund (ESF) Frameworks and the Regional Employment and Skills Partnership (RESP) priorities. The Analysis will also provide part of the evidence base for the Skills element of the Single Regional Strategy.

Hosted External Data

As a service to external organisations, SLIM hosts publications produced by others, such as monthly Jobcentre Plus publications of current key indicator and monitoring data.