Workforce Qualifications

This section reviews the qualifications of the adult population in the region. It looks at all those of working age and those of working age who are economically active. There are also links to further related data and intelligence.

This indicator looks at the qualification levels of working age adults in the South West.

Further data on workforce qualification levels is available from the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The DfES analyse data from the LFS for purposes of monitoring government skills related targets. The data is available to download here.

This indicator looks at the qualification levels of working age adults in the South West who are economically active.

Analysis by the Local Futures Group of the data available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) looks at employees by the industry in which they work and their qualification levels to build up a picture of the 'knowledge intensity' that exists within a particular industry. Although an imperfect measure, it does provide a useful way to understanding where higher-level skills are most prevalent and how they fit into the structure of the South West.

A summary of the Local Futures Group analysis is available in the HLMR publication.

Qualifications of the working age population

Qualifications of the economically active

Knowledge Intensity

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