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Qualifications and Skills

qualificationsThis section examines data on workforce qualifications, issues of low levels of literacy and numeracy, levels of skills gaps, skill shortages and hard-to-fill vacancies.

 

 

 

Qualifications and Skills Data
Percentage of the population qualified to Level 4 or above 2001-07 [.xls 69KB]
Percentage of the population qualified to Level 3 or above 2001-07 [.xls 69KB]
Percentage of the population qualified to Level 2 or above 2001-07 [.xls 69KB]
Percentage of the population without a Level 2 qualification 2001-07 [.xls 69KB]
Percentage of the population with no qualifications [.xls 34KB]
Percentage of the adult population with poor literacy skills [.xls 58KB]
Percentage of the adult population with poor numeracy skills [.xls 59KB]

Vacancies as a percentage of employment [.xls 50KB]
Hard-to-fill vacancies as a percentage of all vacancies [.xls 50KB]
Skills shortage vacancies as a proportion of Hard-to-fill vacancies [.xls 50KB]
Percentage of employers reporting internal skills gaps [.xls 50KB]
Internal skills gaps as a percentage of total employment [.xls 50KB]

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