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Labour Market Profile
Scottish Borders

The profile brings together data from several sources. Details about these and related terminology are given in the definitions section.

All figures are the most recent available.

  Resident population
  Employment and unemployment
  Economic inactivity
  Employment by occupation
  Qualifications
  Earnings by residence
  Working-age benefits
  Jobs (total jobs / employee jobs)
  Jobcentre plus vacancies
  VAT registered businesses
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RESIDENT POPULATION

Total population (2007)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scotland
(numbers) 		Great Britain
(numbers)
All people 111,400 5,144,200 59,216,200
Males 54,000 2,485,600 29,054,100
Females 57,400 2,658,600 30,162,100
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Working age population (2007)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people - working age 65,700 59.0 62.7 62.2
Males - working age 34,400 63.6 66.9 66.2
Females - working age 31,400 54.7 58.8 58.3
Source: ONS mid-year population estimates

Notes: % is a proportion of total population
Working age includes males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59

LABOUR SUPPLY

Employment and unemployment (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically active† 57,600 84.6 80.0 78.8
In employment† 56,100 82.4 76.3 74.5
Employees† 47,000 69.5 68.1 64.8
Self employed† 8,800 12.6 7.7 9.3
Unemployed (model-based)§ 1,700 3.0 4.5 5.3
Males
Economically active† 30,700 87.8 83.7 83.3
In employment† 29,700 85.0 79.8 78.6
Employees† 23,700 68.3 68.6 65.1
Self employed† 5,900 16.5 10.8 13.1
Unemployed§ 1,000 3.1 4.7 5.6
Females
Economically active† 26,900 81.0 76.1 73.9
In employment† 26,400 79.5 72.7 70.1
Employees† 23,300 70.9 67.7 64.4
Self employed† 2,900 8.5 4.5 5.2
Unemployed§ # # 4.3 5.0
Source: ONS annual population survey

#Sample size too small for reliable estimate (see definitions)
†numbers are for those aged 16 and over, % are for those of working age (16-59/64)
§numbers and % are for those aged 16 and over. % is a proportion of economically active

Economic inactivity (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people
Economically inactive 10,100 15.4 20.0 21.2
Wanting a job 2,000 3.0 5.5 5.6
Not wanting a job 8,100 12.4 14.4 15.6
Males
Economically inactive 4,200 12.2 16.3 16.7
Wanting a job 800 2.2 4.4 4.6
Not wanting a job 3,400 10.0 11.9 12.0
Females
Economically inactive 5,900 19.0 23.9 26.1
Wanting a job 1,200 3.9 6.7 6.6
Not wanting a job 4,700 15.0 17.2 19.4
Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes: Numbers and % are for those of working age
% is a proportion of resident working age population of area and gender

Employment by occupation (Oct 2007-Sep 2008)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Soc 2000 major group 1-3 19,800 35.4 40.7 43.2
1 Managers and senior officials 7,200 12.8 13.0 15.5
2 Professional occupations 6,300 11.3 12.7 13.0
3 Associate professional & technical 6,300 11.3 14.9 14.6
Soc 2000 major group 4-5 14,000 25.1 23.0 22.4
4 Administrative & secretarial 4,600 8.2 11.3 11.4
5 Skilled trades occupations 9,400 16.8 11.7 10.9
Soc 2000 major group 6-7 9,600 17.2 17.1 15.7
6 Personal service occupations 6,000 10.6 9.0 8.1
7 Sales and customer service occs 3,700 6.5 8.1 7.5
Soc 2000 major group 8-9 12,500 22.3 19.1 18.7
8 Process plant & machine operatives 5,500 9.8 7.4 7.1
9 Elementary occupations 7,000 12.4 11.6 11.5
Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes: Numbers and % are for those of 16+
% is a proportion of all persons in employment

Qualifications (Jan 2007-Dec 2007)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
NVQ4 and above 20,000 30.7 33.2 28.6
NVQ3 and above 32,000 49.2 51.7 46.4
NVQ2 and above 44,800 68.7 68.9 64.5
NVQ1 and above 49,700 76.2 79.2 78.1
Other qualifications 7,100 10.9 7.3 8.8
No qualifications 8,400 12.9 13.5 13.1
Source: ONS annual population survey

Notes: For an explanation of the qualification levels see the definitions section.
Numbers and % are for those of working age
% is a proportion of resident working age population of area

Earnings by residence (2008)
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  Scottish Borders
(pounds)		 Scotland
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 450.8 461.8 479.3
Male full-time workers 502.3 505.8 525.0
Female full-time workers 345.7 399.1 412.7
Hourly pay
Full-time workers 11.07 11.59 12.01
Male full-time workers 11.90 12.31 12.72
Female full-time workers 9.68 10.73 10.96
Source: ONS annual survey of hours and earnings - resident analysis

Note: Median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area.

WORKING-AGE BENEFITS

The Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is payable to people under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week.
Total JSA claimants (May 2009)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
All people 1,873 2.8 3.9 4.1
Males 1,359 4.0 5.8 5.8
Females 514 1.6 2.0 2.2
Source: ONS claimant count with rates and proportions

Note: % is a proportion of resident working age population of area and gender

JSA claimants by age and duration (May 2009)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
By age of claimant
Aged 18-24 555 30.1 29.0 28.9
Aged 25-49 920 49.7 54.4 54.8
Aged 50 and over 345 18.7 15.2 15.7
By duration of claim
Up to 6 months 1,430 77.4 73.0 73.1
Over 6 up to 12 months 310 16.8 18.8 18.7
Over 12 months 110 5.8 8.2 8.2
Source: ONS claimant count - age and duration

Note: % is a proportion of all JSA claimants

Working-age client group - key benefit claimants (August 2008)
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  Scottish Borders
(numbers)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total claimants 7,840 11.9 16.3 14.2
Job seekers 1,020 1.5 2.4 2.4
Incapacity benefits 4,470 6.8 9.0 7.0
Lone parents 640 1.0 1.9 2.0
Carers 610 0.9 1.1 1.1
Others on income related benefits 260 0.4 0.5 0.5
Disabled 630 1.0 1.0 1.0
Bereaved 210 0.3 0.3 0.3
Key out-of-work benefits† 6,390 9.7 13.8 11.9
Source: DWP benefit claimants - working age client group

†Key out-of-work benefits consists of the groups: job seekers, incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits
Note: % is a proportion of resident working age population of area

LABOUR DEMAND


Jobs density (2006)
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  Scottish Borders
(jobs)		 Scottish Borders
(density)		 Scotland
(density)		 Great Britain
(density)
Jobs density 58,000 0.89 0.91 0.88
Source: ONS jobs density

Notes: The density figures represent the ratio of total jobs to working-age population.
Total jobs includes employees, self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces

Employee jobs (2007)
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  Scottish Borders
(employee jobs)		 Scottish Borders
(%)		 Scotland
(%)		 Great Britain
(%)
Total employee jobs 43,500 - - -
Full-time 28,500 65.5 68.2 69.0
Part-time 15,000 34.5 31.8 31.0
Employee jobs by industry
Manufacturing 6,200 14.3 9.2 10.6
Construction 3,100 7.1 5.7 4.9
Services 31,200 71.7 81.7 83.0
Distribution, hotels & restaurants 9,500 21.8 22.0 23.3
Transport & communications 1,400 3.1 5.4 5.9
Finance, IT, other business activities 4,200 9.7 18.8 21.6
Public admin, education & health 14,000 32.1 30.3 26.9
Other services 2,200 5.0 5.3 5.2
Tourism-related† 3,900 8.9 9.1 8.2
Source: ONS annual business inquiry employee analysis

-Data unavailable
†Tourism consists of industries that are also part of the services industry (see the definitions section)
Notes: % is a proportion of total employee jobs
Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces

Earnings by workplace (2008)
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  Scottish Borders
(pounds)		 Scotland
(pounds)		 Great Britain
(pounds)
Gross weekly pay
Full-time workers 370.2 460.1 479.1