Employment by Occupation - Area Comparison
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|
numbers |
%  |
Ashfield |
14,000 |
21.5 |
Orkney Islands |
2,400 |
20.2 |
Torridge |
7,600 |
20.2 |
Barrow-in-Furness |
5,600 |
19.9 |
Pendle |
8,500 |
19.9 |
Uttlesford |
9,200 |
19.7 |
Derbyshire Dales |
6,300 |
19.1 |
Lincoln |
8,600 |
19.1 |
West Dorset |
8,900 |
18.7 |
Sedgemoor |
11,500 |
18.7 |
Powys |
11,700 |
18.7 |
Weymouth and Portland |
4,700 |
18.6 |
Wyre Forest |
8,600 |
18.6 |
Cotswold |
8,500 |
18.4 |
Havant |
10,200 |
18.2 |
Eden |
5,600 |
18.2 |
North Devon |
8,200 |
18.1 |
Bassetlaw |
10,500 |
18.1 |
Allerdale |
8,400 |
17.9 |
Carlisle |
9,900 |
17.6 |
Pembrokeshire |
9,800 |
17.3 |
Malvern Hills |
6,000 |
17.2 |
Moray |
8,000 |
17.1 |
Wellingborough |
7,600 |
17.1 |
South Holland |
7,100 |
17.0 |
South Lakeland |
8,100 |
16.7 |
Swale |
11,100 |
16.6 |
South Kesteven |
11,100 |
16.6 |
West Lindsey |
7,100 |
16.6 |
Selby |
6,800 |
16.6 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar |
2,300 |
16.5 |
Ceredigion |
5,800 |
16.4 |
Castle Point |
7,400 |
16.3 |
Gwynedd |
9,300 |
16.2 |
South Northamptonshire |
7,600 |
16.0 |
Wychavon |
9,600 |
15.7 |
Dumfries and Galloway |
10,300 |
15.7 |
Highland |
19,400 |
15.7 |
East Lindsey |
8,200 |
15.5 |
Cornwall |
41,000 |
15.4 |
North Norfolk |
5,900 |
15.2 |
Babergh |
6,800 |
15.1 |
Cannock Chase |
8,000 |
15.0 |
Blaby |
7,500 |
15.0 |
North Hertfordshire |
10,600 |
14.8 |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
10,900 |
14.8 |
Scottish Borders |
7,900 |
14.7 |
Mansfield |
7,800 |
14.7 |
North East Derbyshire |
7,200 |
14.7 |
Broadland |
9,900 |
14.6 |
Broxtowe |
8,100 |
14.3 |
North Lincolnshire |
11,200 |
14.3 |
South Ribble |
8,300 |
14.3 |
Merthyr Tydfil |
3,600 |
14.2 |
North East Lincolnshire |
10,000 |
14.0 |
Worcester |
7,700 |
13.9 |
Wyre |
7,200 |
13.9 |
Broxbourne |
7,000 |
13.8 |
Chichester |
8,000 |
13.8 |
South Somerset |
10,700 |
13.7 |
Tewkesbury |
6,800 |
13.7 |
Tameside |
14,700 |
13.7 |
Argyll and Bute |
5,500 |
13.7 |
Denbighshire |
5,700 |
13.6 |
East Cambridgeshire |
6,000 |
13.6 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of |
18,100 |
13.6 |
Herefordshire, County of |
12,800 |
13.5 |
Ashford |
9,200 |
13.5 |
North Dorset |
4,300 |
13.4 |
Northumberland |
19,400 |
13.4 |
Newham |
24,400 |
13.4 |
Isle of Anglesey |
4,200 |
13.4 |
East Staffordshire |
7,600 |
13.3 |
New Forest |
11,800 |
13.3 |
St Edmundsbury |
7,600 |
13.2 |
Hastings |
6,400 |
13.2 |
West Oxfordshire |
7,300 |
13.2 |
Staffordshire Moorlands |
6,400 |
13.0 |
Walsall |
16,900 |
13.0 |
Conwy |
6,400 |
13.0 |
Harborough |
6,300 |
12.8 |
Rutland |
2,000 |
12.8 |
Barking and Dagenham |
12,000 |
12.8 |
East Ayrshire |
7,000 |
12.7 |
North Warwickshire |
3,800 |
12.5 |
Rochdale |
12,200 |
12.5 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
19,300 |
12.5 |
Suffolk Coastal |
7,300 |
12.5 |
Torbay |
7,300 |
12.5 |
Carmarthenshire |
9,700 |
12.5 |
South Hams |
5,100 |
12.5 |
Perth and Kinross |
9,300 |
12.4 |
Oldham |
13,000 |
12.4 |
Stockton-on-Tees |
11,100 |
12.4 |
Hartlepool |
4,900 |
12.3 |
Shropshire |
19,100 |
12.3 |
Basildon |
11,100 |
12.3 |
Copeland |
3,700 |
12.2 |
Doncaster |
16,900 |
12.2 |
North West Leicestershire |
5,900 |
12.2 |
Bradford |
27,300 |
12.2 |
Aberdeenshire |
17,300 |
12.2 |
Barnsley |
14,100 |
12.1 |
Charnwood |
12,100 |
12.1 |
Burnley |
4,600 |
12.1 |
Tendring |
6,600 |
12.0 |
Gloucester |
8,300 |
12.0 |
Plymouth |
14,900 |
11.9 |
Wiltshire |
29,100 |
11.9 |
Waveney |
6,200 |
11.9 |
North Kesteven |
6,200 |
11.9 |
Breckland |
8,100 |
11.9 |
Teignbridge |
7,300 |
11.9 |
Isle of Wight |
7,000 |
11.8 |
East Lothian |
6,100 |
11.8 |
Bexley |
15,300 |
11.8 |
Mendip |
7,400 |
11.8 |
High Peak |
5,100 |
11.7 |
Canterbury |
9,300 |
11.7 |
Ipswich |
7,900 |
11.7 |
Redbridge |
17,700 |
11.7 |
Blaenau Gwent |
3,600 |
11.7 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
13,900 |
11.7 |
South Cambridgeshire |
9,400 |
11.5 |
Wakefield |
18,300 |
11.5 |
Flintshire |
9,200 |
11.5 |
Worthing |
6,600 |
11.5 |
Angus |
6,400 |
11.4 |
Wealden |
8,900 |
11.3 |
Dudley |
16,400 |
11.3 |
East Dorset |
4,300 |
11.3 |
Torfaen |
4,800 |
11.3 |
Wirral |
16,800 |
11.2 |
Kettering |
6,000 |
11.2 |
Dover |
5,600 |
11.2 |
Darlington |
5,400 |
11.1 |
Bridgend |
7,500 |
11.1 |
Neath Port Talbot |
7,000 |
11.1 |
Wrexham |
7,400 |
11.1 |
Wigan |
17,700 |
11.1 |
Sutton |
11,700 |
11.0 |
Thurrock |
9,300 |
11.0 |
Portsmouth |
11,600 |
11.0 |
Rugby |
6,200 |
10.9 |
Coventry |
19,700 |
10.9 |
Redcar and Cleveland |
6,200 |
10.9 |
Monmouthshire |
4,900 |
10.8 |
Redditch |
4,700 |
10.8 |
Derby |
13,400 |
10.8 |
Central Bedfordshire |
16,700 |
10.8 |
Wolverhampton |
12,800 |
10.8 |
South Derbyshire |
6,000 |
10.7 |
Lancaster |
7,400 |
10.7 |
Luton |
11,200 |
10.7 |
South Norfolk |
8,300 |
10.7 |
Taunton Deane |
6,000 |
10.7 |
Caerphilly |
8,900 |
10.6 |
Folkestone and Hythe |
5,900 |
10.5 |
Telford and Wrekin |
8,800 |
10.5 |
Rotherham |
12,400 |
10.5 |
Sunderland |
13,200 |
10.4 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
6,200 |
10.4 |
West Dunbartonshire |
4,400 |
10.4 |
Kirklees |
21,500 |
10.4 |
Mid Suffolk |
5,400 |
10.3 |
West Lothian |
9,500 |
10.3 |
South Staffordshire |
5,600 |
10.3 |
Spelthorne |
5,400 |
10.3 |
Vale of White Horse |
7,200 |
10.2 |
Wycombe |
9,400 |
10.2 |
County Durham |
24,500 |
10.2 |
Bromsgrove |
4,700 |
10.1 |
Gateshead |
9,700 |
10.0 |
Blackburn with Darwen |
6,500 |
10.0 |
St. Helens |
8,500 |
10.0 |
Rhondda Cynon Taff |
10,600 |
10.0 |
Dacorum |
7,700 |
10.0 |
Newark and Sherwood |
5,900 |
10.0 |
Blackpool |
6,200 |
9.9 |
Fife |
16,800 |
9.9 |
Poole |
7,000 |
9.8 |
Sefton |
12,400 |
9.8 |
Bath and North East Somerset |
9,900 |
9.8 |
Bolton |
12,300 |
9.8 |
Sandwell |
14,200 |
9.8 |
Fareham |
6,000 |
9.7 |
Bournemouth |
10,300 |
9.7 |
Amber Valley |
6,400 |
9.7 |
Halton |
6,000 |
9.7 |
South Tyneside |
6,200 |
9.6 |
Stafford |
6,600 |
9.6 |
North Lanarkshire |
15,200 |
9.6 |
Preston |
6,800 |
9.6 |
Basingstoke and Deane |
9,100 |
9.5 |
Dundee City |
6,700 |
9.5 |
Nottingham |
14,400 |
9.5 |
Eastleigh |
6,400 |
9.4 |
Newport |
6,900 |
9.4 |
Bracknell Forest |
6,300 |
9.3 |
Southampton |
12,500 |
9.3 |
West Berkshire |
7,800 |
9.3 |
South Oxfordshire |
7,500 |
9.3 |
North Somerset |
9,800 |
9.3 |
South Lanarkshire |
14,600 |
9.3 |
Exeter |
6,900 |
9.2 |
Swansea |
10,100 |
9.2 |
Havering |
12,100 |
9.1 |
Scarborough |
4,500 |
9.1 |
Salford |
11,600 |
9.1 |
East Dunbartonshire |
4,600 |
9.1 |
Reading |
8,400 |
9.0 |
Cheshire West and Chester |
14,200 |
8.9 |
Aberdeen City |
11,400 |
8.9 |
Inverclyde |
3,000 |
8.9 |
Middlesbrough |
5,100 |
8.9 |
Southend-on-Sea |
8,300 |
8.9 |
Warrington |
9,600 |
8.8 |
East Hertfordshire |
6,900 |
8.8 |
North Ayrshire |
5,000 |
8.8 |
Glasgow City |
25,300 |
8.7 |
Liverpool |
20,700 |
8.7 |
Bury |
7,600 |
8.6 |
South Ayrshire |
4,300 |
8.6 |
Colchester |
7,600 |
8.6 |
Leeds |
35,600 |
8.5 |
Slough |
6,200 |
8.5 |
Chiltern |
4,200 |
8.5 |
Braintree |
6,500 |
8.5 |
Birmingham |
42,500 |
8.5 |
East Devon |
5,400 |
8.5 |
Renfrewshire |
7,500 |
8.5 |
Peterborough |
8,200 |
8.5 |
Cheshire East |
16,300 |
8.5 |
Huntingdonshire |
7,300 |
8.4 |
Knowsley |
6,100 |
8.4 |
Midlothian |
3,900 |
8.4 |
Falkirk |
6,300 |
8.3 |
Solihull |
8,600 |
8.3 |
Stroud |
5,000 |
8.2 |
Swindon |
9,300 |
8.1 |
Stirling |
3,700 |
8.1 |
Hambleton |
3,400 |
8.0 |
Medway |
10,900 |
8.0 |
Horsham |
5,800 |
7.9 |
Stockport |
11,100 |
7.8 |
Waltham Forest |
11,200 |
7.8 |
South Gloucestershire |
11,700 |
7.8 |
York |
8,600 |
7.7 |
Calderdale |
7,300 |
7.6 |
Leicester |
13,300 |
7.5 |
Ealing |
12,200 |
7.4 |
Croydon |
15,000 |
7.4 |
Lewisham |
13,400 |
7.3 |
Northampton |
8,400 |
7.3 |
Sheffield |
21,200 |
7.3 |
Enfield |
11,400 |
7.2 |
Aylesbury Vale |
7,400 |
7.2 |
Cherwell |
5,600 |
7.1 |
City of Edinburgh |
18,900 |
6.9 |
Kingston upon Thames |
6,600 |
6.9 |
Greenwich |
10,600 |
6.9 |
North Tyneside |
6,900 |
6.9 |
Brent |
11,100 |
6.8 |
Harrow |
8,000 |
6.8 |
Brighton and Hove |
11,100 |
6.8 |
Bristol, City of |
16,500 |
6.7 |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
9,100 |
6.6 |
Cardiff |
12,700 |
6.5 |
Windsor and Maidenhead |
5,100 |
6.5 |
Milton Keynes |
9,000 |
6.4 |
Islington |
9,100 |
6.4 |
East Renfrewshire |
2,800 |
6.3 |
Manchester |
16,400 |
6.2 |
Camden |
8,500 |
6.2 |
Hammersmith and Fulham |
6,200 |
6.2 |
Clackmannanshire |
1,400 |
6.2 |
Bromley |
10,400 |
6.1 |
Vale of Glamorgan |
3,600 |
6.1 |
Merton |
7,100 |
6.0 |
Hounslow |
8,500 |
6.0 |
Wokingham |
4,700 |
5.9 |
Haringey |
9,100 |
5.8 |
Harrogate |
4,500 |
5.7 |
Bedford |
5,200 |
5.7 |
Warwick |
4,200 |
5.6 |
Barnet |
11,800 |
5.5 |
Southwark |
10,100 |
5.4 |
Trafford |
6,000 |
5.0 |
Wandsworth |
9,900 |
4.8 |
Hillingdon |
7,200 |
4.7 |
Lambeth |
8,500 |
4.4 |
West Devon |
# |
# |
Purbeck |
# |
# |
Mid Devon |
# |
# |
Christchurch |
# |
# |
West Somerset |
# |
# |
Forest of Dean |
# |
# |
Shetland Islands |
# |
# |
Cheltenham |
# |
# |
Fenland |
# |
# |
Cambridge |
# |
# |
Brentwood |
# |
# |
Epping Forest |
# |
# |
Chelmsford |
# |
# |
Lichfield |
# |
# |
Rushcliffe |
# |
# |
Tamworth |
# |
# |
Stratford-on-Avon |
# |
# |
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
# |
# |
Three Rivers |
# |
# |
Stevenage |
# |
# |
Watford |
# |
# |
Great Yarmouth |
# |
# |
Welwyn Hatfield |
# |
# |
Maldon |
# |
# |
Harlow |
# |
# |
Rochford |
# |
# |
St Albans |
# |
# |
Hertsmere |
# |
# |
Craven |
# |
# |
West Lancashire |
# |
# |
Richmondshire |
# |
# |
Bolsover |
# |
# |
Ryedale |
# |
# |
Fylde |
# |
# |
Chorley |
# |
# |
Hyndburn |
# |
# |
Rossendale |
# |
# |
Ribble Valley |
# |
# |
Corby |
# |
# |
Boston |
! |
! |
Daventry |
# |
# |
Gedling |
# |
# |
East Northamptonshire |
# |
# |
Erewash |
# |
# |
Chesterfield |
# |
# |
Hinckley and Bosworth |
# |
# |
Oadby and Wigston |
! |
! |
Melton |
! |
! |
Norwich |
# |
# |
Epsom and Ewell |
# |
# |
Elmbridge |
# |
# |
Guildford |
# |
# |
Reigate and Banstead |
# |
# |
Mole Valley |
# |
# |
Thanet |
# |
# |
Sevenoaks |
# |
# |
Tonbridge and Malling |
# |
# |
Oxford |
! |
! |
Tunbridge Wells |
# |
# |
Arun |
# |
# |
Adur |
# |
# |
Crawley |
# |
# |
Isles of Scilly |
- |
- |
Mid Sussex |
# |
# |
Surrey Heath |
# |
# |
Runnymede |
# |
# |
Tandridge |
! |
! |
Woking |
! |
! |
Waverley |
# |
# |
Richmond upon Thames |
# |
# |
Westminster |
# |
# |
South Bucks |
# |
# |
Lewes |
# |
# |
Eastbourne |
# |
# |
City of London |
! |
! |
Forest Heath |
# |
# |
Hackney |
# |
# |
Tower Hamlets |
# |
# |
Kensington and Chelsea |
# |
# |
Winchester |
# |
# |
Test Valley |
# |
# |
Dartford |
# |
# |
Maidstone |
# |
# |
Gravesham |
# |
# |
East Hampshire |
# |
# |
Rother |
# |
# |
Gosport |
# |
# |
Rushmoor |
# |
# |
Hart |
# |
# |
Source: ONS annual population survey [Jul 2019-Jun 2020]
! Estimate is not available since sample size is disclosive
(see definitions)
- The sample size is too small to allow data to be produced
(see definitions)
# Sample size too small for reliable estimate
(see definitions)
Notes: Numbers and % are for those of 16+
% is a proportion of all persons in employment
Definitions and Explanations
Labour Supply
Labour supply consists of people who are employed, as well as those people defined as unemployed or economically inactive, who can be considered to be potential labour supply. Information in this section relates to the characteristics of people living in an area.
Most labour supply data comes from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS is the largest regular household survey in the United Kingdom. It includes data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), plus further sample boosts in England, Wales and Scotland. The survey includes data from a sample of around 256,000 people aged 16 and over.
As APS estimates are based on samples, they are subject to sampling variability. This means that if another sample for the same period were drawn, a different estimate might be produced. In general, the larger the number of people in a sample, the smaller the variation between estimates. Estimates for smaller areas such as local authorities are therefore less reliable than those for larger areas such as regions. When the sample size is too small to produce reliable estimates, the estimates are replaced with a #.
- Economically Active
-
- Economically active
- People who are either in employment or unemployed.
- Economic activity rate
- People, who are economically active, expressed as a percentage of all people.
- In employment
- People who did some paid work in the reference week (whether as an employee or self employed); those who had a job that they were temporarily away from (eg, on holiday); those on government-supported training and employment programmes; and those doing unpaid family work.
- Employment rate
- The number of people in employment expressed as a percentage of all people aged 16-64.
- Employees and self employed
-
The division between employees and self employed is based on survey respondents' own assessment of their employment status. The percentage show the number in each category as a percentage of all people aged 16-64. The sum of employees and self employed will not equal the in employment figure due to the inclusion of those on government-supported training and employment programmes, and those doing unpaid family work in the latter.
- Unemployed
-
Refers to people without a job who were available to start work in the two weeks following their interview and who had either looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview or were waiting to start a job they had already obtained.
- Unemployed
-
Refers to people without a job who were available to start work in the two weeks following their interview and who had either looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview or were waiting to start a job they had already obtained.
- Model-based unemployed:
-
As unemployed form a small percentage of the population, the APS unemployed estimates within local authorities are based on very small samples so for many areas would be unreliable. To overcome this ONS has developed a statistical model that provides better estimates of total unemployed for unitary authorities and local authority districts (unemployment estimates for counties are direct survey estimates). Model-based estimates are not produced for male or female unemployed.
-
The model-based estimate improves on the APS estimate by borrowing strength from the Claimant Count to produce an estimate that is more precise (i.e. has a smaller confidence interval).
The number of people measured by the Claimant Count is not itself a measure of unemployment but is strongly correlated with unemployment, and, as it is an administrative count, is known without sampling error. The gain in precision is greatest for areas with smaller sample sizes.
- Unemployment rate
- Unemployed as a percentage of the economically active population.
- Economically inactive
- People who are neither in employment nor unemployed. This group includes, for example, all those who were looking after a home or retired.
- Occupation
-
Occupations are classified according to the Standard Occupation Classification 2010. Descriptions of the job titles included in each code are available in the SOC manuals.
- Qualifications
-
Qualifications data are only be available from the APS for calendar year periods, for example, Jan to Dec 2005. The variables show the total number of people who are qualified at a particular level and above, so data in this table are not additive. Separate figures for each NVQ level are available in the full Annual Population Survey data set (wizard/advanced query).
The trade apprenticeships are split 50/50 between NVQ level 2 and 3. This follows ONS policy for presenting qualifications data in publications. Separate counts for trade apprenticeships can be obtained from the full APS data set (wizard/advanced query).
- No qualifications
- No formal qualifications held.
- Other qualifications
- includes foreign qualifications and some professional qualifications.
- NVQ 1 equivalent
- e.g. fewer than 5 GCSEs at grades A-C, foundation GNVQ, NVQ 1, intermediate 1 national qualification (Scotland) or equivalent.
- NVQ 2 equivalent
- e.g. 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-C, intermediate GNVQ, NVQ 2, intermediate 2 national qualification (Scotland) or equivalent.
- NVQ 3 equivalent
- e.g. 2 or more A levels, advanced GNVQ, NVQ 3, 2 or more higher or advanced higher national qualifications (Scotland) or equivalent.
- NVQ 4 equivalent and above
- e.g. HND, Degree and Higher Degree level qualifications or equivalent.
- Earnings by Residence
-
The figures show the median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area who are on adults rates of pay and whose pay was not affected by absence. Figures for earnings come from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE). The ASHE is based on a 1 per cent sample of employees, information on whose earnings and hours is obtained from employers. The survey does not cover self-employed. Information relates to a pay period in April.
The earnings information collected relates to gross pay before tax, national insurance or other deductions, and excludes payments in kind. It is restricted to earnings relating to the survey pay period and so excludes payments of arrears from another period made during the survey period; any payments due as a result of a pay settlement but not yet paid at the time of the survey will also be excluded.
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