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REGIONAL
ECONOMY/LABOUR MARKET
VACANCIES
New data is available showing the number
of JobcentrePlus vacancies in Great Britain
and the South East. In total, in March 2007
the South East had over 31,500 vacancies,
and there were almost 300,000 in Great Britain
as a whole.
In March 2007, 27.2% of notified vacancies
in the South East were in Elementary Occupations.
14.8% were in Customer Service Occupations
and 13.7% in Skilled Trades Occupations.
The least common occupational vacancies notified
with the Jobcentre were Professional Occupations
(2.7%) and Managers and Senior Officials
(4.8%). (Source: ONS, NOMIS).
Although not all vacancies are notified through
Jobcentre Plus, this information can assist
advisers in seeing demand from employers
throughout the region. Click
here to go through to our website for a fuller
analysis of regional vacancies.
STRUCTURE
OF EMPLOYMENT
The latest
update of Annual Population Survey data
(for April 2005 to March 2006 is available.
The data is a very broad indicator from
which
industrial sector's future demand for skills
might come.
19.0% of the working
age population in the South East are employed in
banking, finance and insurance, which is higher than
for Great Britain as a whole (15.9%).
The South East as a region
has slightly lower proportions of the working age
population employed in the manufacturing (11.7%)
compared to Great Britain (13.2%) and public admin,
education and health sectors (27.2% compared to the
GB region as 28.4%).
Click
here for further information on the structure of employment.
ANNUAL EARNINGS – ANNUAL
SURVEY OF HOURS AND EARNINGS 2006 New data from the latest Annual Survey
of Hours and Earnings has just been released
on NOMIS. Full time workers in the South
East have higher gross annual earnings than
any other region in Great Britain apart from
London. The median full time gross annual
earnings for 2006 in the South East were £26,001
compared to £23,707 nationally. For
a fuller comparison of South East and national
figures as well as male and female annual
earnings in the South East click
here.
CLAIMANT COUNT- UNEMPLOYMENT
Claimant count unemployment (as a proportion
of the working age population) in the South
East is comparatively low. The claimant count
records the number of people claiming JSA
and National Insurance credits at Job Centre
Plus local offices. In regards to figures,
nationally only the South West (1.6%) has
as low a rate as the South East, (1.6%) and
the South East is below the 2.6% figure for
Great Britain as a whole. Further national
and regional information on JSA claimant
counts can be accessed by clicking
here and
going through to our website.
The most recent figures for
the estimated resident population of the UK have been
released. The estimated resident
population of an area includes all people who usually
live there, whatever their nationality. The population
estimates are based on the Census of Population (2001)
and calculated annually – the previous years’ population
is ‘aged on’ by one year, with births added
and deaths removed. There is also an adjustment for net
migration. This adjustment is the most difficult to estimate
accurately, and can affect some areas with high migration
more than others.
The population for the South East is estimated at 8,164,200
and the United Kingdom estimate topped 60 million for
the first time, at 60.2 million (ONS, August 2006).
For the estimated population of the South East by area,
and discussion on the use and accuracy of the population
estimates, please click
here to visit the website.
ANNUAL
BUSINESS INQUIRY – EMPLOYEE
ANALYSIS The
latest ABI employee data (2005) shows that
the South East has a greater
proportion of its workforce employed in the
Distribution, Hotels & Restaurants sector
that is the case for England of great Britain
as a whole. Similarly, a greater proportion
of the South East regional workforce is employed
in the Banking, Finance and Insurance sector
than the national workforce.
Comparatively fewer people in the South East
are employed in manufacturing. Click
here for more regional analysis of the latest
ABI data, or visit the local data section
of this bulletin for analysis for your local
area. Back to Top
VAT REGIONAL DATA
According to the Office of National
Statistics, VAT registrations are the best official guide
to the pattern of business start-ups and closures across
the UK and in each industry – although they cannot
give a complete picture of the activity across the economy.
In 2005 (relating to the latest statistics) the VAT registration
threshold was an annual turnover of £60,000.
The total stock of VAT registered
businesses in the South East Region totalled 291,755
at the end of 2005 (latest data), which equates to 18%
of those in England. The South East has a higher stock
than any other region in the country including London
(which has 288,405 VAT registered businesses) (ONS NOMIS).
