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VACANCIES
This section provides links to vacancies in the area
and beyond.
Jobs for the South East –
Search for vacancies currently advertised in the
Daily Telegraph by clicking here
Portsmouth City Council regularly advertises vacancies
in the local press. Information on jobs with the
council can be accessed via http://www.portsmouthcc.gov.uk
University of Portsmouth advertises for jobs in
the local press. More information can be accessed
on http://www.port.ac.uk or e-mail jobs@port.ac.uk.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
are recruiting for a number of jobs including storekeeper,
HR Officer,
Word Processing Assistant, Senior Administrator and
Help Desk Operatives. For more information click
here.
First Group plc runs both train
and bus services in the South East region and beyond.
For further information about careers and job opportunities,
see http://www.firstgroup.com/careers_firstop.php
According to the Office of National Statistics,
VAT registration data is the best official guide
to the number of businesses, and the pattern of business
start-ups and closures across the UK and in each
industry.
In total in Hampshire & the IOW, the total stocks
of VAT registered businesses numbered 56,870 (ONS
NOMIS) comprising: 44,470 in Hampshire; 3,725 in
the Isle of Wight; 3,890 in Portsmouth; and 4,705
in Southampton. ‘Total stocks’ provides
an indicator of the size of the business population.
Since over 99 per cent of registered enterprises
employ fewer than 50 people, it is also a useful
indicator of the small business population.
The chart below shows the change in VAT registrations
for the year ending 2005 (latest data) for Hampshire
and the Isle of Wight by broad industrial sector.
Change in VAT registrations shows the net change
(registrations minus de-registrations in the calendar
year).
Positive net changes to VAT registrations in Hampshire
and the Isle of Wight can be see in Construction;
Wholesale, Retail & Repairs; Hotels and Restaurants;
Transport, Storage & Communications; and Real
Estate, Renting & Business Activities. However,
Hampshire County Council area and Southampton City
have seen net negative registrations from the Manufacturing
sector, and Hampshire County and the Isle of Wight
have also seen an overall reduction in the number
of VAT registered businesses in the Public Administration,
Community, Social and Personal Service sector.
For more regional data on VAT registrations click
here.
Vacancies (Jobcentre Plus) by occupation are shown in the graph below for Great Britain and the South East. In total, in January 2008 the South East had over 23,834 vacancies, and there were almost 194,349 in Great Britain as a whole. By the far the highest proportion of vacancies notified with Jobcentre Plus are in Elementary Occupations.
Source: ONS, NOMIS
Vacancies by occupation are broken down in the graph below for the local authority areas of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Source: ONS, NOMIS
By far the greatest proportion of vacancies notified in the region during January was Elementary Occupations (25.1%). These roles represented a smaller proportion of vacancies across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Portsmouth had the greatest proportion of this type of notified vacancies at 23.0%.
Other significant variations from the regional breakdown of vacancies by occupation for local authority areas in Hampshire & IOW include:
A lower than average proportion of vacancies in Sales and Customer Service Occupations in the IOW (4.9%).
Higher then average proportions of vacancies in the IOW in Skilled Trade Occupations (22.5%), Personal Service Occupations (20.6%) and Associate Professional and Technical Occupations (12.7%).
A higher than average proportion of Sales and Customer Service Occupation vacancies in all areas of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight apart from the Isle of Wight (Hampshire 33%, Portsmouth 28.7%, Southampton 34.6%).
The regional employment structure in Hampshire & IOW differs slightly from that of the national economy as a whole. 75.3% of the working age population in employment are employed in some form of service industry, which is lower than the South East figure of 78.1%, and the GB figure of 76.2%. The graph below shows that:
A higher proportion of the HIOW working age population is employed in Manufacturing (15.0%) than in the South East region as a whole (11.8%).
A slightly higher proportion of workers in HOIW are employed in Distribution, Hotels, and Restaurants than in the region as a whole (19.7% compared with 18.4%).
15.6% of the HIOW working age population in employment is employed in Banking, Finance and Insurance: a lower proportion than for the South East as a whole (18.7%) but similar to the national figure (15.9%).
(Source: ONS, NOMIS, Annual Population Survey, latest data, January 2006 to December 2006)
New figures from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings have been released. The chart below shows gross annual earnings of those working full-time in Hampshire (£25,000); Isle of Wight (£22,062); Portsmouth (£25,407); and Southampton (£25,320). The figures have been compared with those of the South East region and Great Britain as a whole. Earnings across all areas of Hampshire (except the Isle of Wight) are just higher than those of the national average of £24,402. Whilst the average for the South East region (£25,547), is slightly higher than all areas of HIOW apart from the Isle of Wight, where annual earnings are almost £3,500 lower. Click here to visit the website for more information.
Source – ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2007 (latest data)
The chart below shows that there are particularly large disparities between the annual earnings of male and female full-time workers in Hampshire (males earn on average £9,403 more) and Southampton (£8,500 difference). These differentials are greater then those seen at both the regional (£7,244 difference) and national (just over £6,000 difference) level. The differential between male and female earnings in Portsmouth is smaller at £5,195. (Please note data for female workers from the Isle of Wight was not available.)
Source – ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2007 (latest data)
The most recent figures for the Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) Claimant Count have been released by NOMIS, the Office of National Statistics.
The claimant count records the number of people claiming JSA and National Insurance credits at Job Centre Plus local offices. Although the figures are not an official measure of unemployment, they are the only indicative statistics available for smaller scale areas.
For information, working age is defined as 16-64 for males and 16-60 for females, and working age population figures are derived from mid-year population estimates which are compatible with the 2001 Census.
The graph below highlights that within Hampshire and IOW as a whole, 1.4% of working age population are claiming JSA. Hampshire has the lowest figure of 1.1%, whilst Portsmouth has the highest with 2.3%.
Source – ONS, JSA Claimant Counts-Rates and Proportions July 2007
The actual number of claimants of working age population are as follows:
New information on NVQ levels of the working age population have been released. The figures are cumulative, i.e. the figure for NVQ1+ is all those with at least a qualification that is equivalent to level one. Four out of five (82.7%) people of working age in the South East have at least a level one qualification. The figures indicate that there are 865,300 people of working age in the South East that do not have at least an NVQ level one qualification.
The information shows that in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight:
83.7% of the working age population are qualified to at least NVQ level one, compared to 82.7% for the South East.
Lower percentage at all further NVQ levels in Hampshire and Isle of Wight than for the South East –
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67.8% with at least level 2 in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight compared to 68% at level 2 for the South East
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48.3% with at least level 3 in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight compared to 49.4% at level 3 for the South East
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28.8% with at least level 4 in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight compared to 30.5% at level 4 for the South East.
Source: ONS, Annual Population Survey Jan – Dec 2006 (latest data).
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. Students are taken to be resident at their term time address. 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 of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is estimated at 1,829,500. The population for the South East is estimated at 8,237,800; 50,762,900 for England; and almost 59 million for Great Britain (ONS, August 2007). These estimates suggest that the region’s population has increased by 73,600 in twelve months, an increase of 0.9%.
For more information on the South East estimates please see Regional Data.
The graphs below show the population estimates for the local authority districts in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Source: ONS, Mid-year population estimates June 2006 (latest data)
Source: ONS, Mid-year population estimates June 2006 (latest data)
The Annual Business Inquiry is a business survey that collects
employment and financial information. The information on employee figures
was found to be more accurate than the Annual Employment Survey.
The ABI is a sample survey. The exercise surveys on average 78,000 reporting
units. The survey form asks for the total number of employee jobs over the whole
business. These jobs are then apportioned over the organisation’s known
sites to generate sub-national data.
The following table provides an indication of the number of employees by industrial
sector in Hampshire & Isle of Wight.
ABI – Numbers of Employees by Industrial Sector – Hampshire & Isle
of Wight
Industry
Numbers
Agriculture
and Fishing (SIC A,B)
3,206
Energy
and water (SIC C,E)
3,972
Manufacturing
(SIC D)
108,524
Construction
(SIC F)
38,469
Distribution,
hotels and restaurants (SIC G,H)
208,788
Transport
and communications (SIC I)
38,991
Banking,
finance and insurance, etc (SIC J,K)
155,625
Public
administration, education & health
(SIC L,M,N)
196,917
Other
services (SIC O,P,Q)
39,912
Source: ABI (2005– latest
data) ONS: NOMIS
The distribution of employment
across the sectors in Hampshire & Isle of Wight
and the South East as a whole is provided in the
chart below..
Source: ABI (2005– latest data)
ONS: NOMIS
While the distribution of employees
across industries in Hampshire & Isle of Wight
is broadly similar to that of the South East as a
whole, Hampshire & Isle of Wight has a slightly
higher proportion of jobs in Manufacturing and in
Public Administration, Education and Health than
seen regionally.
The following chart shows comparative data between the Local Authority areas
of Hampshire & Isle of Wight. The percentages are a percentage of all employees
in all sectors.
Source: ABI (2005– latest data)
ONS: NOMIS
The ABI employee data show that
by far the greatest concentrations proportionally
of Manufacturing jobs in Hampshire & Isle of
Wight are based in Isle of Wight, while in Southampton
and Portsmouth Manufacturing represents a much lower
than average proportion of employment.
Across Hampshire & Isle of Wight as a whole, Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants
accounts for a quarter of all employees, ranging from a third of employees in
the Isle of Wight to just under a quarter of employees in Southampton.
The proportional importance of Banking, Finance and Insurance in the labour markets
of Hampshire & Isle of Wight varies considerably between districts: being
particularly dominant in Southampton, (more than a quarter of employment), but
represents less than a tenth of employment in the Isle of Wight.
Similarly, the proportion of employment in each district within Public Administration,
Education and Health varies widely. This industry has particular dominance in
Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, and is less significant in Hampshire and Southampton.
These wide data are of use for advice to both adults and young people as a broad
descriptor of which sectors offer the most employment in the region.
