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LOCAL
DATA
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VACANCIES
This section provides details of and links
to vacancies in the area and beyond. Please
note that this section provides links to
a sample of vacancy sites and cannot be
comprehensive.
Public Transport
National Express is a rail, bus and coach company
offering a variety of jobs nationwide: http://www.nationalexpress.jobs/
Health
Care Vacancies. Following
on from LMF
6’s Focus on Health,
the following focuses
on vacancies in the Health
Care Sector.
Getting into nursing
NHS Careers - Comprehensive
information on entry
requirements and routes
into nursing, as well
as a list of institutions
that provide nurse training
and education. http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk
Workforce Development
Confederations (formerly
known as Education consortia)
Bring together groups
of NHS Trusts, universities
and colleges to co-ordinate
healthcare training provision
within each local area.
Surrey & Sussex:
Tel 01293 847033
The main employers of
nurses are NHS Trusts
and private hospitals.
Local Health Organisations
Kent and Medway Strategic
Health Authority Click
here for the SHA
web pages
Nursing Abroad - Background
information for nurses
who wish to work overseas,
either in developed areas,
in developing countries
or on expeditions. Includes
vacancies. http://www.nursingabroad.net
Easy
Jet are currently recruiting Cabin Crew to fly
out of Luton, Stansted and Gatwick. Further information
on the minimum requirements for the role and
how to join Easy Jet can be accessed on http://www.easyjet.com/en/jobs.
Also
for Construction related jobs in Kent, please
look at the Construction Labour in Kent (CLIK)
website run by Kent County Council. Click
here to access
the site. Back to Top
EURES
PROJECT
EURES is a network that links the Public Employment
Services of all 28 EEA countries (e.g. Jobcentre
Plus). EURES can assist by:
Advising employers
how to advertise their vacancies EURES-wide
or in particular countries
Finding out from
the EURES network where there are skill surpluses
to match their requirements
Setting up projects
with other countries to recruit specialist
staff
Taking employers
or their vacancies to jobsfairs in Europe
or targeting specialist open days in Europe
This is particularly useful for employers who have
major skills shortage areas such as engineering,
linguistic vacancies, scientific/pharmaceutical,
health professionals etc.
The EURES website http://www.eures-jobs.com also
allows UK employers to access thousands of CVs
from potential jobseekers (via CV Search) throughout
the
EEA countries, thereby increasing their chances
of finding the best possible candidate for their
job.
The South East EURES Advisers can be contacted
via the website, but clicking on ’EURES ADVISERS’ button
and using the search mechanism provided.
The two South East based EURES Advisers details are as follows:
Susan Oyston
South East Regional EURES Adviser
Ashford Jobcentre Plus
4th Floor
International House
Dover Place
Ashford
Kent
TN23 1HT
Tel: 0044 (0)1233 208078
Mob: 0044 (0)7779 356386
Fax: 0044 (0)1233 208075
E-mail: susan.oyston@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk
Aloma Onyemah
Jobcentre Plus
Wynnstay House
121 High Street
Cosham
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3DR
Tel: 0044 (0)23 92304841
Mob: 0044(0)789 1682805
Fax: 0044 (0)23 92304898
Email: aloma.onyemah@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk
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 Kent & Medway, the total stocks of VAT
registered businesses numbered 49,000 (ONS NOMIS):
43,460 in Kent and 5,540 in Medway. ‘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 Kent
and Medway by broad industrial sector. Change in
VAT registrations shows the net change (registrations
minus de-registrations in the calendar year).
The absolute net changes to VAT registrations
in Kent and Medway are greatest in the Real Estate,
Renting and Business Activities sector, with a
net increase of 200 businesses between 2004 and
2005 (165 in Kent and 35 in Medway). Hotels and
Restaurant VAT registrations have increased by
110 in Kent and 15 in Medway, while Construction
sector VAT registrations overall increased by 85
in Kent and 80 in Medway.
Similar to other areas in the South East, Manufacturing
displays net de-registration across Kent and Medway.
The Public Administration and Other Community,
Social and Personal Services sector also shows
a net de-registration in Kent, but a small net
increase in Medway.
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 Kent and Medway.
Source: ONS, NOMIS
By far the greatest proportion of vacancies notified in the region during January was Elementary Occupations (25.1%). These roles represented the same proportion of vacancies in Kent (25.1%), but a slightly smaller proportion in Medway (18.5%).
Other significant variations from the regional breakdown of vacancies by occupation for local authority areas in Kent & Medway:
A much higher than average proportion of vacancies in Medway in Administrative and Secretarial Occupations (31.6%)
A slightly higher than average proportion of vacancies in Kent in Skilled Trades Occupations (10.5%).
New figures from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings have been released. The chart below shows that gross annual earnings of full-time workers in Kent (£23,238) and Medway (£23,473) are both very similar. Both are lower than the South East average of £25,547 and the national average of £24,402. Click here to visit the website for more information.
Source – ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2007 (latest data)
The chart below compares male and female full-time average annual earnings for Kent & Medway as well as the South East and Great Britain. Across all of the areas male full-time workers earn more than female full-time workers. The differential between male and female earnings is smallest in Kent (£6,053) closely followed by Medway (£6,124). Across the South East as a whole, men are paid on average £7,244 more.
Source – ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2006 (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 Kent and Medway as a whole, 1.9% of working age population are claiming JSA. The figure for Medway is 2.3%, whilst in the Kent region the figure is 1.8%.
Source – ONS, JSA Claimant Counts-Rates and Proportions July 2007
The actual number of claimants of working age population are as follows:
• Kent 14,438
• Medway 3,695
For national and regional information on JSA Claimant Counts please click here
New information on NVQ levels of the working age population have been released from the Annual Population Survey. 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 Kent and Medway:
80.4% 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 Kent and Medway than for the South East –
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63.4% with at least level 2 in Kent and Medway compared to 68% at level 2 for the South East
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42.8% with at least level 3 in Kent and Medway compared to 49.4% at level 3 for the South East
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24.4% with at least level 4 in Kent and Medway 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 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 Kent and Medway is estimated at 1,634,500. 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 Kent and Medway.
Source: ONS, Mid-year population estimates June 2006 (latest data)
Source: ONS, Mid-year population estimates June 2006 (latest data)
The regional employment structure in Kent & Medway differs from that of the national economy as a whole in that 76.4% of the working age population in employment is employed in some form of service industry, which is lower than the South East figure of 78.1% and higher than the GB figure of 76.2%. The graph below shows that:
16.2% of the Kent & Medway working age population in employment is employed in banking, finance and insurance which is lower than the South East figure of 18.7%
The highest proportion (28.9%) of the working age population in employment in Kent & Medway works in the Public Administration, Education and Health sector.
Kent & Medway also has a great proportion employed in construction (11.0%) than can be seen regionally (7.8%) or nationally (8.1%).
(Source: ONS, NOMIS, Annual Population Survey, latest data, January 2006 to December 2006)
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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 Kent & Medway.
ABI – Numbers of Employees by Industrial
Sector – Kent & Medway
Industry
Numbers
Agriculture and Fishing (SIC A,B)
3,549
Energy and water (SIC C,E)
3,997
Manufacturing (SIC D)
76,766
Construction (SIC F)
25,748
Distribution, hotels and restaurants (SIC
G,H)
154,797
Transport and communications (SIC I)
37,034
Banking, finance and insurance, etc (SIC
J,K)
92,707
Public administration, education & health
(SIC L,M,N)
145,514
Other services (SIC O,P,Q)
27,686
Source:
ABI (2005– latest data) ONS: NOMIS
The distribution of employment
across the sectors in Kent & Medway and the
South East as a whole is provided in the chart
below.
Source: ABI (2005– latest
data) ONS: NOMIS
The distribution of employees
across industries in Kent & Medway is broadly
similar to that of the South East as a whole, although
a smaller proportion of jobs here are in the Banking,
Finance and Insurance industry than in the South
East as a whole.
The following chart shows comparative data between the Local Authority areas
of Kent & Medway. The percentages are a percentage of all employees in all
sectors. Source:
ABI (2005 – latest
data) ONS: NOMIS
The
ABI employee data shows that there is little
variation across the Kent area in Manufacturing
jobs, the same can be said of the construction
industry.
The proportional importance of Distribution, hotels and restaurants in the labour
markets in this area vary; with the industry demonstrating far greater significance
in Kent than in Medway. Transport and communications is also more dominant in
Kent, with Medway having under 5% employed in this industry.
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.
Source: ONS, Annual Population Survey Jan – Dec 2006 (latest data).
