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LOCAL
DATA
GENERAL
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Surrey County Council is a major employer in Surrey.
For details about their current vacancies click
here
Thames Recruitment requires experienced drivers with
either a HGV I, HGV II, or 7.5 tonne licence. For
long or short term vacancies in London and the South
East click
here.
Buses4U is a flexible bus service
which has no bus timetable. The service operates
at the demands of its passengers. For information
about working for Buses4U in the Tandridge district
contact A.M.K on 01428 751675 and for more information
about the bus service visit http://www.buses4u.org.uk/index.htm
Recruitment Campaign for Firefighters
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service has started a recruitment
campaign for wholetime firefighters. They are looking
for people with a range of qualities and experiences.
Successful applicants at the application form stage
will go on to take written and practical tests
as well as an interview and medical check. More
information can be found at http://www.surrey-fire.gov.uk or http://www.fire.gov.uk/careers
New Employment Match Service
The Surrey Advertiser Group has a new recruitment
service called matchyourcv. It allows job seekers
the chance to have their CV seen by employers in
Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and the Thames Valley.
The service is free and easy to use. Employers
can be directed to suitable candidates through
a database and jobseekers can also be notified
of vacancies which are suitable to what they are
looking for. For more information contact Sarah
Firth on 01483 508830 or email arahfirth@surreyad.co.uk
Source: Review Series, Woking, 25th November 2006
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 Surrey, the
total stocks of VAT registered businesses numbered
46,235 (ONS NOMIS). ‘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 Surrey
by broad industrial sector. Change in VAT registrations
shows the net change (registrations minus de-registrations
in the calendar year).
The net change in VAT registrations
in Surrey is greatest in the Real Estate, Renting
and Business
Activities sector, with a net increase of 270 businesses
between 2004 and 2005. Net increases of between 85
and 115 business can also be seen to have occurred
in Construction; Wholesale, Retail & Repairs;
and Hotels and Restaurants during the same 12 month
period. Similar to other areas in the South East,
Surrey saw a decline in the overall number of businesses
registered for VAT in Manufacturing and in the Public
Administration, and Other Community, Social and Personal
Services 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 Surrey in comparison with the South East as a whole.
Source: ONS, NOMIS
By far the greatest proportion of vacancies notified in the region during Januray was Elementary Occupations (25.1%). However in Surrey these roles represented 29.3% of all notified vacancies.
Other significant variations from the regional breakdown of vacancies by occupation for local authority areas in Surrey include:
A slightly higher than average proportion of vacancies in Surrey in Associate Professional and Technical Occupations (13.6%).
A lower than average proportions of vacancies for Sales and Customer Service Occupations (13.6%).
The regional employment structure in Surrey differs slightly from that of the national economy as a whole. Slightly more of the working age employees in Surrey work in some form of service industry than in the South East and GB as a whole: 80.4% in Surrey, compared with 78.1% regionally and 76.2% nationally. The graph below shows that:
Almost a quarter (24.2%) of employees of working age in Surrey are employed in Banking, Finance and Insurance, which is considerably higher than the South East (18.7%) and Great Britain (15.9%)
Only one in ten (9.7%) of employees in Surrey work in Manufacturing, compared with 11.8% of employees across the South East, and 13.1% across Great Britain as a whole.
Similarly, a slightly smaller proportion of employees in Surrey work in Public Administration, Education and Health (25.3%) compared with 27.4% regionally and 28.4% nationally.
(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 for full-time workers in Surrey. Across Surrey full-time annual earnings (£28,984) are above the average for the South East (£25,547) region and England as a whole (£24,402). Click here to visit the website for more information.
Source – ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2007 (latest data)
Across Surrey average male gross annual earnings are £8,825 higher than those of females. This is a larger disparity than exists both regionally and nationally. In the South East full-time male workers are paid on average £7,244 than women, and in England as a whole the gender pay gap stands at £6,070.
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 Surrey 0.8% of working age population are claiming JSA.
Source – ONS, JSA Claimant Counts-Rates and Proportions July 2007
The actual number of claimants of working age population are as follows:
• Surrey 5,311
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 Surrey:
84.8% of the working age population are qualified to at least NVQ level one, compared to 82.7% for the South East.
Higher percentage at NVQ level 2 in Surrey than for the South East – 72.6% with level 2 in Surrey compared to 68% at level 2 for the South East.
Higher percentage at NVQ level 3 in Surrey than for the South East – 55.5% with level 3 in Surrey compared to 49.4% at level 3 for the South East.
Higher percentage at NVQ level 4 in Surrey than for the South East – 36.7% with level 4 in Surrey 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 Surrey is estimated at 1,085,400. 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 Surrey.
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 Surrey.
Industry
Numbers
Agriculture
and Fishing (SIC A,B)
1,911
Energy
and water (SIC C,E)
3,032
Manufacturing
(SIC D)
39,264
Construction
(SIC F)
22,656
Distribution,
hotels and restaurants (SIC G,H)
131,654
Transport
and communications (SIC I)
55,386
Banking,
finance and insurance, etc (SIC J,K)
172,422
Public
administration, education & health (SIC L,M,N)
104,352
Other
services (SIC O,P,Q)
26,605
Source: ABI (2005– latest
data) ONS: NOMIS
The distribution of employment across the sectors
in Surrey 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 Surrey is broadly similar to
that of the South East as a whole, Surrey has a lower
proportion of jobs in Manufacturing an a greater
proportion in Banking, Finance and Insurance than
seen regionally.
