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LOCAL
DATA – Local Labour Market Data
Look out for updated data on Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) Claimants in this edition. JSA data records the number of people claiming JSA and National Insurance credits at Job Centre Plus local offices. The section below shows the number (and percentage) of people in the South East as a whole, and in East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
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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.
Job
Centre Plus – Search all vacancies currently advertised by
JobcentrePlus
Sussex Jobs Today – Local job information for Sussex from the regional
newspapers including search function
Wired Sussex – Search for media related jobs advertised by Wired
Sussex, the business development agency for digital companies in Sussex.
Job Nut – internet search engine of
jobs in UK Sussex Connexions – search the Connexions directory for local Jobcentre
Plus contact details as well as other services
Agora
Development – a specilised recruitment service for graduates
in Sussex, bridging the gap between graduates and employers.
Gatwick Airport has a variety of roles available.
For further information,
click
here for details.
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 Sussex, the total
stocks of VAT registered businesses numbered
52,590 (ONS NOMIS): 17,030
in East Sussex; 26,825 in West Sussex; and 8,560
in Brighton & Hove. ‘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 Sussex
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 Sussex are generally positive (increases)
or around 50 businesses per sector per Local
Authority area.
Notably, East Sussex saw a net increase of 90
VAT registered in Wholesale, Retail & Repair;
Brighton saw a net increase 85 businesses in
Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities;
and West Sussex saw a net increase of 75 registrations
for the Hotels and Restaurants sector. However,
West Sussex also saw a very large net decrease
in the total stock of VAT registered businesses
in the Public Administration, and Other Community,
Social and Personal Services sector. This highlights
a reduction in the number of individual businesses
in this sector, but may not necessarily mean
a reduction in the number of jobs, as one factor
could be consolidation of several smaller businesses
into one larger group, which is not unusual for
businesses such as care homes.
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 March 2007 the South
East had over 31,500 vacancies, and there were almost 300,000 in Great
Britain as a whole.
Source: ONS, Nomis
Vacancies by occupation are broken down in the
graph below for the local authority areas of Sussex.
Source: ONS, NOMIS
By far the greatest proportion
of vacancies notified in the region during March
was Elementary Occupations
(27.2%). However, these roles represented a far
smaller proportion of vacancies in Brighton & Hove
(11.2%), due to the much greater than average proportion
of vacancies being notified in Sales and Customer
Service Occupations in this area (36.1% compared
with 14.8% regionally).
In East Sussex, a greater proportion of vacancies
were notified in Skilled Trades (17.1%) and Personal
Service Occupations (16.4%) compared to the regional
proportions (13.7% and 9.1% respectively).
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 Sussex as a whole, 1.7% of working age population are claiming JSA. Brighton and Hove has the highest figure with 2.7%, whilst West Sussex has the lowest figure at 1.1%.
Source – ONS, JSA Claimant Counts-Rates and Proportions July 2007
The actual number of claimants of working age population are as follows:
• Brighton and Hove 4,613
• East Sussex 5,122
• West Sussex 4,968
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 (82.3%) people of working
age in the South East have at least a level one
qualification. The figures indicate that there
are 877,200 people of working age in the South
East that do not have at least an NVQ level one
qualification.
The information shows that in Sussex:
82.8% of the working age population are qualified
to at least NVQ level one, compared to 82.3%
for the South East.
A slightly higher percentage at NVQ level
2 in Sussex as for the South East – 68.3%
with level 2 in Sussex compared to 67.3% at
level 2 for the South East.
An equal percentage at NVQ level 4 in Sussex
as for the South East – 29.5% with level
4 in Sussex compared to 29.5% at level 4 for
the South East.
Source: ONS,
Annual Population Survey Jan – Dec
2005 (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 Sussex is
estimated at 1,517,300. 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.
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 Sussex.
Source – ONS, Mid-year population
estimates June 2005 (latest data)
Source – ONS, Mid-year population
estimates June 2005 (latest data)
The regional employment structure in Sussex differs
to that of the national economy as a whole in that
slightly more of the working age employees in Sussex
work in some form of service industry than in the
South East and GB as a whole: 80.0% in Sussex,
compared with 78.6% regionally and 76.4% nationally.
The graph below shows that:
A slightly higher
percentage of the Sussex working age population
are employed in public administration, education
and health (28.7%) compared to the South East
regional figure of 27.2%.
Just one in ten
(9.6%) of the Sussex working age population
in employment are based in manufacturing, which
is lower than the GB figure of 13.2%.
(Source: ONS, NOMIS, Annual Population Survey,
latest data, April 2005-March 2006)
Community Service Volunteers
The CSV (Community Service Volunteers) Hotline
is available for students who want to take a gap
year. CSV offers UK based gap years lasting between
4 months to a year, where volunteers live away
from home with free accommodation, food and travel
expenses on top of a weekly allowance. More information
is available on 0800 374 991 or on http://www.csv.org.uk/gapyear
Volunteers Needed
The Horsham branch of The Guide Dogs for the Blind
Association is seeking volunteers to fill the following
roles: trading secretary, collection box coordinator,
drivers and administrators. For further details contact
Mary Richardson on 07990 540267 or email mary.richardson@guide-dogs.org.uk.
Volunteer Centres can
provide information to organisations
seeking volunteers as
well as details of current volunteering
vacancies. For more information visit
theVolunteer Development Agency websiteor
contact one of the centres
www.do-it.org.uk – search
almost 70,000 volunteering opportunties
and apply online. Click here for
a special feature about overseas volunteer opportunities with information
for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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 Brighton and Hove, West Sussex
and East Sussex. The figures have been compared
with those of the South East region and Great Britain
as a whole. Earnings across the South East (£26,001)
are higher than those of Brighton and Hove (£24,460),
West Sussex (£25,340) and East Sussex (£23,114).
Annual earnings for Brighton and Hove (£24,460)
and West Sussex (£25,340) are higher than
those of Great Britain (£23,707) as a whole.
Click
here to visit the website for more information.
Source – ONS, Annual
Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2006 (latest data)
The chart below shows that there are disparities
between male and female earnings across Brighton
and Hove, West Sussex and East Sussex.
Source – ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and
Earnings, 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 Sussex.
ABI – Numbers of Employees by Industrial
Sector – Sussex
Industry
Numbers
Agriculture
and Fishing (SIC A,B)
2,783
Energy
and water (SIC C,E)
2,057
Manufacturing
(SIC D)
70,003
Construction
(SIC F)
29,207
Distribution,
hotels and restaurants (SIC G,H)
162,492
Transport
and communications (SIC I)
41,476
Banking,
finance and insurance, etc (SIC J,K)
114,000
Public
administration, education & health (SIC
L,M,N)
156,208
Other services
(SIC O,P,Q)
31,483
Source:
ABI (2005– latest data) ONS: NOMIS
The distribution of employment across the sectors
in Sussex 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 Sussex is broadly similar
to that of the South East as a whole, Sussex has
a slightly higher proportion of jobs in Public
Administration, Education and Health than seen
regionally, and a slightly lower proportion of
jobs in Banking, Finance and Insurance.
The following chart shows comparative data between the Local Authority areas
of Sussex. The percentages are a percentage of all employees in all sectors.
Source: ABI (2005– latest
data) ONS: NOMIS
The ABI employee data show
that across Sussex as a whole, Transport and Communications
accounts for less than one in ten of all employees.
The proportional importance of Banking, Finance and Insurance in the labour markets
of Sussex varies considerably between districts: being particularly dominant
in Brighton & Hove due to the location of large offices of major financial
organisations in these areas (in these districts, around one in three jobs are
in this industry).
Similarly, the proportion of employment in each district within Public Administration,
Education and Health varies widely, accounting for just over a quarter of employment
across the county.
While only small variations can be seen between most districts in Sussex in terms
of the proportional dominance of Distribution, Hotels & Restaurants in the
labour market, this industry has a greater proportion of employees in East Sussex
than anywhere else in Sussex.
The greatest concentrations proportionally of Manufacturing jobs in Sussex are
based in East Sussex, while in Brighton & Hove, Manufacturing represents
a much lower than average proportion of employment.
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
2005 (latest data).
