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UK employer skills survey 2017

Documents relating to UK employer skills survey 2017 conducted by the Department for Education.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 16 August 2018

The fourth UK-wide employer skills survey asked over 87,000 employer establishments about:

• recruitment difficulties and skills lacking from applicants
• skills lacking from existing employees
• underutilisation of employees’ skills
• anticipated needs for skill development in the next 12 months
• the nature and scale of training, including employers’ monetary investment
• the relationship between working practices, business strategy, skill development and skill demand

Underlying datasets are available through the UK Data Service, by special licence access. To access the data, you will need to register and submit information on who will be accessing the data and how the data will be used.

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills conducted the previous survey in 2015.

The Department for Education conducted a related survey in 2016.

UK documents

• Employer skills survey 2017: UK findings
  • 8 October 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Employer skills survey 2017: supplementary documents
  • 16 August 2018
  • Research and analysis

National, regional and local information

• Employer skills survey 2017: England and local toolkit
  • 8 October 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Employer skills survey 2017: Wales toolkit
  • 8 October 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Employer skills survey 2017: Scotland toolkit
  • 8 October 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Employer skills survey 2017: Northern Ireland toolkit
  • 8 October 2018
  • Research and analysis

Published 16 August 2018