Research and analysis

Skills England: skills for growth and opportunity

Findings of Skills England’s analysis and engagement with sectors on the growth and skills offer and the skills-needs assessments for 10 priority sectors.

Applies to England

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‘Skills England: Sector evidence on the growth and skills offer’ sets out how the offer could support the government’s missions to:

  • drive economic growth
  • break down barriers to opportunity

Skills England also assessed the national skills needs for 10 priority sectors:

Updates to this page

Published 2 June 2025
Last updated 3 July 2025 show all updates
  1. We have updated ‘sector evidence on the growth and skills offer’. We have also updated the summaries on creative industries, financial services, health and adult social care, and professional and business services. We have corrected some citations and credits. We have corrected figures on graduates working in the sector 5 years after graduation, in the financial services and professional and business services documents. We have removed an incorrect reference to a social worker standard.

  2. First published.

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