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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.

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From:
Department for Education and Skills England
Published:
2 June 2025
Last updated:
3 July 2025
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  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.

Applies to England

Documents

Skills England: Sector evidence on the growth and skills offer

PDF, 410 KB, 30 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Advanced manufacturing

PDF, 369 KB, 8 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Clean energy industries

PDF, 357 KB, 8 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Construction

PDF, 362 KB, 8 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Creative industries

PDF, 378 KB, 9 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Defence

PDF, 348 KB, 8 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Digital and technologies

PDF, 396 KB, 9 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Financial services

PDF, 353 KB, 9 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Health and adult social care

PDF, 365 KB, 9 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Life sciences

PDF, 344 KB, 7 pages

Sector skills needs assessment: Professional and business services

PDF, 350 KB, 9 pages

Details

‘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:

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