Futureskills Scotland: The skills content of jobs in Scotland and the rest of the UK: Full Report

DescriptionThis report looks at differences in the use and perceived importance of a range of skills to jobs in Scotland compared to the rest of the UK. The research uses data from the 2006 Work Skills in Britain Survey. The skills where workers reported significant differences between jobs in Scotland and the rest of the UK were computing skills, number skills and literacy skills. For these skills, Scottish workers reported lower use or importance in the workplace than workers in the rest of the UK.
ISBN9780755991020
Official Print Publication DateMarch 2010
Website Publication DateMarch 05, 2010

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A research report produced for Futureskills Scotland by Professor Andy Dickerson

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Contents

Summary

1. Introduction

2. Background

3. Data and methodology
3.1 Data
3.1.1 Measures of broad skills
3.1.2 Measures of computing skills
3.1.3 Measures of generic skills
3.2 Methodology

4. The skills content of jobs in Scotland and the rest of the UK

5. Decomposition of differences in the skills content of jobs

6. Summary and conclusions

References

STATISTICAL ANNEXES

Annex A Detailed differentials and decomposition by industry
Annex B Detailed differentials and decomposition by occupation

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

FIGURES

Figure 1A Differences in productivity between the countries and regions of the UK
Figure 1B Differences in highest qualification attained between countries of the UK
Figure 2A Spatial employment and HE qualification rates
Figure 2B Spatial economic inactivity and no qualification rates
Figure 3A Productivity and HE qualification rates
Figure 3B Productivity and no qualification rates
Figure 4 Productivity and employment rates
Figure 5 Skill differentials for Scotland
Figure 6 Significant skill differentials for Scotland
Figure 7 Decomposition of skill differentials for Scotland by industry
Figure 8 Decomposition of significant skill differentials for Scotland by industry
Figure 9 Decomposition of skill differentials for Scotland by occupation
Figure 10 Decomposition of significant skill differentials for Scotland by occupation

TABLES

Table 1 Skill levels - Scotland vs Rest of UK
Table 2A Broad skills by industry
Table 2B Broad skills by occupation
Table 3A Computing skills by industry
Table 3B Computing skills by occupation
Table 4A Generic skills by industry
Table 4B Generic skills by occupation
Table 5A High level generic skills by industry
Table 5B High level generic skills by occupation
Table 6 Decomposition of Scottish skill differentials by industry
Table 7 Decomposition of Scottish skill differentials by occupation
Table 8 Relative contributions to variance in differentials between countries by industry
Table 9 Relative contributions to variance in differentials between countries by occupation

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