| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 6C3 Unfilled vacancies by occupation, 1994-1997 |
SOC Group Description |
Annual average |
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1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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| Total | 19,492 |
22,963 |
25,125 |
31,188 |
|
| 1 | Corporate managers/administrators | 291 |
310 |
329 |
450 |
| 2 | Managers/proprieters: agriculture/services | 321 |
362 |
472 |
553 |
| 3 | Science/engineering professionals | 80 |
75 |
85 |
162 |
| 4 | Health professionals | 6 |
7 |
11 |
11 |
| 5 | Teaching professionals | 45 |
57 |
68 |
81 |
| 6 | Other professional occupations | 173 |
214 |
169 |
234 |
| 7 | Science/engineering associate professionals | 191 |
187 |
226 |
297 |
| 8 | Health associate professionals | 455 |
693 |
908 |
983 |
| 9 | Other associate professional occupations | 453 |
536 |
427 |
576 |
| 10 | Clerical occupations | 2,250 |
2,778 |
2,860 |
3,713 |
| 11 | Secretarial occupations | 516 |
619 |
674 |
826 |
| 12 | Skilled construction trades | 287 |
285 |
288 |
435 |
| 13 | Skilled engineering trades | 403 |
522 |
572 |
800 |
| 14 | Other skilled trades | 1,323 |
1,506 |
1,711 |
2,189 |
| 15 | Protective service occupations | 633 |
823 |
883 |
985 |
| 16 | Personal service occupations | 3,570 |
4,202 |
4,720 |
5,776 |
| 17 | Buyers, brokers/sales representatives | 824 |
611 |
644 |
873 |
| 18 | Other sales occupations | 2,720 |
3,154 |
3,316 |
4,088 |
| 19 | Industrial plant/machine operators, etc | 1,079 |
1,450 |
1,437 |
1,560 |
| 20 | Drivers/mobile machine operators | 572 |
654 |
822 |
1,186 |
| 21 | Other occupations: agriculture/forestry/fishing | 73 |
89 |
118 |
142 |
| 22 | Other elementary occupations | 3,229 |
3,830 |
4,388 |
5,269 |
Source: Employment Service |