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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 6C3 Unfilled vacancies by occupation, 1994-1997

SOC Group Description

Annual average

1994

1995

1996

1997

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

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