Industry demand
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This file contains industry level demand data, based on proportional distribution of occupations in demand across industries.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Labour market and skills
- Publication
- Occupations in demand
- Release
- Calendar year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 169,499
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Indicators capped at elevated demand due to imputation
- Indicators imputed from 3-digit SOC
- Indicators that are in demand
- Number of industry workers
- Number of occupation workers
- Number of occupations
- Occupation is in STEM
- Occupation is in construction
- Occupation is in the immigration salary list
- Proportion of workers
- Proportion of workers in demand
- Uncertainty in demand indicators
- Filters
- Demand level
- Industry name
- ONS skill level
- SOC20
- SOC20 Description
- Uncertainty in indicators which are in high demand
- Time period
- 2025
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| soc20_unit | soc20_label | SIC_name | occupation_workers | industry_workers | demand_level | skill_level | immigration_salary_list | construction | STEM | indicator_uncertainty | indicator_demand | indicator_demand_uncertainty_flag | imputation_capped_indicators | named_imputed_indicators | count | percent | demand_level_percent | time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Total | Total | 33023600 | 33023600 | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 412 | 100 | 100 | 2025 | Reporting year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom |
| 1111 | Total | Total | 180200 | 180200 | Total | Total | No | No | No | No uncertainty | Demand in multiple indicators: change in hours worked, change in hourly wage, wage premium, visa density | Total | No indicators capped at elevated due to imputation | No indicators imputed | 1 | 0.545670369069393 | 0.545670369069393 | 2025 | Reporting year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom |
| 1112 | Total | Total | 14800 | 14800 | Total | Total | No | No | No | Uncertainty in visa density | Demand in multiple indicators: change in hours worked, online job advert density | Total | No indicators capped at elevated due to imputation | No indicators imputed | 1 | 0.0448164343075861 | 0.0448164343075861 | 2025 | Reporting year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom |
| 1121 | Total | Total | 246100 | 246100 | Total | Total | No | No | Yes | No uncertainty | Demand in multiple indicators: change in hours worked, change in hourly wage, online job advert density, visa density | Total | No indicators capped at elevated due to imputation | No indicators imputed | 1 | 0.74522462723628 | 0.74522462723628 | 2025 | Reporting year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom |
| 1122 | Total | Total | 165200 | 165200 | Total | Total | No | Yes | Yes | No uncertainty | Demand in multiple indicators: change in hours worked, online job advert density, visa density | Total | No indicators capped at elevated due to imputation | No indicators imputed | 1 | 0.500248307271164 | 0.500248307271164 | 2025 | Reporting year | National | K02000001 | United Kingdom |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| construction | Occupation is in construction |
| count | Number of occupations |
| demand_level | Demand level - Filter by level of demand |
| demand_level_percent | Proportion of workers in demand |
| immigration_salary_list | Occupation is in the immigration salary list |
| imputation_capped_indicators | Indicators capped at elevated demand due to imputation |
| indicator_demand | Indicators that are in demand |
| indicator_demand_uncertainty_flag | Uncertainty in indicators which are in high demand - Filter by whether an occupation has demand indicators which also hit uncertainty flags |
| indicator_uncertainty | Uncertainty in demand indicators |
| industry_workers | Number of industry workers |
| named_imputed_indicators | Indicators imputed from 3-digit SOC |
| occupation_workers | Number of occupation workers |
| percent | Proportion of workers |
| SIC_name | Industry name - Filter by industry name |
| skill_level | ONS skill level - Filter by ONS skill level |
| soc20_label | SOC20 Description - Filter by occupation description |
| soc20_unit | SOC20 - Filter by occupation unit |
| STEM | Occupation is in STEM |
Footnotes
- The annual change in hourly wage, wage premium and annual change in hours worked indicators do not include Northern Ireland data, whereas the visa density and online job advert density indicators include data for the whole of the UK. This could disproportionately impact occupations which have a large proportion of workers in Northern Ireland.
- Proportions may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
- Worker volumes sourced from: Annual population survey Jul 2024 - Jun 2025 (opens in new tab)
- Industry worker volumes proportionately distribute occupation workers using the distributions shown in the mapping of occupations to industries supporting file.
- Proportion uses the total number of workers in the respective industry as the denominator
- Proportion uses the total number of workers in the respective demand level and industry as the denominators.
- Rounded to the nearest 100.
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