East SussexLabour Market Profile

Population in Yr 2010

Source: unless otherwise stated, the data is based on the NOMIS profile for East Sussex

East Sussex (numbers)

South East (numbers)

Great Britain (numbers)

All people 515,500 8,523,100 60,462,600

Males 247,000 4,183,200 29,758,900

Females 268,500 4,339,800 30,703,700

This presentation looks at

Earnings by residence East Sussex, South East, Great Britain (Year 2011)

Employment by occupation

Employee jobs (Year 2008)

Employment and Unemployment Jul 2010 to June 2011 (% for ages 16 to 64)

Qualifications

Earnings by residence (2011)

• £6.08 per hour: National Minimum Wage for workers over 21

• £7.63 per hour: the amount needed by a single adult working full time in order to meet the Minimum Income Standard (see opposite)

• £9.33 - the hourly wage required by a lone parent with one child to achieve the Minimum Income Standard

• Child poverty under 16 : Eastbourne(23.2%), Hastings (30.5%), Lewes(15.9%), Rother(19.8%) (11/3%). Child poverty definition: children living in families whose reported income is less than 60% of the median income.

Median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area.

• £184 : amount needed by a single working age adult • £232 : amount needed by pensioner couple• £423 : amount needed by couple with 2 children• £245: amount needed by lone parent with one child

How do these figures compare to the ‘Minimum Income Standard ‘ ? The MIS is based on what experts and ordinary people say is enough money to live on. The amounts below are after income tax, and do not include housing or childcare costs. Most people relying on basic out-of-work benefits do not reach this standard.

Source: Joseph Rowntree Trust

East Sussex South East Great Britain

£539.80

£607.40

£541.70

£428.00 £474.30

£446.30

Gross weekly pay

Male full-time workers

Female full-time workers

East Sussex

South East

Great Britain

£13.42

£15.26

£13.32

£11.38

£12.66

£11.95

Hourly pay

Employment by occupation

East Sussex South East Great Britain

13.4 14 17.6

19 16.417.2

25.421.5

21.9

42.148.1

43.3

Managers, directors, pro-fessionalsAdmin, secretarial, skilled tradesCaring, leisure, customer servicesPlant operatives & elemen-tary occu's

Perc

enta

ge %

Oct 2010 to Sep 2011

Employee jobs (Yr 2008)

8%5%

25%

6%24%

26%

6%

South East

10%

5%

24%

6%22%

27%

5%Great Britain Notes

Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces. The information comes from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) - an employer survey conducted in December of each year. The survey samples around 78,000 businesses. The ABI records a job at the location of an employee's workplace (rather than at the location of the business's main office).

9%

6%

27%

3%14%

34%

7%

East Sussex

Manufacturing

Construction

Distribution, hotels & restaurants

Transport & communications

Finance, IT, other business ac-tivities

Public admin, education & health

Other services

Employee jobs – full time and part-time (Yr 2008)

The Annual Business Inquiry defines part-time employees as those working for 30 or fewer hours per week.

East Sussex South East Great Britain

64.7 69 68.8

35.3 31 31.2

Full-time Part-time

perc

enta

ges

%

Employment and Unemployment Oct 2010 to Sept 2011 (% for ages 16 to 64)

Economically active

75.7% 79.2% 76.1%

Economically active: People, who are economically active are expressed as a percentage of people aged 16 to 64. They include the employed and unemployed who are actively seeking work.

East Sussex South East Great Britain

58.4 63.6 60.5

11.9 10.4 9.1

In employmentSelf employedEmployees

PERC

ENTA

GES

East Sussex %

South East %

Great Britain %

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Unemployed

PERCENTAGE

Percentage is for age 16 plus. It is expressed as a proportion of the economically active

The unemployed refers to people without a job who were available to start work in the two weeks following their interview and who had either looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview or were waiting to start a job they had already obtained.

In employment: People expressed as a percentage of population aged 16 to 64.

Qualifications – percentages are for those aged 16 to 64

East Sussex

South East

Great Britain

9

8.5

11.3

7

7.5

8.5

35.4

30.2

29.2

48.6

53.8

51

Jan 2010 to Dec 2010No qualifications Other qualificationsBelow NVQ3 NVQ3 and above

Percentages

NotesThe trade apprenticeships are split 50/50 between NVQ level 2 and 3. No qualifications: No formal qualifications heldOther qualifications: includes foreign qualifications and some professional qualificationsNVQ 1 equivalent: e.g. fewer than 5 GCSEs at grades A-C, foundation GNVQ, NVQ 1, intermediate 1 national qualification (Scotland) or equivalentNVQ 2 equivalent: e.g. 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-C, intermediate GNVQ, NVQ 2, intermediate 2 national qualification (Scotland) or equivalentNVQ 3 equivalent: e.g. 2 or more A levels, advanced GNVQ, NVQ 3, 2 or more higher or advanced higher national qualifications (Scotland) or equivalentNVQ 4 equivalent and above: e.g. HND, Degree and Higher Degree level qualifications or equivalent

Slideshow by Gavin Barkerwww.gavin-barker.com KEY SOURCES

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