Medical technology - Sheffield

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Sheffield’s Residents…

› Over 1.4 million people

live in Sheffield’s

catchment

› Healthy growth in both

total and of working age

populations

› +9% increase since 2001,

much higher than in the

surrounding region

› An estimated growth of

around 1% in the working

age group to 2023

› A young profile with just

over 30% of working age

residents under 30

(Yorkshire 28.8%, England

29.9%)

Sheffield’s catchme

nt…

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Sheffield’s Workforce…

› A total labour pool of

735,900 people

› Close to 650,000

employees

› A youthful employee

profile, those under 25

representing 15.4%

(Yorkshire 13.4%, England

12%)

› There are proportionately

more manufacturing jobs

in the catchment than

regionally and nationally

› Over one in four

manufacturing employees

work in medium and high

technology environments

Sheffield’s catchme

nt…

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Sheffield’s Employees…

› Almost half of the entire

region’s jobs in Medical

Technologies are in

Sheffield’s catchment

› Over three quarters of

jobs in healthcare and

technology are specific

positions in medical

technology, significantly

above the incidence

throughout the Yorkshire

region and England as a

whole

Sheffield’s catchme

nt…

“Over half of Sheffield’s Creative employees work in Software, Consultancy & Electronic Publishing”

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Sheffield’s Training…

› Proportionately more of

Sheffield’s employees

participate in work related

training than reported

throughout Yorkshire and

in England as a whole

› Rates of training among

those in the production

industries are higher still

and stand above regional

and national comparisons

“Proportionately more employees participate in training in the catchment than regionally or nationally”

Sheffield’s catchme

nt…

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Sheffield’s Universities…

› Over 60,000 students

attend Sheffield’s two

universities, a quarter of

these are studying at

postgraduate level

› An international pool -

40% of postgraduates are

from overseas (Yorkshire

37%, England 36.7%)

› Over 20,000 students

graduate annually from

these universities, a third

with a postgrad

qualification

Sheffield’s catchme

nt…

“Proportionately, there are at least twice as many students enrolled in Medical Technology courses at Sheffield’s Universities than regionally or nationally”

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Sheffield’s Recruitment Costs…

› Salary rates for jobs in

private healthcare and

medical technology

industries are extremely

competitive in Sheffield’s

recruitment catchment

Sheffield’s catchme

nt…

“Medical Technology salaries in the catchment are at least 9% below those in London”

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