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What qualifications do young Londoners need?

A report just published by the Greater London Authority (Skills: Degrees of Qualification) explores the skills and qualification levels of young people. The report then examines adults’ qualifications and the skills that different occupations in London require.

  • Between 1999/2000 and 2010/11, the percentage of London pupils obtaining at least five GCSE A*-C grades increased from 45 to 81 per cent.
  • The OECD PISA study of reading, mathematics and science skills showed that London pupils were below UK average in all three tests.
  • Between 2009/10 and 2010/11 the number of apprenticeships started in London almost doubled, from 20,350 to 40,410.
  • Highly-skilled occupations account for 55 per cent of jobs in London, compared with 45 per cent in the UK as a whole.
  • In 2010, 42 per cent of working-age London population had a degree-level qualification, compared with just 32 per cent in the UK as a whole. London also had a lower percentage of people with no qualifications (9 per cent) compared with the UK (11 per cent).
  • Amongst Londoners aged 25-44, 51 per cent had at least a degree-level qualification, which is much higher than amongst the 45-64 age group at 37 per cent.

In terms of industrial sectors, the Financial and Business Services and the Public Administration, have the highest shares of jobs filled by people with ‘Level 4 or above’ qualifications (64 and 63 per cent respectively), whilst the Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants and Construction sectors have the highest share of jobs filled by workers with ‘below Level 2’ qualifications (Chart 13).

Qualifications have an influence on economic status - the qualifications, the more likely an individual is to be workless. A person in London with no qualifications is more likely to be workless than to be in employment. 60 per cent of working-age people with no qualifications are workless (Chart 14). At ‘Level 4 and above’ 16 per cent of Londoners are workless.

Click here to view the full report and interactive presentation.

Trevor Bottomley
Employment & Labour Market Adviser
Central London Connexions
February 2012
 

A report just published by the Greater London Authority (Skills: Degrees of Qualification) explores the skills and qualification levels of young people. The report then examines adults’ qualifications and the skills that different occupations in London require.

  • Between 1999/2000 and 2010/11, the percentage of London pupils obtaining at least five GCSE A*-C grades increased from 45 to 81 per cent.
  • The OECD PISA study of reading, mathematics and science skills showed that London pupils were below UK average in all three tests.
  • Between 2009/10 and 2010/11 the number of apprenticeships started in London almost doubled, from 20,350 to 40,410.
  • Highly-skilled occupations account for 55 per cent of jobs in London, compared with 45 per cent in the UK as a whole.
  • In 2010, 42 per cent of working-age London population had a degree-level qualification, compared with just 32 per cent in the UK as a whole. London also had a lower percentage of people with no qualifications (9 per cent) compared with the UK (11 per cent).
  • Amongst Londoners aged 25-44, 51 per cent had at least a degree-level qualification, which is much higher than amongst the 45-64 age group at 37 per cent.

In terms of industrial sectors, the Financial and Business Services and the Public Administration, have the highest shares of jobs filled by people with ‘Level 4 or above’ qualifications (64 and 63 per cent respectively), whilst the Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants and Construction sectors have the highest share of jobs filled by workers with ‘below Level 2’ qualifications (Chart 13).

Qualifications have an influence on economic status - the qualifications, the more likely an individual is to be workless. A person in London with no qualifications is more likely to be workless than to be in employment. 60 per cent of working-age people with no qualifications are workless (Chart 14). At ‘Level 4 and above’ 16 per cent of Londoners are workless.

Click here to view the full report and interactive presentation.

Trevor Bottomley
Employment & Labour Market Adviser
Central London Connexions
February 2012
 

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