Employer skills survey 2019
Documents relating to the employer skills survey 2019 conducted by the Department for Education in England, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive.
The employer skills survey 2019, the fifth since 2011 to cover England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, asked questions about:
- recruitment difficulties and skills lacking from applicants
- skills lacking from existing employees
- underutilisation of employees’ skills
- anticipated needs for skill development in the next 12 months
- the nature and scale of training, including employers’ monetary investment
- the relationship between working practices, business strategy, skill development and skill demand
The survey also included questions from the previous employer perspectives survey last conducted in 2016.
Employer skills survey 2019 statistics are now available on the statistics platform, Explore education statistics (EES).
UK (excluding Scotland) documents
National, regional and local information
Updates to this page
Published 14 October 2020Last updated 30 March 2023 + show all updates
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Added 'Employer skills survey: 2019' to 'UK (excluding Scotland) documents' and added a link to Explore education statistics (EES) as the 'Employer skills survey 2019' statistics are now available on this platform.
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Link to 'Feedback on the employer skills survey data' removed as survey has now closed.
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Added a link to a survey to give us feedback on the employer skills survey data.
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