Research and analysis

Employer skills survey 2019: UK (excluding Scotland) findings

Main report and data tables on the UK (excluding Scotland) employers’ reported skill needs and training activities.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 14 October 2020
• Last updated: 6 November 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Documents

Employer skills survey 2019: summary report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-201-4, DFERPPU 2018061/2

PDF, 293 KB, 26 pages

Employer skills survey 2019: research report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-189-5, DFERPPU 2018061/2

PDF, 1.59 MB, 128 pages

Employer skills survey 2019: skills needs

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-204-5, DFERPPU 2018061/2

PDF, 2.34 MB, 163 pages

Employer skills survey 2019: training and workforce development

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-205-2, DFERPPU 2018061/2

PDF, 3.15 MB, 115 pages

Employer skills survey 2019: developing the skills pipeline

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-206-9, DFERPPU 2018061/2

PDF, 3.84 MB, 111 pages

Employer skills survey 2019: apprenticeships and traineeships

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-202-1, DFERPPU 2018061/2

PDF, 2.59 MB, 102 pages

Employer skills survey 2019: data tables

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 4.14 MB

Employer skills survey 2019: data tables

ODS, 4.49 MB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

Information from over 81,000 employer establishments across the UK (excluding Scotland) on skills:

• needs
• use
• development

The technical documentation, data tables and slides by nation are on employer skills survey 2019.

Published 14 October 2020
Last updated 6 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 6 November 2024

   Figures revised due to an error: updates to the 'Skills lacking in the labour market' section in the 'Employer skills survey 2019: research report', and corresponding sections of the 'Employer skills survey 2019: skills needs' report and 'Employer skills survey 2019: summary report'.

2. 19 November 2020

   Added 'Employer skills survey 2019: apprenticeships and traineeships', 'Employer skills survey 2019: developing the skills pipeline', 'Employer skills survey 2019: training and workforce development', 'Employer skills survey 2019: skills needs', 'Employer skills survey 2019: summary report'.

3. 14 October 2020

   First published.