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Scottish Employer Skills Survey 2020
Results from the Scottish Employer Skills Survey 2020.
Key findings
| 2015 | 2017 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vacancies and skill-shortage vacancies | |||
| % of establishments with any vacancies | 19% | 20% | 11% |
| % of establishments with any hard-to-fill vacancies | 8% | 8% | 4% |
| % of establishments with skill-shortage vacancies | 6% | 6% | 3% |
| % of all vacancies that are skill-shortage vacancies | 24% | 24% | 21% |
| Number of vacancies | 73,600 | 75,400 | 47,500 |
| Number of skill-shortage vacancies | 17,700 | 17,800 | 10,100 |
| Internal skills challenges | |||
| % of establishments with any staff not fully proficient | 14% | 16% | 12% |
| Number of staff not fully proficient | 117,700 | 122,100 | 97,400 |
| Number of staff not fully proficient as a % of total workforce | 5% | 5% | 4% |
| % of establishments with an upskilling requirement | N/A | 69% | 74% |
| % of establishments reporting skills under-use | 32% | 35% | 33% |
| % of staff underutilised | 8% | 9% | 8% |
| 2015 | 2017 | 2020 | |
| Training | |||
| % of establishments training any staff over the last 12 months | 71% | 71% | 59% |
| % of establishments providing off-the-job training in the last 12 months | 52% | 51% | 35% |
| % of workforce trained | 62% | 62% | 55% |
| % of establishments arranging training in response to COVID-19 in the last six months | N/A | N/A | 51% |
| COVID-19 | |||
| % of establishments making staff permanently redundant as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic | N/A | N/A | 12% |
| % of establishments accessing any government-backed financial support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic | N/A | N/A | 50% |
| % of establishments who had furloughed at least one member of staff in response to the pandemic | N/A | N/A | 65% |
| % of establishments who have increased homeworking in response to the COVID-19 pandemic | N/A | N/A | 35% |
Contact
Email: FHEstatistics@gov.scot
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