Report
Employer Skills Survey 2018
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.
Underlying datasets will be available shortly through the UK Data Service, by special licence access. To access the data, you will need to register and submit information on who will be accessing the data and how the data will be used.
