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The Hunt For Red October (1990) dir: John McTiernan

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Here's overall vacancy data for a selection of IT roles in the UK Data is from the ONS Labour Demand Volumes data here: www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan... Very useful data, we've been using it for a while to come to similar conclusions for the UK market.

Outside the MERL right now

Just going to hammer home a point I keep making. In 2004, 60 per cent of the UK workforce were in jobs below professional level - they didn't usually need post-18 qualifications. In 2024 47 per cent are in jobs that don't need post-18 qualifications. The crossover happened during COVID.

Proportion of the UK workforce in professional level employment in 2017: 45.5 per cent. In 2024: 53.3 per cent. So this mirrors the change in the UK workforce. Sorry Anthony. Graduates are more expensive to hire and retain than non-grads. Employers hire them if they think they need them.

Apropos of something, here's the ONS data on the proportion of the UK workforce with a degree or equivalent. Since COVID (and, annoyingly, a methodology change from NVQ to RFQ) most UK workers have a degree level qualification.

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Happy County Championship Day for all those who celebrate. Image below probably shows The County Ground in Derby ahead of a May fixture.

Yes, thanks Paul, that's really interesting - here's the data on newly created, which makes different reading and shows that as of mid 2024 there were more newvacancies at non-graduate level than graduate ( a significant fall in professional services vacancies of which IT is a part seems a factor)

Here's the balance between professional level vacancies and vacancies below professional level. There is a long-term pattern of more vacancies at professional level, although the gap narrowed a bit through 2024 (largely increases in non-professional level vacancies, looking at the data, in driving)

Bit late, but here's a diagram from today's Pissarides Review of the Future of Work and Wellbeing (based in London) (pissaridesreview.ifow.org), showing where AI is transforming tech and work in the UK. You'll never guess where all the effects are concentrated! Go on, guess!

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"It can babysit your kids.... walk your dog"

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It's still not stopped being funny.

There is a third option I haven't seen anyone put forward.

It shows the number of graduates in each region's workforce, and the number of graduate level jobs in each region. Here it is as percentages. I've used 2021 data as that's the most recent public data, and here's the link to NOMIS if you want to check my working:nomisweb.co.uk

So, this is one very good way of looking at the question of graduate supply and demand. But there are others and they show why this discussion is so complicated. This graph is simple, I created just now using public data from NOMIS.