Scottish Labour market in 11 Charts

Stephen Boyd, Assistant Secretary, STUCDecent Work, Dignified Lives Conference

15 October 2014

Employment and Unemployment Rates (%), Scotland 2008 to May-July 2014

67.0

68.0

69.0

70.0

71.0

72.0

73.0

74.0

75.0

76.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

Employment (LH axis) Unemployment (RH axis)

Male/Female ILO unemployment rate (%), 2008 to May-July 2014

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

Male Female

Long term JSA, Scotland 2008-2014

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

Claiming for over 12 monthsClaiming for over 6 months

Full/Part time employment (000s), Scotland 2004-2014

1,650

1,700

1,750

1,800

1,850

1,900

1,950

560

580

600

620

640

660

680

700

FT (LH axis) PT (RH axis)

Unemployment rates (%), 16-24yrs and 16-64 yrs, Scotland 2004 to April ‘13-March ‘14

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

16-64 16-24

% change in employment level, Jan-Mar 2008 to May-July 2014

All over 16yrs 16-64 16-24 25-34 35-49 50-64 65+

-20

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Total & 16-64 years employment, Scotland, 1992 to May-July 2014

1,000

2,000

3,000

20

40

60

80

100

Total 16-64 Gap (RH axis)

Employee jobs and self-employment jobs, Scotland, 1996-June 2014

2,000

2,100

2,200

2,300

2,400

2,500

2,600

100

200

300

400

Employee jobs (LH axis) Self-employment jobs (RH axis)

Underemployment, Scotland 2004-2014

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

Nominal gross weekly wages, % change by income decile, 2009-13

Scotland

Managers, directors & senior officials

Corporate managers & directors

Administrative & secretarial

Elementary occupations

Elementary administration and service occupations

-20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25

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ILO Unemployment rate (%)

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A/dee

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Midlothian

Edinburgh

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S Lan

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N Lanark

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West

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E Ayrs

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N Ayrshire

Dundee

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0