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Regional Skills Assessment 2009 Key findings – skills for tomorrow Observatory Conference 20th October 2009 West Midlands Regional Observatory 2009

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What is the Skills Assessment? <ul><li>Produced annually since 2005 </li></ul><ul><li>To inform a range of policy makers: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Business support </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Commissioners of learning and skills </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Skills providers </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Providers of careers information, advice and guidance </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Local authorities producing local economic assessments </li></ul></ul>West Midlands Regional Observatory 2009

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What this year’s Assessment covers <ul><ul><li>Historical trends (general direction of travel): </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Key growth sectors and clusters </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Demographics: the changing supply of skills by age, gender and ethnicity </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Geographies: ‘hot spots’ of employment growth </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Current skills needs: </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Skill gaps and shortages </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Impact of recession </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Business Link, JCP and Sector Skills Council data </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Future priorities: </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Regional Economic Strategy – innovation, enterprise, inward investment </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Regional Funding Advice </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>New Industry </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Cluster and Sector Skills Council data </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Evaluation evidence – impact and value for money </li></ul></ul></ul>West Midlands Regional Observatory 2009

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Discussion <ul><li>Does the evidence address all the key issues and questions? </li></ul><ul><li>Are there important gaps in knowledge? </li></ul><ul><li>Where does the evidence base need to be strengthened? </li></ul>West Midlands Regional Observatory 2009

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Job growth in the last 4 years Source: ABI Low High Share of employment in 2007 Employment growth 2003-2007 Low High Emerging sectors and clusters ICT & telecoms and ICT cluster Hotels & catering and tourism & leisure cluster Construction and building technologies cluster Education Education & entertainment media cluster Environmental technologies cluster Medical technologies cluster Drivers of employment growth Business and Professional Services Health and Social Care Declining in employment terms – but market opportunities in specific areas Engineering and transport technologies cluster Other Manufacturing and lifestyle & interiors cluster Food & drink

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Workforce profile by cluster and age in 2008 Source: ONS Annual Population Survey

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Employment change in West Midlands by LA: 2003-2007 Source: ABI West Midlands

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Skills-shortage vacancies by sector England average West Midlands average Source: LSC National Employer Skills Survey 2007

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Percentage difference in vacancies notified to Job Centres by sector, June 2008 – June 2009 Source: NOMIS (JCP)

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SMEs using the Train to Gain service (Cumulative totals) Source: Business Link West Midlands/ LSC

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Key drivers of future skills change <ul><li>Exploiting new technology: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>To drive up productivity </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>To exploit new markets </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Legislation relating to low carbon and sustainability issues: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Leading to new ways of working </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Creating new market opportunities </li></ul></ul><ul><li>The demands of an ageing population: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>For healthcare services </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>For new medical technologies </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>For financial services </li></ul></ul><ul><li>More demanding consumers: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Higher quality </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Better customer service </li></ul></ul>West Midlands Regional Observatory 2009

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Emerging skill needs <ul><li>Higher level (often graduate and post graduate level) sector and business specific technical skills </li></ul><ul><li>A wide range of generic/transferable skills: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Leadership & management </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Business skills to exploit market opportunities </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Keeping up to date with market developments </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>ICT skills to exploit the potential of new technology </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Inter-personal skills such as communication and working in teams </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Problem solving skills </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Customer service </li></ul></ul>West Midlands Regional Observatory 2009

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Where in the region will these skills be needed? <ul><li>Impact Investment locations </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Birmingham – New St Station, Eastside </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Solihull – BIA, North Solihull </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Ansty Park in Coventry </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Black Country – Bilston, Dudley, West Bromwich, Walsall and Wolverhampton town centres </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Staffordshire – i54, Stafford town centre and Stoke city centre </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Edgar St Grid in Herefordshire </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Telford town centre in Shropshire </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Key locations for attracting inward investment: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Solihull </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Coventry </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Warwickshire </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Telford </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Central Birmingham </li></ul></ul>West Midlands Regional Observatory 2009