1. East Sussex
Labour Market Profile
Population in Yr 2010
East Sussex South East Great Britain
(numbers) (numbers) (numbers)
All people 515,500 8,523,100 60,462,600
Males 247,000 4,183,200 29,758,900
Females 268,500 4,339,800 30,703,700
Source: unless otherwise stated, the data is based
on the NOMIS profile for East Sussex

2. This presentation looks at
Earnings by residence East Sussex, South East,
Great Britain (Year 2011)
Employment by occupation
Employee jobs (Year 2008)
Employment and Unemployment Jul 2010 to June
2011 (% for ages 16 to 64)
Qualifications

3. Earnings by residence (2011)
Median earnings in pounds for employees living in the area.
Gross weekly pay
Hourly pay
£607.40
£539.80 £541.70
£11.95
£474.30 Great Britain
£428.00 £446.30 £13.32
£12.66
Male full-time South East
workers £15.26
Female full-time
workers £11.38
East Sussex
£13.42
East Sussex South East Great Britain
How do these figures compare to the ‘Minimum Income
• £6.08 per hour: National Minimum Wage for workers
Standard ‘ ? The MIS is based on what experts and ordinary
over 21
people say is enough money to live on. The amounts below are
after income tax, and do not include housing or childcare costs. • £7.63 per hour: the amount needed by a single adult
Most people relying on basic out-of-work benefits do not reach working full time in order to meet the Minimum Income
this standard. Standard (see opposite)
• £184 : amount needed by a single working age adult • £9.33 - the hourly wage required by a lone parent with
• £232 : amount needed by pensioner couple one child to achieve the Minimum Income Standard
• £423 : amount needed by couple with 2 children • Child poverty under 16 : Eastbourne(23.2%), Hastings
(30.5%), Lewes(15.9%), Rother(19.8%) (11/3%). Child
• £245: amount needed by lone parent with one child
Source: Joseph Rowntree Trust poverty definition: children living in families whose
reported income is less than 60% of the median income.

4. Oct 2010 to
Employment by occupation Sep 2011
42.1 43.3
48.1
Managers, directors, profes
sionals
Percentage %
Admin, secretarial, skilled
trades
25.4 21.9
21.5
Caring, leisure, customer
services
Plant operatives &
17.2 elementary occu's
19 16.4
17.6
13.4 14
East Sussex South East Great Britain

5. Employee jobs (Yr 2008)
East Sussex
South East
Manufacturing
7% 6% 8%
9%
Construction 5%
6%
Distribution, hotels & 26%
restaurants
34% Transport & 25%
communications
27%
Finance, IT, other business
activities
Public admin, education &
health 24% 6%
14% Other services
3%
Great Britain Notes
5% 10% Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-
5% supported trainees and HM Forces. The information comes
from the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) - an employer
28%
survey conducted in December of each year. The survey
24% samples around 78,000 businesses. The ABI records a job
at the location of an employee's workplace (rather than at
the location of the business's main office).
22% 6%

6. Employee jobs – full time and part-time (Yr 2008)
Full-time Part-time
The Annual Business
Inquiry defines part-
time employees as
35.3 31 31.2 those working for 30 or
fewer hours per week.
percentages %
64.7 69 68.8
East Sussex South East Great Britain

7. Employment and Unemployment Oct 2010 to
Sept 2011 (% for ages 16 to 64)
In employment
Self employed
10.4 Employees
11.9 9.1
PERCENTAGES
In employment: People expressed as a
percentage of population aged 16 to 64.
58.4 63.6 60.5
East Sussex South East Great Britain Economically active: People, who are
economically active are expressed as a
Economically 75.7% 79.2% 76.1% percentage of people aged 16 to 64. They
active include the employed and unemployed
Unemployed who are actively seeking work.
Great Britain % Percentage is for age 16 plus. It is expressed
as a proportion of the economically active
South East %
The unemployed refers to people without a
job who were available to start work in the
East Sussex % two weeks following their interview and
who had either looked for work in the four
0 2 4 6 8 10 weeks prior to interview or were waiting to
PERCENTAGE start a job they had already obtained.

8. Qualifications – percentages are for those aged 16 to 64
Jan 2010 to Dec 2010 Notes
The trade apprenticeships are split 50/50 between NVQ
No qualifications Other qualifications Below NVQ3 NVQ3 and above level 2 and 3.
No qualifications: No formal qualifications held
Other qualifications: includes foreign qualifications and
some professional qualifications
Great Britain 11.3 8.5 29.2 51 NVQ 1 equivalent: e.g. fewer than 5 GCSEs at grades A-
C, foundation GNVQ, NVQ 1, intermediate 1 national
qualification (Scotland) or equivalent
NVQ 2 equivalent: e.g. 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-
C, intermediate GNVQ, NVQ 2, intermediate 2 national
South East 8.5 7.5 30.2 53.8 qualification (Scotland) or equivalent
NVQ 3 equivalent: e.g. 2 or more A levels, advanced
GNVQ, NVQ 3, 2 or more higher or advanced higher
national qualifications (Scotland) or equivalent
NVQ 4 equivalent and above: e.g. HND, Degree and Higher
East Sussex 9 7 35.4 48.6 Degree level qualifications or equivalent
Percentages

9. Slideshow by Gavin Barker
www.gavin-barker.com
KEY SOURCES
NOMIS WEBSITE – SEE HERE