UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2015

The 2015 Employer Skills Survey (ESS15) is the third in the series of UK-wide skills surveys run by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).

The survey gives us a unique insight into the skills issues employers face and the actions they are taking to address them, providing a unique skills perspective alongside other labour market information. There is no other business survey on this scale: our researchers conducted over 91,000 interviews across the UK economy.

Topics covered in the survey include training and staff development, vacancies and skills shortages, employee skill gaps, retention of workforce and underutilisation of skills.

The ESS15 results provide a comprehensive source of data for users:

• Employers can identify how they compare to their sector in their provision of training or own experience of skill deficiency and identify key challenges and opportunities for their sector;

• Individuals and careers advisers can identify sectors and occupations experiencing particular shortages;

• Providers of training and development can use the results to help shape provision to need in their locality or their specialist areas.

Data are available for the UK, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, as well as Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) and Local Education Authority (LEA) areas in England.

2015年雇主技能调查（ESS15）是英国就业与技能委员会（UKCES）组织的全国性技能调查系列的第三部分。该调查为我们揭示了雇主在技能问题上所面临的挑战以及他们为解决这些问题所采取的措施，提供了独特的技能视角，并与其他劳动力市场信息相结合。在本规模上，尚无其他商业调查：我们的研究人员在英国经济各领域进行了超过91,000次访谈。调查涵盖的主题包括培训与员工发展、职位空缺与技能短缺、员工技能差距、劳动力保留和技能的低利用率。ESS15的结果为用户提供了一个全面的数据来源：

• 雇主可以了解他们在培训提供或自身技能缺乏方面的表现与所在行业相比如何，并识别其行业的关键挑战和机遇；

• 个人和职业顾问可以识别经历特定短缺的行业和职业；

• 培训与发展提供者可以利用这些结果来帮助他们根据当地需求或专业领域调整培训提供。数据涵盖了英国、英格兰、苏格兰、北爱尔兰和威尔士，以及英格兰的地方企业伙伴关系（LEP）和地方教育当局（LEA）区域。