Job trends

Knowing where the jobs are and ...

... using job information when planning your career aims to help you make career choices

Job trends information helps career planning, supports decisions about future study and training options and provides helpful information when changing your job. In this section you'll be able to identify where the jobs are now and where they could be in the future, and set out your future goals showing labour market information, including videos, produced by Leeds City Region.

Remember: labour market information is a guide to help you plan, no one can predict the future

Find out about:

• jobs in Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield, Leeds City Region and what might happento jobs after COVID, and jobs in the UK. 

• the range of local vacancies for new entrants, what's meant by jobs for new entrants and how employers fill their vacancies.
  

• how qualifications affect your pay, and about pay in Calderdale and Kirklees and the National Minimum Wage
  
  

• why ALL employers look for soft skills and developing skills if you don't have many, plus why good qualifications aren't enough, you need good skills too
  
  
• how work is changing ... will a robot take over a job you're thinking about - enter a job in this BBC widget to find out
  
  
• check out these labour market facts - new facts added every two months.

Many employers are looking for people with robust problem solving skills, innovative thinkers, and good communication skills.
Fiona Thurlbeck talking about the Leeds City Region.

Careerometer lets you search and compare jobs - just 'clear the card' to keep searching and selecting

Where the work is - lets you explore the range of 'mid-skilled' jobs - jobs for new entrants at Level 2, 3 and 4, including the likely number of job openings, competition for openings and average salary for experienced staff, nationally and across regions. It offers a guide only and should be used along side other information or as part of a discussion.

Explore the gender pay gap - the difference between average hourly earnings of men and women. The calculations don't include overtime pay and are worked out as a proportion of average hourly rate of men’s pay.

Page updated January 2019