Smallest Geography
Greater London
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Greater London Authority (GLA)
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Employment and Skills
Green Job Postings
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated 24 days ago
About this dataset This page presents experimental analysis related to green jobs and skills in London, using online job postings data provided by Lightcast. This near real-time data can be used to help track and assess the demand for green expertise in London. When using outputs from this analysis it is important to be aware of the following caveats: The...
London's sectors - More Detailed Jobs
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated 6 months ago
More Detailed Jobs This dataset provides estimates of employee jobs in London down to 4-digit Standard Industry Classification level, from 1998 to 2022. The latest release was in December 2025. Blog posts describing the dataset and earlier results are available for the 2023 and 2024 updates.Estimates are based on Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) and Workforce Jobs (WFJ) data...
Labour Market Analysis of London’s Priority Sectors
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated about 1 year ago
Overview This page presents a labour market analysis related to the Mayor of London’s priority sectors, as identified in the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP). Each report (found below) explores a different economic sector in detail by bringing together data from a wide range of sources.By offering insights into both current and historical trends, the analysis helps contextualise how each...
In-work poverty in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated about 1 year ago
This work looks at in-work poverty in London between 1996 and 2023. It provides an overview of the links between working-age poverty and employment participation at the individual and household levels in the capital. Some key findings include: Poverty has changed. There are now more people in poverty in London who are in a working family than in a workless...
Long-term sickness and the London labour market
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Added over 1 year ago
Post-pandemic concerns about rising rates of long-term sickness among working-age people have been recognised across the UK. But how severe is this issue in London and who is most affected? GLA Economics has published a new working paper that provides up-to-date analysis and data with key findings including: London faces a long-term sickness challenge. 920,000, or 15%, of working-age Londoners,...
Survey of Londoners 2021-22
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 1 year ago
In 2018-19 the GLA first undertook a Survey of Londoners. At the time it provided vital evidence on Londoners that had never been collected before in such detail. In 2021-22, the GLA conducted another Survey of Londoners, following the same methodology as the Survey of Londoners 2018-19, an online and paper self-completion survey of adults aged 16 and over in...
Transferable Skills: Understanding effective delivery through adult skills provision
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Added almost 2 years ago
Ask Research were commissioned to undertake research on the delivery of transferable skills through GLA adult skills funding in London. This research aims to improve the GLA's understanding on the delivery and impact of transferable skills on learners' economic and social outcomes. It provides a qualitative deep dive into the need for and impact of transferable skills provision and the...
Ethnicity Pay Gaps in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated almost 2 years ago
This dataset contains ethnicity pay gap figures for all employees in London. The pay gap figures for GLA group organisations can be found on their respective websites.The ethnicity pay gap is the difference in the average hourly wage of White employees and employees of other ethnic groups across a workforce. If Black, Asian or minority ethnic employees do more of...
Disability Pay Gaps in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated almost 2 years ago
This dataset contains disability pay gap estimates for all employees in London and the UK. The pay gap figures for GLA group organisations can be found on their respective websites.The disability pay gap is the difference in the average hourly wage of non-disabled employees and disabled employees across a workforce. If disabled employees do more of the less well paid...
Online Job Postings Analyses
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated about 2 years ago
IntroductionThese analyses are based on online job postings data provided by Lightcast. This near real-time data can be used to track and assess the demand for labour in London, though there are some caveats to keep in mind: Comparisons with publicly available online job postings data indicate that the Lightcast data may be more sensitive to short-term volatility in the...
