Employment and Skills

An archive of Briefings and Updates published in 2004 by the GLA's Data Management and Analysis Group. These Briefings cover a range of topics including demography, census analysis, education, and London's labour market. Briefings from other years are available here: DMAG Report Archive – London Datastore

An archive of Briefings and Updates published in 2003 by the GLA's Data Management and Analysis Group. These Briefings cover a range of topics including demography, census analysis, education, and London's labour market. Briefings from other years are available here: DMAG Report Archive – London Datastore

An archive of Briefings and Updates published in 2002 by the GLA's Data Management and Analysis Group. These Briefings cover a range of topics including demography, census analysis, education, and London's labour market. Briefings from other years are available here: DMAG Report Archive – London Datastore

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 July 2024 - see the related blog post. Estimates are based on Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) and Workforce Jobs (WFJ) data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The underlying assumptions are...

The GLA's City Intelligence Unit conducts research and analysis to understand the experiences of Londoners at night as well as the prevalence, characteristics, and experience of night time workers. The latest, December 2023, publication provides a glimpse into the next London At Night Evidence Base update, which will be published in the coming months. It reveals the latest headline findings about...

GLA Economics produces long-term employment projections for London by sector and by borough. The methodology in the accompanying report explains the approach adopted. Links to the 2022 employment projections (latest, interim update) Borough projections Sector projections London labour market projections report Links to previous employment projections Provided below are links to the previous versions...

Southmere Park Tiny Forest was planted by the Thamesmead community in February 2022 as part of the CLEVER Cities London project and has since been contributing to nationwide Tiny Forest Research. Through citizen science, Earthwatch Europe are studying the benefits that Tiny Forests can bring to the environment and the surrounding communities. Biodiversity; flood management; tree growth and carbon storage;...

The page gives access to the 2021 London Output Area Classification (2021 LOAC), a new free and open source geodemographic classification for London. Based on 2021 census data it uses nearly 70 measures to classify each of more than 26,000 output areas in London within a hierarchical structure. Here we present a lookup table of the LOAC, descriptions of the 7...

The Mayor of London committed to developing a London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure in his 2021 manifesto. This was to help measure London’s success as a place to live and work for all its residents. It would counteract the fact that, for years, London’s success has been mostly measured only in terms of its material wealth.  After a comprehensive and thorough development...

The Mayor of London committed to developing a London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure in his 2021 manifesto. This was to help measure London’s success as a place to live and work for all its residents. It would counteract the fact that, for years, London’s success has been mostly measured only in terms of its material wealth.  GLA City Intelligence led the...