Employment and Skills

The main aim of this work is to develop a set of high level macro economic scenarios for the medium-term (to the end of 2022) and for the long-term (to 2030) in order to inform the development of recovery strategies in London, reflecting unprecedented uncertainty on the economic outlook. The primary scenario dimensions include Effectiveness/nature of public health response and...

Numbers and rates of people in employment by whether they live with in a household with dependent children or not. This dataset is one of the Greater London Authority's measures of Economic Fairness. Click here to find out more.

Introduction This note summarises trends in pay in London and the UK since 2010 and compares them to inflation trends. The focus is on median gross weekly earnings for all employees (full- and part-time) working in London. The counterfactual analysis is based on annual pay estimates.  Notes on the data The employee pay estimates in this note do not cover self-employed...

GLA Economics has produced a report ‘Monitoring the employment impact of mayoral programmes and initiatives’. The analysis allows us to estimate the number of jobs associated with GLA Group-led activity from the start of the Mayoral term (2016). The data available to download here shows gross jobs by job type, programme and policy area. Please note the report was amended on...

Number and rate of residents aged 18-64 who have no or low qualifications. Low qualifications are defined as anyone who's highest level of qualification is NVQ Level 1 (i.e. 1-4 GCSEs or equivalent). This dataset is one of the Greater London Authority's measures of Economic Fairness. Click here to find out more.

Multiply is a £559 million investment by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to deliver bespoke adult numeracy programmes over the next three years (ending March 2025). The GLA has been allocated just under £41 million of this funding to deliver Multiply across the capital. The London Multiply programme will give adult Londoners the opportunity to learn and develop...

The Greater London Authority (GLA) commissioned Learning and Work Institute to undertake a mapping exercise of social prescribing to adult education to improve Londoners’ mental health. This report focuses on how social prescribing to adult education works in London, the challenges faced and ways to improve it. The Learning the way to improve mental health and wellbeing guide accompanies...

The GLA commissioned independent research into the green skills which are expected to grow in demand as London moves to net zero. It uses GLA Economics’ Identifying Green Occupations to identify green skills currently being funded through the Adult Education Budget (AEB), along with relevant Level 4 and 5 qualifications and apprenticeship data. The report includes interviews with...

The ratio of the annual earnings of the highest earner to the median earner for each organisation within the GLA Group, that is: Greater London Authority (GLA) Transport for London (TfL) Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) London Legacy Development Corporation...

These slides begin to explore the potential impacts of the transition to a net-zero carbon and circular economy on different industry groups and workers in London. It should be noted that this analysis has not been based on London’s emissions as reported through the London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory (LEGGI). Instead we use UK level data on emissions and energy...