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1 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 1 of 19

2 Contents 1) Profile ) Skills and Economy Headlines ) Enterprises and Employees... 5 Size of Enterprises... 5 Enterprises in Chelmsford... 6 Employees in Chelmsford ) Analysis of Vacancies... 8 Skills in Greatest Demand... 8 Distribution of Advertised Salary... 9 Vacancies... 9 Examples of Job Postings ) Travel to Work Patterns ) Education and Training Education Providers Post-16 Further Education Apprenticeships School Sixth Forms Participation in Higher Education ) Appendix Tables, Charts and Maps Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 2 of 19

3 Profile Local Authority Overview Map 1.0 THIS PROFILE WAS PRODUCED IN SPRING 2017 WITH THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA AT THIS TIME. IT IS INTENDED AS AN INTRODUCTION ONLY. FOR MORE DETAILED AND UPDATED STATISTICS PLEASE REFER TO THE WEB LINKS PROVIDED OR THE ORIGINAL DATA SOURCE. Chelmsford City is at the heart of Essex and is a generally prosperous area with skills levels above the national and local average and higher than average earnings. Chelmsford has a number of notable developments already underway, including retail and leisure facilities close to the high street anchored by the first John Lewis store in Essex, mixed use developments at City Park West, the Essex Cricket Ground and Marconi Evolution in the City centre. Additionally new homes are being built in North East Chelmsford at Channels and Beaulieu, accompanied by new schools and commercial space for both a neighbourhood centre and a 50,000 square metre Business Park and possible hotel. A new railway station and associated track improvements are also planned in north east Chelmsford. Several other sites in and around Chelmsford will provide both homes and commercial opportunities. Chelmsford is proposing a new MedTech campus as part of an Anglia Ruskin University led project also incorporating sites at Harlow and Southend. There are ongoing infrastructure improvements across Chelmsford covering broadband, road improvements, flood defence and public realm. For further information on Chelmsford and local businesses see: and At A Glance Total Population 172,600 Skills in Highest Demand Customer Service Key Employment Sectors Health Working Age Population 108,000 Sector with Most Vacancies Health Business Management Communication Care Construction Mean Advertised Salary 31,332 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 3 of 19

4 Skills and Economy Headlines Headlines Skills & Economy Chelmsford Greater Essex South East LEP United Kingdom Total population (2015) 172,600 1,787,000 4,132,300 65,110,000 Working Age population (2015) 108,000 1,099,200 2,525,000 41,241,000 Employment Rate (in employment. Oct 2015-Sep 88, ,400 1,969,000 31,837, ) Median Full-Time Weekly Earnings - Workplace (2016) * Median Full-time Weekly Earnings - Residents (2016) * Total Employee Jobs (2015) 81, ,000 1,552,000 N/A UK Business Counts - Enterprises (2016) 7,665 74, ,070 2,554,510 Micro (0 to 9) 6,925 67, ,480 2,277,480 Small (10 to 49) 610 6,145 13, ,450 Medium (50 to 249) ,290 39,890 Large (250+) ,690 UK Business Counts - Local Units (2016) 8,865 84, ,635 2,925,760 Micro (0 to 9) 7,540 72, ,005 2,459,475 Small (10 to 49) 1,070 9,845 22, ,805 Medium (50 to 249) 220 2,030 4,365 77,630 Large (250+) ,850 % Working Age Population with NVQ1+ (Jan 2015-Dec ) % Working Age Population with NVQ2+ (Jan 2015-Dec ) % Working Age Population with NVQ3+ (Jan 2015-Dec ) % Working Age Population with NVQ4+ (Jan 2015-Dec ) % Working Age Population with No Qualifications (Jan 2015-Dec 2015) Main Out of Work Benefits (August 2016) 5900 (5.5%) 79,550 (7.2%) 190,620 (7.5%) 3,450,190 (8.6%)* 2 Job Seekers Allowance Claimants (May 2016) ,780 27, ,150* 2 Jobs Density (2015) * ONS Average House Price (Oct 2016) 316, ,810* 313,000* 1 216,674 Annual Average House Price Percentage Increase 10.4% 13.10% 9.10% 6.90% * Please note this data is for Essex and not Greater Essex due to the availability of data * 1 Please note that this data is for the South East region due to the availability of data * 2 Please note this data is for Great Britain and not for the United Kingdom due to the availability data Main out-of-work benefits includes the groups: job seekers, ESA and incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits Green = Improvement (i.e. Average wage increases/number out of work decreases) Yellow = No change Red = Regression (i.e. Average wage decreases/ Number out of work increases) Blue = No Previous Data For further data on the Chelmsford District see: Table 1.0 Demographically Chelmsford is following the same trend as Greater Essex, as its overall population and working age population saw an increase over the past 12 months. While the level of qualification that the working age population possess has in seen a decrease in the percentage of people with NVQ level 4+ and NVQ level 3+ since last year s evidence base. It is also worth noting that those with NVQ level 2+ saw no change compared to the previous data set. Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 4 of 19

5 Enterprises and Employees All enterprises and employee data is source from ONS datasets; Business Register and Employment Survey 2015 and UK Business Counts Size of Enterprises by Employment Size Band Business Size No of enterprises Micro (0 to 9) 6,925 Small (10 to 49) 615 Medium-sized ( to 249) Large (250+) 25 Table 1.1 Micro (0 to 9) Small (10 to 49) Medium-sized (50 to 249) Large (250+) Micro sized enterprises saw the largest actual increase between ,205 Chart % 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% -10% -15% -20% 8,000 7,500 7,000 6,500 6,000 5,500 1% 6% Chart % 7% 6% 8% 7% 2% 2% 19% 6% 6% Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 5 of 19 16% 24% Micro (0 to 9) Small (10 to 49) Medium-sized (50 to 249) 25% -5% -20% 0% 0% 0% Large (250+) Micro (0 to 9) Small (10 to 49) Medium-sized (50 to 249) Large (250+) Chart 1.1 shows the annual percentage change of the size of enterprises in Chelmsford. Generally, all of the size classifications saw an increase over the five year period, the only one which did not was Large sized enterprises. Despite the decrease in medium sized enterprises in the last 12 months, it was still the classification that saw the largest percentage change between 2012 and 2016, increasing 24%. 5, Chart 1.2 Chart 1.2 represents the combined total of all enterprises in Chelmsford between 2012 and The graph also divides the enterprises into their respective size bands, showing how the number within each category has change over the last five years. (note the y axis scale)

6 Enterprises in Chelmsford D : Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply B : Mining and quarrying E : Water supply; sewerage, waste management and O : Public administration and defence; compulsory R : Arts, entertainment and recreation P : Education K : Financial and insurance activities A : Agriculture, forestry and fishing H : Transportation and storage L : Real estate activities S : Other service activities I : Accommodation and food service activities Q : Human health and social work activities C : Manufacturing N : Administrative and support service activities J : Information and communication G : Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles F : Construction M : Professional, scientific and technical activities Chart 1.3 Enterprises in ESB Priority Sectors , Only 5 out of 21 SIC codes saw a decrease in enterprise numbers ( ) They were; SIC E, D, O, T, and U 1,050 1, , Advance Manufacturing and Engineering Care Construction Financial and Insurance Health IT, Digital and Creative Logistics Chart 1.4 Chart 1.4 illustrates that the highest proportion of Chelmsford enterprises are in the Construction sector. Chelmsford also has a strong presence in IT, Digital and Creative and Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering. 1,800 Construction 1,600 1,400 1,200 1, IT, Digital and Creative Advance Manufacturing and Engineering Financial and Insurance Logistics Health Chart 1.5 Chart 1.5 shows the total number of enterprises in Chelmsford over the last 5 years within the ESB priority sectors. The Health Sector saw the largest percentage change as it saw a 95% increase between 2012 and 2016, that is equal to 105 new enterprises in the sector. Please note that the number of enterprises identified in priority sectors is calculated using a specific set of SIC codes (defined in the relevant sector profile) therefore these figures may differ to industries identified using SIC sections. Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 6 of 19 Care

7 Employees in Chelmsford B : Mining and quarrying D : Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply A : Agriculture, forestry and fishing E : Water supply; sewerage, waste management and R : Arts, entertainment and recreation L : Real estate activities S : Other service activities K : Financial and insurance activities J : Information and communication H : Transportation and storage C : Manufacturing O : Public administration and defence; compulsory N : Administrative and support service activities I : Accommodation and food service activities M : Professional, scientific and technical activities F : Construction P : Education G : Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles Q : Human health and social work activities Chart 1.6 Employees in ESB Priority Sectors 4,500 7,000 7, ,500 1,500 2,500 3,000 3,000 4,000 3,000 4,000 4,500 5,000 5,000 6,000 6,000 8,000 8,000 Only 6 out of the 21 SIC Codes saw an increase in employee numbers between They were; SIC Q, F, M, J, I and E 14,000 15,000 3,500 3,000 Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Care Construction Finance and Insurance Health IT, Digital and Creative Logistics Chart 1.7 Chart 1.7 shows how overall the Health, Construction and Care sectors are significant sectors for employment in Chelmsford. It should be noted that Chelmsford also has a high proportion of employees in the Wholesale and Retail Trade and Education. Much like Great Essex on the whole, the number of employees working in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering sector is decreasing in Chelmsford. However, the number working in the Care Sector doubled between 2011 and 2015, and overall there was a 17% increase in employee numbers for the seven priority sectors. 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2, Chart 1.8 Health Care Construction Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Finance and Insurance IT, Digital and Creative Logistics Please note that the number of employees identified in priority sectors is calculated using a specific set of SIC codes (defined in the relevant sector profile) therefore these figures may differ to industries identified using SIC sections. Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 7 of 19

8 Analysis of Vacancies There were 28,110 job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford during Outlined below is data showing the distribution of salaries on offer, the skills in demand and the occupations being advertised. Vacancy data is sourced from and is for the period Jan 1st 2016 and Dec 31 st 2016 Skills in Greatest Demand Top 10 Baseline Skills Skill Job Postings Communication Skills 5,038 Organisational Skills 3,119 Customer Service 1,907 Business Management 1,436 Microsoft Excel 1,406 Sales 1,318 Planning 1,651 Detail-Orientated 1,293 Team Work/ Collaboration 1,102 Writing 1,099 Postings with unspecified skill: 12,440 Table 1.2 Chart 1.9 Skills in Greatest Demand Top 10 Specialised Skills Chart 2.0 Other Skills in Demand Skill Job Postings Teaching 1,171 Mailing 1,039 Calculation 1,011 Theatre Practitioner 995 Midwifery 993 Business Development 944 Project Management 874 Contract Management 772 Repair 766 Key Performance Indicators 741 Postings with unspecified skill: 12,440 Table 1.3 Chart 2.1 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 8 of 19

9 Distribution of Advertised Salary Salary range Job Postings More than 90, ,000 to 89, ,000 to 79, ,000 to 69, ,000 to 59,999 1,128 40,000 to 49,999 1,683 30,000 to 39,999 4,078 20,000 to 29,999 5,539 15,000 to 19,999 3,193 10,000 to 14, Less than 10, Postings with 9,768 unspecified Salary: Table 1.4 Chart 2.2 Vacancies in ESB Priority Sectors Mean advertised Salary for Chelmsford in 2016 was 31,332 More than the national average wage of 26,364 (ONS Jan 2017) The vacancy data shows that amongst the ESB priority sectors there were more than 2,000 vacancies advertised in Health, Finance and Insurance, IT, Digital and Creative and Construction Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Care Construction Finance and Insurance Health IT, Digital and Creative Logisitics Chart 2.3 Comparison across Greater Essex Colchester (Second Most Vacancies) Chelmsford Castle Point (Least Vacancies) ,502 1,974 1,003 1,008 1,389 2,192 1,650 2,023 2, ,802 2,882 2,782 Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Care Construction Finance and Insurance Health IT, Digital and Creative Logisitics Chart 2.4 In Comparison with the other districts within Greater Essex, Chelmsford ranks first for the highest total vacancies for priority sector jobs. There were also more vacancies advertised in 2016 within the priority sectors, compared to the previous year, showing how demand for these sectors is growing. Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 9 of 19

10 Top Occupations by SOC (3 Digit) Occupations in Demand Job Postings Sales, Marketing and Related Associate Professionals (354) 1,997 Nursing and Midwifery Professionals (223) 1,567 Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals (213) 1,428 Teaching and Educational Professionals (231) 1,339 Business, Finance and Related Associate Professionals (353) 1,315 Other Administrative Occupations (415) 935 Public Services and Other Associate Professionals (356) 816 Business, Research and Administrative Professionals (242) 699 Administrative Occupations: Finance (412) 675 Engineering Professionals (212) 646 Secretarial and Related Occupations (421) 619 Caring Personal Services (614) 599 Managers and Proprietors in Other Services (125) 596 Functional Managers and Directors (113) 591 Customer Service Occupations (721) 578 Administrative Occupations: Records (413) 574 Food Preparation and Hospitality Trades (543) 570 Health Professionals (221) 562 Road Transport Drivers (821) 561 Sales Related Occupations (712) 533 Information Technology Technicians (313) 506 Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers (711) 490 Architects, Town Planners and Surveyors (243) 480 Electrical and Electronic Trades (524) 465 Construction and Building Trades (531) 456 Childcare and Related Personal Services (612) 429 Science, Engineering and Production Technicians (311) 422 Managers and Directors in Retail and Wholesale (119) 407 Other Elementary Services Occupations (927) 391 Production Managers and Directors (112) 358 Health Associate Professionals (321) 333 Vehicle Trades (523) 329 Plant and Machine Operatives (812) 300 Sales Supervisors (713) 290 Metal Machining, Fitting and Instrument Making Trades (522) 280 Welfare and Housing Associate Professionals (323) 255 Legal Professionals (241) 218 Welfare Professionals (244) 204 Elementary Construction Occupations (912) 191 Therapy Professionals (222) 179 Administrative Occupations: Office Managers and Supervisors (416) 173 Artistic, Literary and Media Occupations (341) 168 Legal Associate Professionals (352) 168 Assemblers and Routine Operatives (813) 158 Elementary Cleaning Occupations (923) 157 Quality and Regulatory Professionals (246) 152 Process Operatives (811) 146 Elementary Storage Occupations (926) 142 Sports and Fitness Occupations (344) 133 Chart 1.5 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 10 of 19

11 Examples of Job Postings Job Title: Social Worker Employer: Essex County Council Salary: 30,000-35,000 (up to 40,000 upon review) Job Description: The social worker is responsible for working effectively with children, young people and families/carers to achieve positive change and improve outcomes. To play a key part in transforming the lives of children and families you ll be DIPSQ, SQSW, CSS or equivalent graduate. This will be backed up by post-qualification experience as a children s social worker. You must be keen to join an environment where you can stretch yourself professionally and make an impact individually and deliver positive outcomes collectively. The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wide operational area, including the country of Essex and beyond. Driving licence and car or other means of transport is essential. Job Title: Maintenance Craftsperson Employer: Via Agency Salary: 19,271-22,458 Job Description: We are recruiting a maintenance craftsperson (electrical) for a hospital in Chelmsford. Relevant qualifications required. Duties include carrying out high quality maintenance service to all critical plant/services, participate in all in-house and external training course to keep up to date on current engineering practices/standards, newly installed plant. Experience required relevant Electrical apprenticeship, enhanced DBS clearance and you must have a full UK licence. Job Title: Mental Health Nurse Employer: Via Agency Salary: 25,000-29,000 + Benefits Job Description: We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic mental health nurse. Could accommodate part-time application but rigid rostering cannot. The successful candidate will be motivated and dynamic, empowering patients to have a voice in their care and enabling them to feel more positive about their lives. Personal requirements include being a registered mental health nurse with full NMC registration, up to date knowledge of mental health act, minimum of six months relevant postregistration clinical experience. Benefits include company pension (optional SMART/salary pension scheme), childcare vouchers, reduce tax and NI on a car/bike and a range of high street/online vouchers and gift cards. Job Title: Insurance/ Reinsurance Practitioner Apprentice Employer: AON Salary: 17,000-19,000 Job Description: Your responsibilities will be supporting the delivery of client facing transitional service activities, assisting the day to day running of client risk and insurance programmes, contribute proactively to client satisfaction, retention and profitability, carry out administrative tasks and inputting data accurately to maintain management information. You will also be part of the apprentice network, where you will meet apprentices from all areas in the UK. The early careers team is there to help smooth the way and open doors, advise you and develop your knowledge, skills and prospects. We aim to prepare you for success with lots of early responsibility and development opportunities. Job Title: Senior Engineer Employer: Via Agency Salary: 30,000-41,000 Job Description: A leading geotechnical and environment engineering firm looking to recruit a senior geo-environmental engineer. You will educated either to a BSc or MSc standard in a relevant subject, as well as having at least 4 years experience completing geotechnical site investigations and contaminated land assessments. You will be responsible for a range of residential and commercial projects, completing site investigations and providing recommendations for geotechnical and contaminated land assessments. You will be supervising contractors on site and managing a small team of enthusiastic engineers. There is also excellent opportunity for career progression. Job Title: Leasehold Officer Employer: Via Agency Salary: 18-20/hour Job Description: The ideal candidate will have the following experience, skills and knowledge; proven experience of working within property management, dealing with leaseholders, property owners or tenants, some working knowledge of lease housing management, be able to lead consultations in relation to major works programmes, develop and support leaseholder and shared owner involvement and participation, assist in annually reviewing the service charges for all shared owners and leaseholders, deal will all home ownership enquires, manage and maintain leasehold properties and collection of service charges and calculations. Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 11 of 19

12 Travel to Work Patterns Map1.1 Map 1.2 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 12 of 19

13 Education and Training Education Providers Secondary schools and colleges in Chelmsford School/College Institution type (age range) Ofsted inspection result Ofsted inspection date The Boswells School Good 22 February 2017 Chelmer Valley High School Good 15 November 2013 Chelmsford County High School for Girls Outstanding 20 September 2007 Great Baddow High School Good 7 February 2017 Hylands School Good 13 March 2013 King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford Outstanding 7 November 2006 Moulsham High School Good 8 October 2015 The Sandon School Good 18 December 2013 St John Payne Catholic School Good 13 January 2016 William De Ferrers School Good 1 May 2015 Chelmsford College General FE College (16+) 3 Requires improvement 17 November 2015 Anglia Ruskin University (a) HE Institution n/a n/a n/a Writtle University College (b) HE Institution 2 Good 14 January 2014 (a) Centres in Chelmsford, Cambridge, Peterborough and London (b) Ofsted inspection of the college s further education provision Table 1.6 Post-16 Further Education and skills participation in Chelmsford The following informaton on Further Education and skills in Greater Essex is based on the Statistical First Release Further Education and Skills in England, January and accompanying data tool 2 published by Department for Education. Additional statistics are available online from the FE Data Library 3. Further Education and skills includes learners aged 16 or over who are studying a course in a FE College, training provider or within their local community, and employees who are undertaking an Apprenticeship or other qualification in the workplace. Learners enrolled at School Sixth Forms or in Higher Education are not included in these figures. 1 SFR07/ Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 13 of 19

14 Participation and achievement in government-funded Further Education by Chelmsford residents Chart 2.5 Participation in government-funded Further Education by Chelmsford residents, by age Chart 2.6 Participation in government-funded Further Education by Chelmsford residents in Full Level 2 & 3 qualifications 4 Chart Full Level 2 is equivalent to 5 or more GCSEs at grade A*-C. Full Level 3 is equivalent to 2 or more A-Levels. Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 14 of 19

15 Apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts by Chelmsford residents Chart 2.8 Apprenticeship starts by Chelmsford residents by Sector Subject Area Chart 2.9 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 15 of 19

16 Apprenticeship starts by Chelmsford residents, by age Chart 3.0 Apprenticeship starts by Chelmsford residents, by level Chart 3.1 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 16 of 19

17 School Sixth Forms In 2015/16, 1, year old Chelmsford residents attended School Sixth Form. School Sixth Form enrolments were split into the following sector subject areas 5 and by qualification level as follows: Chart 3.2 Chart Excludes in enrolments in 14 - Preparation for Life and Work courses and those unassigned to a sector subject area. Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 17 of 19

18 Participation in Higher Education Analysis published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England shows the proportion of young people who participate in Higher Education. This is based on the combined participation rates of those aged 18 between 2005 and 2009 who entered HE between and academic years. Further information can be found at Chart 3.4 The following chart shows whether the level of young participation in higher education in different areas is higher or lower than expected, based on factors known to have a bearing on participation. The analysis is based on 5 cohorts of young people, who were aged 18 between and academic years. The participation gap is expressed as a percentage point difference from the expected young participation level. For example if the young participation rate is 30 per cent and it was expected to be 40 per cent, then the participation gap is estimated as -10 percentage points. Further information on the analysis can be found at Chart 3.5 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 18 of 19

19 Appendix Tables, Charts and Maps Reference Page Table 1.0 Headline Skills and Economy 4 Table 1.1 Size of Enterprise 5 Table 1.2 Top 10 Baseline Skills 8 Table 1.3 Top 10 Specialised Skills 8 Table 1.4 Distribution of Advertised Salary 9 Table 1.5 Top Occupation in Demand (SOC 3) 10 Table 1.6 Education Providers in Chelmsford 13 Chart 1.0 Size of Enterprise 5 Chart 1.1 Size of Enterprise Percentage Change ( ) 5 Chart 1.2 Size of Enterprise ( ) 5 Chart 1.3 Number of Enterprises 6 Chart 1.4 Number of Enterprises in ESB Priority Sectors 6 Chart 1.5 Number of Enterprises in ESB Priority Sectors ( ) 6 Chart 1.6 Number of Employees 7 Chart 1.7 Number of Employees in ESB Priority Sectors 7 Chart 1.8 Number of Employees in ESB Priority Sectors ( ) 7 Chart 1.9 Top 10 Baseline Skills 8 Chart 2.0 Top 10 Specialised Skills 8 Chart 2.1 Other Skills in Demand 8 Chart 2.2 Distribution of Advertised Salary 9 Chart 2.3 Vacancies in ESB Priority Sectors 9 Chart 2.4 Vacancy Comparison across Greater Essex 9 Chart 2.5 Participation and Achievement in Further Education 14 Chart 2.6 Participation and Achievement in Further Education by age 14 Chart 2.7 Participation and Achievement in Further Education (Level 2 &3) 14 Chart 2.8 Apprenticeship Starts 15 Chart 2.9 Apprenticeship Starts by Subject Area 15 Chart 3.0 Apprenticeship Starts by Age 16 Chart 3.1 Apprenticeship Starts by Level 16 Chart 3.2 School Sixth Forms Subject Area Participation 17 Chart 3.3 School Sixth Forms Level 17 Chart 3.4 Participation in Higher Education National Comparison (National) 18 Chart 3.5 Participation in Higher Education Ward Comparison 18 Map 1.0 Map of Chelmsford 3 Map 1.1 Inflow Travel To Work Map 12 Map 1.2 Outflow Travel To Work Map 12 Essex Employment & Skills Board District Profile 2017 Page 19 of 19