Corporate Research
The Coventry Economy
Key Information
Corporate Research
January 2013
www.facts-about-coventry.com
Contents
Context
• Demographics Updated (December 2012)
• Deprivation in Coventry
Current economic picture in Coventry
• Production and growth – Gross Value Added Updated (December 2012) error corrected
Productivity Updated (January 2013)
• Disposable Household Income
• Earnings of people in work Updated (January 2013)
• Structure of the Coventry economy Updated (December 2012)
• Number of businesses Updated (December 2012) error corrected
• Enterprise – new business formation Updated (December 2012)
• Coventry City Centre – footfall & void units Updated (January 2013)
• Labour Market – Employment, Jobseekers Updated (January 2013), out-of-work
benefits and Job Vacancies Updated (January 2013)
• Skills
• Public sector job losses - BBC research
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All data is current and up to date as of the end of January 2013
The next update of this information is due in July 2013
Demographics
Coventry
West Midlands
Region
England
Period
Population and Age
316,960
5,601,847
53,012,456
Total population
2011
34
39
▼
39
▼
2011
% aged 0 -15
19.8%
19.6%
▲
18.9%
▲
2011
% aged 16 - 64 (working age)
65.5%
63.5%
▲
64.7%
▲
2011
% aged 65+
14.6%
16.9%
▼
16.4%
▼
2011
Number of births
4,801
73,023
Birth rate increase over five years
16%
6%
▲
8%
▲
2005-10
Fertility rate* (15-44)
68.6
68.4
▲
65.7
▲
2011
66.6%
79.2%
▼
79.8%
▼
2011
% Black and Minority Ethnic
33.4%
20.8%
▲
20.2%
▲
2011
― % Other White
7.2%
3.6%
▲
5.7%
▲
2011
― % Mixed
2.7%
2.4%
▲
2.2%
▲
2011
― % Asian / Asian British**
16.3%
10.8%
▲
7.7%
▲
2011
― % Black / Black British
5.5%
3.2%
▲
3.4%
▲
2011
― % Other
1.6%
0.9%
▲
1.0%
▲
2011
Average age (all residents)
Birth rates
688,120
2011
Ethnicity
― % White British
Black and Minority Ethnic includes all ethnic groups except White British
*General Fertility Rate = number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15–44
**The ethnic group categories have changed marginally for 2011 Census. In
particular ‘Chinese’ is now categorised under ‘Asian / Asian British’ – previously it
was in the ‘Other’ category.
▼ indicates Coventry rate lower than comparator
▲ indicates Coventry rate higher than comparator
● indicates Coventry rate no different to comparator
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Deprivation in Coventry
See map on Facts about Coventry
See report on Facts about Coventry
• Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010. This uses data from 2008 so
measures deprivation just before the recession hit
• Coventry became slightly more deprived between 2005 and 2008
relative to other local authorities
• 50th most deprived local authority (56th in 2005)
• Income and employment deprivation most stark in Coventry, no
change in this type of deprivation
• Deprivation pattern within Coventry is broadly the same. Familiar
picture, concentrated in the North East
• Canley in particular became relatively more deprived, as did Tile Hill
North and Radford Stoke Aldermoor and North Holbrooks became
less deprived, as did NDC area, modestly
Source: Indices of Deprivation 2010, Department for Communities and Local Government
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Gross Value Added
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Gross Value Added (GVA) is a high level indicator of the general heath of the
local economy. It measures the amount Coventry workplaces contribute to
the UK economy
Total GVA in Coventry for 2011 was estimated to be £5.84bn, slightly up from
£5.78bn in 2010 and £5.62bn in 2009. This increase was assisted by
population growth
GVA per head is a measure that puts total output of an area in context
according to its size. GVA per head in Coventry in 2011 was £18,281, 14%
lower than the national average
GVA per head in Coventry was static between 2010 and 2011 after seeing a
£300 increase between 2009 and 2010.
As was the case across the country, GVA per head fell between 2008 and
2009
In 1997 GVA per head was higher than the national average but has grown
since then by only 31% compared to 66% nationally
GVA per head is higher in Coventry than in areas considered appropriate to
compare with (CIPFA statistical neighbours), see the charts below
Source: Office for National Statistics
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A error in the December 2012 edition has been corrected here. The
average for Coventry Comparator Areas was underestimated for 1997 –
2011
The next update of this information is due December 2013
Gross Value Added per head
£25,000
Gross Value Added per head
1997-2011
£21,349 England
up 66% from 1997
£20,955
Warwickshire
up 65% from
1997
£20,000
£18,281 Coventry
Up 31% from 1997
£15,000
GVA per
resident
(£ per year)
£15,652 Coventry
Comparator Areas
up 49% from 1997
£10,000
£5,000
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
£0
Source: Gross Value Added (Income Based) by sub region, ONS December 2012
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A error in the December 2012 edition has been corrected here. The
average for Coventry Comparator Areas was underestimated for 2011
The next update of this information is due December 2013
Gross Value Added per head
Coventry comparator areas:
GVA per head 2011
Peterborough
£24,146
Derby
£23,194
England
£21,349
Warwickshire
£20,955
£18,281
Coventry
Wakefield
£16,996
Stoke-on-Trent
£16,371
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
£16,194
Bradford
£15,956
£15,652
Comparator average
Calderdale and Kirklees
£15,355
Walsall
£14,562
Dudley
£14,075
Medway
£13,946
£13,199
Greater Manchester North
0
5 000
10 000
Blue = Coventry CIPFA comparator areas (best fit)
Source: Gross Value Added (Income Based) by sub region, ONS December
2012
15 000
20 000
25 000
30 000
GVA per resident (£ per annum)
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Productivity
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•
•
•
•
GVA per head puts the output of an area in context given its population size.
However, it is not considered to be the best measure of the productivity of
its businesses because it doesn't account for differing patters of commuting,
differing working age populations and differing employment and
unemployment rates between different areas
Productivity at workplaces in a particular area is most accurately estimated
using one of two different indicators; Gross Value Added per filled job and
Gross Value Added per hour worked
The data gives an indication that productivity at workplaces in Coventry was
slightly lower than the UK average in 2004 and has been falling further
behind the UK since 2004, up to 2009. In 2009 GVA per hour worked in
Coventry was 9% lower than the UK average
In 2004 productivity at Coventry workplaces was, on average, higher than in
Birmingham and Warwickshire but fell to be lower than those areas in 2009
The industrial structure of Coventry's economy changed between 2004 and
2009, this may have contributed to the pattern of falling productivity relative
to the UK
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Productivity
Productivity. Gross Value Added per hour worked.
110.0
Coventry compared to the UK & other areas in
the West Midlands metropolitan county
UK = 100
100.0
90.0
INDEX. Gross Value
Added per hour
worked in
80.0
relation to
the UK average.
UK = 100
Coventry
Warwickshire
Birmingham
70.0
60.0
50.0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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Disposable Household Income
• Disposable income is the amount of money a household has
available to spend or save after income is redistributed through
measures such as taxes and benefits
• The 2010 Gross Disposable Household Income (GDHI) per head for
Coventry was £12,447, below that of Warwickshire (£16,628), the
UK average (£15,727) and the average for all metropolitan areas
(£13,317)
• GDHI per head in Coventry has grown slower than that of both
Warwickshire and UK, having seen a 24% increase between 2001
and 2010 compared to 31% and 33% respectively
• Real household disposable income is gross disposable income
adjusted for the effects of inflation
• In 2010 Coventry individual residents have the same real household
disposable income as in 2005, although they were worse off
between 2006 and 2008
• Although individual residents have seen falls in RHDI levels, the city
as a whole has seen an increase in total real disposable household
income, helped by population increase
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Gross Disposable Household Income
£16,628
Warwickshire up
31% from 2001
£18,000
Gross Disposable Household
Income per head
1997-2010
£16,000
£14,000
£15,727 UK
up 33% from 2001
£13,317 All
metropolitan areas
up 28% from 2001
£12,000
GDHI per
resident
(£ per year)
£12,447 Coventry
Up 24% from 2001
£10,000
£8,000
£6,000
£4,000
£2,000
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
£0
SOURCE: ONS April 2012
Source: Regional Gross Disposable Household Income 2010, Office for National Statistics
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Real Disposable Household Income
3.3%
Growth in Real Households' Disposable Income
2.5%
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
Coventry per head
1.6%
0.9%
0.7%
United Kingdom (Total)
0.1%
0.5%
Coventry (Total)
0.3%
0.0%
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
1.5%
0.3%
2.0%
1.2%
1.5%
United Kingdom per head
2006
2007
2008
2009
Source: Regional Gross Disposable Household Income 2010 , Office for National Statistics
-0.3%
-0.8%
-1.5%
-1.2%
-0.5%
-0.6%
-1.0%
-0.4%
-0.5%
-0.3%
0.0%
2010
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Earnings of people in work
• The average (median) annual wage in 2012 (before tax) of all people
who work in Coventry is estimated to be £22,655; higher than the
average for all Coventry residents, £21,300
• Those who work in Coventry, on average, earn 4% more than the
England average of £21,794
• People who work in Coventry earn on average 6% more than
Coventry residents; many people commute into Coventry to work
• Starting from a lower base, the average annual growth in earnings
between 2008 and 2012 for residents of Coventry (1.8%) has been
higher than the average growth amongst those who work in Coventry
(1.0%) and compared to the England average (0.7%)
• Earnings growth in Coventry in 2011 was generally higher than the
previous 2 years. In 2012 there was flat growth amongst Coventry
residents and a small reduction in average earnings amongst those
who work in Coventry
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Earnings of people in work
£25,000
Average annual earnings of all in employment 2008 - 2012
People who live in Coventry
England
People who work in Coventry
£20,000
£15,000
Median gross
annual earnings
(£s)
£10,000
£5,000
£0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, ONS
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Employment by industry
• The largest broad sector of the Coventry economy is public
administration, education and health which employs approximately
45,700 people in Coventry, about a third (33%) of all employment
• Manufacturing has become an increasingly smaller part of the
economy in recent years and in 2011 made up about 10% of
employment, about 14,250 people
• ‘Business services’ (banking, finance and insurance) has employed
an increasing number of people in the city since 1998, increasing
from 14% to 23% of all employment in 2008 (England 23%). Between
2008 and 2011 the number of people working in this sector in
Coventry has fallen however
• Between 2008 and 2011 the estimated number of employees at
Coventry workplaces fell from about 142,600 to 138,800 with notable
falls in business services, manufacturing and ‘other services’ jobs
and a notable increase in public admin., education and health jobs
• Between 2010 and 2011 the number of people working in the energy
and water industry (categorised in ‘other’ in the charts below)
increased notably. In this time most other sectors continued to lose
jobs
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Employment by industry
– Coventry workplaces
Energy and water
Employment by industry 2011
Manufacturing
Construction
Distribution, hotels and
restaurants
Transport and comms.
Coventry
Banking, finance and
insurance
England
Public admin., education and
health
Other Services
0%
10%
Source: ONS business register and employment survey 2011, NOMIS
20%
30%
40%
50%
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Employment by industry
160,000
Estimated no.
of employees
Coventry workplace employment by industry 1998-2008
140,000
Other
Other Services
120,000
Public admin.,
education and
health
100,000
80,000
Banking, finance
and insurance
60,000
Transport and
comms.
40,000
Distribution, hotels
and restaurants
Construction
20,000
Manufacturing
0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Source: Annual Business Inquiry 1998-2008, NOMIS
The next update of this information is due: October 2013
Employment by industry
160,000
Coventry workplace employment by industry 2008 - 2011
Other
140,000
Other Services
120,000
Public admin.,
education and
health
100,000
Estimated no.
of employees 80,000
Banking, finance
and insurance
60,000
Transport and
comms.
40,000
Distribution, hotels
and restaurants
20,000
Construction
Manufacturing
0
2008
2009
2010
2011
source: Business Register and Employment Survey, ONS
This data must not be compared to the 1998-2008 data on the previous slide, they are from different sources
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A error in the December 2012 edition has been corrected here.
The number of business closures in 2010 was incorrectly
quoted in the table as 1,295
The next update of this information is due: December 2013
Number of businesses
• 8,665 Coventry businesses were active in 2011.
• The number of business closures fell to 985 in 2011, from 1,070 in
2010.
• The number of new businesses in Coventry was greater than the
number of closures for the first time since 2008.
Year
Number of new business start ups
in Coventry
2004
1,075
895
2005
1,170
780
2006
1,010
740
2007
1,160
915
2008
1,160
955
2009
855
1,095
2010
965
1,070
2011
1,125
985
Source: ONS Business Demography data 2011
Number of business closures in
Coventry
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New business formation
• 1,125 new business registered in Coventry in 2011, an notable
increase on 965 in 2010. The rate of business formation is still
however slightly lower than it was in 2008. The rate is 44 per
10,000 adults compared to the England average of 54
• Due to the recession business formation levels are still 5%
down nationally and 8% down amongst similar metropolitan
areas on 2008 levels. This fall was experienced between 2008
and 2009 with some recovery since
• Fall of 4% in business formation in Coventry since 2008 ,
similar to the national average; formation recovered between
2010 and 2011
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Business formation
Number of business 'births' per 10,000 people aged 16+
65.0
60.0
England 54.0
55.0
50.0
Coventry 44.3
45.0
40.0
35.0
All metropolitan
authorities 39.9
30.0
25.0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
source: Office for National Statistics
Source: ONS Business Demography data 2011
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City Centre Footfall
• 2012 Coventry City Centre footfall was down 2.9%
compared to 2011, nationally footfall was down 3.2% on
average
2006
UK
Index
-3.2%
-2.9%
-1.2%
-2.5%
-0.2%
-2.0%
-2.2%
City
Centre
-5.3%
-1.0%
-0.6%
-4.8%
-0.2%
1.9%
2.2%
3%
2%
1%
0%
-1%
-2%
-3%
-4%
-5%
-6%
-7%
Footfall (year-on-year)
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Including Upper Precinct, Lower Precinct, West Orchards, Market Way, Smithford Way, City
Arcade, Hertford Street and Priory Place cameras (Spon Street not included from May 2011)
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City Centre Void Units
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•
During quarter 3 of 2013 there was a significant increase in the number of empty
shops, from 47 to 57 void units within the primary retail area, the greatest increase
since the national recession first hit the city
During quarter 4 there was a recovery however with a reduction of 9 from the
previous quarter. There were 17 new stores opened over the past quarter (the most
since Q4 2009) and 8 newly void units. In previous years there has typically been a
fall in the number of empty shop between quarters 3 and 4
In q4 there were 4 more empty shops than there were at the same time last year.
The shop vacancy rate in Coventry is 12.7% of ground floor units
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Labour Market
October 2011 – September 2012 data
• There are an estimated 210,300 people of working age resident in
Coventry (aged 16 – 64); about two thirds of the total population
• About two thirds (65%) of working age residents of Coventry are in
employment. Lower than the national average employment rate of 71%
• The employment rate of 65% is down from 71% in 2007 before the
recession; about 7,000 fewer in employment
• About 136,500 people are in employment, 12,200 are unemployed and
61,600 people are economically inactive (e.g. long term sick, full time student, looking after family /
home etc.)
• The indications are that, after a deterioration during q3 2011, there has
been a recovery during 2012 with increases in employment and
decreases in unemployment. Economic inactivity remains relatively
high in Coventry however, compared to the national average and to its
level in recent years
• Many of those claiming other out of work benefits (IB / ESA, lone
parents on IS) are considered to be economically inactive
Source: ONS Annual Population Survey October 2011 – September 2012 , NOMIS
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Labour Market
Source: Annual Population Survey, ONS - NOMIS January 2013
Economic status of Coventry's working age population
October 2011 - September 2012
58.3%
Employees
Self employed
6.4%
Jobseekers Allowance
Other unemployed
Coventry
6.9%
Economically inactive
29%
2.0%
Lone parent benefit *
England
0.9%
ESA / Incapacity benefit
Includes nonemployed
students
Economically active
71%
4.9%
20.4%
Others
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
*the main reason why the person is inactive and claiming benefits
Percentages here don't always sum exactly to 100 due to small discrepencies in the estimates
taken from the survey
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Percent of working age population
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Unemployment
• The official unemployment rate estimates the number of people who
are out of work and have actively sought work in the last 4 weeks. It is
measured using a survey, the Labour Force Survey
• Using this definition, an estimated 12,200 Coventry residents are
unemployed (Oct. 2011 – Sept. 2012 data); an unemployment rate of
8.2% of the economically active population compared to the England
average of 8.1%. This rate should not be compared to the JSA rate
• 9,400 claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in December 2012, a
reduction from 10,073 in December 2011
• The seasonally adjusted JSA claimant rate is 4.6% of the working age
population (December 2012). The JSA claimant count peaked at
11,570, 5.6% in October 2009
• JSA rate in December 2012 (seasonally adjusted); 3.8% across UK,
4.5% across the West Midlands region and 2.2% in Warwickshire
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Unemployment (JSA) - trends
• There was a general downward trend in the seasonally adjusted JSA
claimant count in Coventry between August 2011 and July 2012
• This downward trend continued during the second half of 2012. The
claimant count is now almost 700 (7%) lower than it was at the same
time last year
• Regionally and nationally the claimant count has been falling more
slowly during 2012 overall. The West Midlands is 5% down and the
UK 3% down on the same time last year. Warwickshire is down by 9%
on last year
• The claimant rate in Coventry is at its lowest point since it peaked
following the 2008 - 9 national recession
• The gap between the UK and Coventry has narrowed since 2009-10;
it increased during the recession when the Coventry claimant count
increased by more than the national average.
• 30,150 people claiming all out of work benefits, 14.4% of the working
age population (q1 2012) (Metropolitan authorities average 15.9%,
England average 11.9%)
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Unemployment (JSA) trends
6.0
5.5
4.6%
5.0
4.5
4.5%
4.0
3.5
% of resident
3.0
working age
population
2.5
2.0
1.5
3.8%
Coventry
W Midlands
Region
United Kingdom
2.2%
Warwickshire
1.0
Banking
crisis
0.5
JSA Count rates since 2007
seasonally adjusted
0.0
J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAM J J A SOND J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAM J J A SOND J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAM J J A SOND
2007
2008
2009
Jan 2013: JSA rates from January 2011onwards have been adjusted as a result of a change
in the working age population denominator. Mid 2011Census based population estimates have
recently been published.
2010
2011
2012
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See map report on Facts about Coventry
Unemployment - JSA
JSA
Claimant
Count
12,500
12,000
11,500
11,000
10,500
10,000
9,500
9,000
8,500
8,000
7,500
7,000
6,500
6,000
5,500
5,000
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
COVENTRY JSA COUNT
Seasonally Adjusted
J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAMJ J ASOND
2007
2008
Source: Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant count, ONS, NOMIS
2009
2010
2011
2012
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See report on Facts about Coventry
Total out-of-work benefits claimants
2005
2006
2007
Source: DWP Work and Pensions longitudinal study, NOMIS
2008
2.0
6.9
5.0
14.5
14.4
2.1
6.9
4.9
14.5
2.1
7.0
4.9
14.5
2.2
7.0
4.7
14.6
2.3
7.0
4.7
14.9
2.4
7.1
4.9
15.2
15.4
15.5
15.4
15.1
2.6
7.1
14.6
2.6
2.4
F
7.1
N
5.1
A
N
2.5
M
A
7.1
F
M
5.2
F
2.5
N
7.1
A
5.3
M
2.5
F
7.1
N
- 4 quarter average
5.2
A
4.8
M
7.1
F
4.3
14.1
2.6
7.1
3.8
13.6
2.6
7.1
3.4
13.5
2.7
7.2
3.2
13.6
2.7
7.2
3.3
13.7
2.7
7.2
3.4
13.9
2.7
7.3
3.5
14.1
2.7
7.3
3.6
14.2
2.7
7.4
3.6
14.2
2.7
7.4
3.6
14.1
2.7
7.5
3.4
14.1
2.7
7.6
3.3
14.1
2.7
7.7
3.2
14.1
2.7
7.9
3.1
14.1
2.8
8.0
2.9
14.1
2.8
8.1
2.8
14.2
2.8
8.2
2.7
14.2
8.2
2.7
18
17
16
15
14
13
Rates - % of 12
working age 11
population 10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2.8
COVENTRY: People on out of work benefits
Total
Other
Lone
Parents
Incapacity
Benefits /
ESA
JSA
M
A
2009
N
F
M
A
2010
N
F
M
A
2011
N
F
2012
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Job Vacancies
•
3,133 vacancies in Coventry reported to Jobcentre Plus during November
2012. This represents only a proportion of all job vacancies
•
The number of notified vacancies during August to November, a period when
the JSA claimant count was falling, were notably up on the level of vacancies
reported up to then during 2012
•
During all of 2012 up to November, the monthly average number of reported
vacancies in Coventry were up by 25% on 2011 levels. In Warwickshire they
were up by over 50%
•
In November 2012 there were 3 Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants chasing
every reported vacancy in Coventry, a similar ratio to the regional and national
average. In Warwickshire there is just over 1 job seeker per vacancy
•
In November 2012 the ratio between job seekers and job vacancies was
slightly lower than it was at the same time last year, principally because there
are fewer Coventry residents claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance
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Job Vacancies
4,000
COVENTRY Vacancies
reported to Jobcentre Plus
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
J FMAM J J ASOND J FMAM J J ASOND J FMAM J J ASOND J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAMJ J ASOND J FMAMJ J ASON
2007
2008
2009
Source: Jobcentre Plus vacancies, Department for Work and Pensions, NOMIS
2010
2011
2012
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The labour market mismatch
• On average there were 3.0 people on JSA per Jobcentre Plus vacancy
in November 2012
• In addition there are currently about 2,000 – 3,000 Coventry residents
looking for work who are not on JSA benefits
• Jobseekers looking for work in professional roles appear to face less
competition with only about 2 claimants looking for such work per
vacancy
• Higher skills are generally better balanced but many start own
business, many do not need to sign on. On the other hand, many
vacancies for professional roles are not advertised at Jobcentre Plus
• The biggest mismatches is found in sales & customer service
occupations and elementary occupations. There were 6 jobseekers
per reported vacancy for this type of work
• There is also an imbalance in the market for administrative &
secretarial occupations; an average of 5 jobseekers looking for work in
these fields per reported vacancy
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The labour market mismatch
Occupational group
Number of JSA claimants by
sought occupational group
November 2012
Number of reported job
vacancies by occupational
group November 2012
JSA claimants per JCP vacant
job
Managers and Senior Officials
185
86
2
Professional Occupations
190
113
2
Associate Professional and Technical
Occupations
475
313
2
Administrative and Secretarial
Occupations
690
141
5
Skilled Trades Occupations
640
244
3
Personal Service Occupations
575
601
1
2,660
477
6
690
645
1
3,050
513
6
Sales and Customer Service occupations
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives
Elementary Occupations
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Skills
• It is estimated that 27% of working age residents of
Coventry have higher level qualifications, those equivalent
to or higher than a degree. Lower than the national
average, similar to the regional average and higher than
the West Midlands city region average
• 17% have no qualifications, higher than the national
average
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Skills
Qualification levels 2011
100%
90%
27%
24%
26%
19%
20%
80%
% of working 70%
age population
60%
by qualification
level
50%
20%
20%
16%
18%
NVQ4
40%
NVQ3
30%
14%
14%
20%
7%
9%
NVQ2
NVQ1
Other
10%
None
0%
33%
18%
17%
14%
8%
13%
7%
17%
16%
14%
10%
Coventry
Rest of City
region*
West Midlands
Region
England
*Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall & Wolverhampton
Source: ONS Annual Population Survey Jan 2011 – Dec 2011, NOMIS
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Public Sector Job Losses in Coventry
1,500
1,200
Posts cut
from
establishments
900
600
300
0
Oct-Dec
10
Jan-Mar
11
Apr-Jun
11
Jul-Sep
11
OctDec11*
TOTAL
Quangos
340
134
28
101
40
643
Local authorities / services
15
235
145
210
82
687
0
0
27
0
-
27
355
369
200
311
122
1,357
Universities
total
*Incomplete data for quarter 4 2011, awaiting results from some organisations. 122 posts cut is
therefore a minimum for Q4 2011.
Data source: BBC & Coventry City Council research. www.bbc.co.uk/coventryatwork
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Is the private sector absorbing public sector
job losses?
• The total public sector job cuts in Coventry captured in this research
in the quarter July to September 2011 was 311
• In the quarter October – December 2011 there were at least 122 job
cuts although not all organisations provided data for this quarter
• All together from October 2010 to December 2011 there were 1,357
jobs cuts reported. About half the cuts have been in local public
service providers and half in national ‘quango’ organisations with a
small number reported from Universities.
• It should be noted that the organisations supplying data in response
to press enquiries has varied from quarter to quarter therefore the
number of jobs cut may be under-reported
• There has been limited in-sourcing or out-sourcing of services, and
no evidence of wholesale transfer of jobs to the private sector through
contracting
• At the moment it is not possible to say whether or not the private
sector is absorbing jobs lost to the public sector
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