Skills lacking in applicants to skill-shortage vacancies in the UK 2017
Frequency of skills described as lacking among applicants as a proportion of all skill-shortage vacancies (SSVs) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017*
This statistic shows the frequency of skills described as lacking among applicants as a proportion of all skill-shortage vacancies (SSVs) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017. The most common skills that employers identified as lacking when trying to fill such vacancies were technical, practical or job specific. 30 percent of applicants were seen to be lacking basic numerical skills whilst 23 percent didn't come up to scratch with regards to using basic IT.
Frequency of skills described as lacking among applicants as a proportion of all skill-shortage vacancies (SSVs) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017*
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| Proportion of all vacancies | |
|---|---|
| Specialist skills or knowledge | 65% |
| Solving complex problems | 41% |
| Knowledge of products and services offered | 38% |
| Knowledge of how the organisation works | 32% |
| Complexnumerical/statistical skills | 27% |
| Reading/understanding instructions,reports etc | 33% |
| Writing instructions, reports etc. | 28% |
| Basic numerical skills | 30% |
| Computer literacy / basic IT skills | 23% |
| Advanced or specialist IT skills | 21% |
| Adapting to new equipment or materials | 22% |
| Manual dexterity | 17% |
| Communicating in a foreign language | 16% |
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