Skills Gaps in Greater Manchester
In 2020, GMCA formed a new Skills Intelligence team that played a key role in informing and developing the Skills for Growth programme.
Supported by Skills for Growth – SME Support, the intelligence team spent time engaging with employers in the programme’s priority industries to understand the skills gaps and hard-to-fill vacancies in both large and small employers.
Since then, the Skills Intelligence Team has evolved into a wider Greater Manchester Labour Market Insights Unit, pulling in analysis from the GM Chamber of Commerce, Business Growth Hub, and MIDAS. Summary packs below are produced by this joint unit.
Summary Pack - Latest
GM Labour Market Insights Pack - Spring 2025 (PDF, 1.1MB)
Previous:
GM Labour Market Insights Pack - Autumn 2024 (PDF, 740KB)
Historic Reports:
Full scale deep-dive reports were produced for each sector between 2020 and 2024 - these can be found in the section below. Each gives an analysis of the existing workforce, skills supply, and employer demand in each sector.
Emergency Services
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Emergency Services (PDF, 1.1Mb)
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Emergency Services (Word, 1.5MB)
Financial, Business, and Professional Services
Green Economy
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Green Economy (PDF, 1.3Mb)
Education
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Education (PDF, 1.2Mb)
Hospitality
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Hospitality (PDF, 1.4Mb)
Life Sciences
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Life Sciences (PDF, 2.0Mb)
Construction
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Construction (PDF, 1.3Mb)
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Construction - Executive Summary (PowerPoint, 12.7Mb)
Health and Social Care
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Health and Social Care (PDF, 1.7Mb)
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Health and Social Care - Executive Summary (PowerPoint, 7.5Mb)
Manufacturing
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Manufacturing (PDF, 1.1Mb)
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Manufacturing - Executive Summary (PowerPoint, 2.8Mb)
Digital and Tech
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Digital - Executive Summary (PDF, 788Kb)
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Digital (PDF, 907Kb)
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Digital - Appendix A (Word, 992Kb)
FinTech
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - FinTech (PDF, 1.4Mb)
Low Carbon Buildings
Labour Market and Skills Intelligence Report - Low Carbon Buildings (PDF, 394Kb)
There will aspects of these documents which may not be fully accessible. If you would like support with any content please contact SkillsForGrowth@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk
To understand these reports in more detail, please contact our Skills Intelligence Lead, Joe Crolla.
As part of our conversations with employers, we’ve also connected Greater Manchester businesses to existing provision such as apprenticeships support, the Adult Education Budget , the Good Employment Charter and Bridge GM (external web page), which ensures a more joined up skills and employment system.
Work and Skills Accessibility Statement
We are aware that there are documents in this section that are not fully accessible. We are investigating whether we can make them accessible and aim to complete this work by 30 September 2022.
If you need information on this website in a different format:
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