Job Vacancies Overview in Buckinghamshire - January 2022
This report provides insights into job vacancies within Buckinghamshire in January 2022, sourced from Burning Glass Technologies. It highlights trends in online job postings, top job roles, in-demand skills, and notable employers in the region. Comparisons are made against previous periods to track the impact of Covid-19 on the labor market.
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Job vacancies within Buckinghamshire January 2022
Background This slide deck provides a monthly summary of recruitment trends within Buckinghamshire. Data is sourced from Burning Glass Technologies via the Labour Insight platform. Data is generated by scraping information from job adverts posted on-line Further details can be found here. To monitor the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market, and track the speed of economic recovery, data within this report is either benchmarked against Quarter 1 (January to March) 2020 or is benchmarked against the corresponding month or period in 2019. Further details, including some caveats to be aware are, can be found at the end of this slide deck.
Headlines December 2021 In the region of 3,400 job vacancies in Buckinghamshirewere posted on- line in December 2021. Between November and December 2021, there was a 52% fall in job postings. This is typical for the time of year. Roles with the most job postings in December 2021 in Buckinghamshire included admin, nursing, customer service and social care roles. Demand for being detail oriented, problem solving, Microsoft Office, teamwork, collaboration, cleaning, customer contact, admin support and scheduling skills was greater in Q4 2021 than in Q4 2020. This compares to reduced demand for skills in planning, creativity, writing, customer service, project management and accounting. Visible employers with the most job openings between October and December 2021 included the NHS/Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, Buckinghamshire Council, Softcat and Buckinghamshire New University.
Chart 1: Number of online job postings in Buckinghamshire by month 2019 2020 2021 8,000 Number of job postings 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 -
Job postings within Buckinghamshire Job postings in Buckinghamshire during October to December 2021 are higher overall compared to the same period pre- Covid. Number of job postings Oct 19-Dec 19 (pre-Covid benchmark) Oct 21-Dec 21 (latest 3 months) Change Change (%) Within Buckinghamshire, the former local authority district of Chiltern had the largest percentage increase in job postings and Wycombe the smallest. Wycombe 4,460 5,210 +750 +17% Aylesbury Vale 2,700 3,960 +1,260 +47% Job postings in Buckinghamshire increased less significantly compared to the South East region and England as a whole. South Bucks 920 1,350 +430 +47% Chiltern 890 1,460 +570 +64% 12,780 16,200 Buckinghamshire +3,420 +27% Note some job postings state the job location as being Buckinghamshire only. These cannot therefore be coded to sub- areas. Hence why the data for Buckinghamshire is higher than the data for the four former districts combined. South East 268,040 400,770 +132,730 +50% England 1,334,240 1,989,640 +655,400 +49%
Chart 2: Top occupational groups by number of job postings December 2021 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Office / Administrative Assistant Registered General Nurse (RGN) Customer Service Representative Caregiver / Personal Care Aide Project Manager Teaching Assistant Software Developer / Engineer Nursery nurses, assistants and playworkers Care assistant Account Manager / Representative Marketing Manager Human Resources / Labour Relations Specialist Sales Manager Primary School Teacher Bookkeeper / Accounting Clerk Lawyer Receptionist Computer Support Specialist Labourer / Material Handler Healthcare Manager General cleaner Tutor Retail Sales Associate Nursing Assistant / Healthcare Assistant Data for Buckinghamshire Delivery Driver
Baseline skills in high demand The top three baseline skills sought by Buckinghamshire employers in online job adverts in Quarter 4 2001 were: Communication skills Organisation skills Detail orientated Q4 2021 Q4 2020 1. Communication Skills 2. Organisational Skills 1. Communication Skills 2. Organisational Skills The chart shows the change in demand for the top baseline skills between Quarter 4 (Oct-Dec) 2020 and Quarter 4 (Oct-Dec) 2021. 3. Planning 3. Detail-Orientated 4. Detail-Orientated 4. Planning There has been a relative increase in demand for skills in: detail-orientated (4th to 3rd) problem solving (7th to 6th) Microsoft Office (9th to 7th) 5. Microsoft Excel 5. Microsoft Excel 6. Creativity 6. Problem Solving 7. Problem Solving 7. Microsoft Office 8. Writing 8. Creativity 9. Microsoft Office 9. Writing And a relative decrease in demand for skills in: planning (3rd to 4th), creativity (6th to 8th) writing (8th to 9th) 10. English 10. English
Specialist skills in high demand The top three specialist skills sought by Buckinghamshire employers in online job adverts in Quarter 4 2001 were: Teamwork / collaboration Customer service Teaching Q4 2021 Q4 2020 1. Teamwork / Collaboration 1. Customer Service 2. Teamwork / Collaboration 3. Teaching The chart shows the change in demand for the top specialised skills (as cited within job postings) between Quarter 4 (Oct-Dec) 2020 and Quarter 4 (Oct-Dec) 2021. 2. Customer Service 3. Teaching 4. Sales 4. Sales 5. Budgeting 6. Project Management 7. Accounting 5. Budgeting 6. Cleaning Demand increased for skills in: teamwork / collaboration (2nd to 1st) cleaning (8th to 6th) customer contact (10th to 8th), admin support (14th to 10th) scheduling (15th to 11th). 7. Project Management 8. Customer Contact 8. Cleaning 9. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 10. Customer Contact 9. KPIs 10. Administrative Support 11. Scheduling There were declines in demand for skills in: customer service (1st to 2nd) project management (6th to 7th) accounting (7th to 12th) 12. Accounting 14. Administrative Support 15. Scheduling
Demand for computer and programming skills This table shows the top computer and programming skills featured in job postings for Buckinghamshire for the month of December 2021. Most sought computer and programming skills by Bucks employers National Growth Category Global Growth Category Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word SQL SAP Solomon Software Development Microsoft Azure Stable Stable Stable Stable Stable Stable N/A Stable Stable Stable Stable Stable Stable Stable Stable N/A Stable Growing Four Microsoft Office suite programmes feature in the top five. Demand for Microsoft Azure and Python skills are growing globally. Growth categories are stable for all other computer and programming skills. Python Stable Growing
Some employers with the most job openings in Buckinghamshire October to December 2021 Many employers choose not to provide their name when recruiting via a recruitment agency or job site. This chart is therefore based on the 50% of job postings which can be linked to an employer (we call them visible employers) Visible employers with the most job openings from October to December 2021 include the NHS/Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust and Buckinghamshire Council. Software firm Softcat had the most job postings of visible private sector companies. National Health Service Buckinghamshire Council Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust Softcat PLC Buckinghamshire New University Amazon.com BP Johnson & Johnson The Fremantle Trust Danaher Corporation Boston Consulting Group HM Prison Service F.I.S Limited Barchester Healthcare Better Prospects Limited Source: Burning Glass Technologies Note: 50% of records have been excluded because they do not include an employer. As a result, the chart above may not be representative of the full sample.
About the data Online job postings provide a useful, real-time indication of the characteristics and health of local labour markets. Limitations of online job posting data include: Some jobs are not commonly advertised online (e.g. those often filled through word-of-mouth or adverts in windows) The employer s name is often not included in the job posting, which makes it difficult to glean a complete picture of the top recruiting employers in an area, and makes it difficult to assign job postings to industries. A location is not always provided in a job posting, in part due to the increased prevalence of remote working. Which inhibits the allocation of jobs to local areas. Burning Glass Technologies classifications of skills are: Baseline skills - are sometimes also called soft skills or transferable skills . They include skills that are useful across a variety of occupations, such as research or staff coordination . Specialised skills - covers skills that are specific to an occupation, such as lesson planning for teachers, or Primary Care for nurses. Computer and programming skills - are IT skills ranging from widely applicable (e.g. Microsoft Word ) to highly specialised (e.g. PERL ).
