Employer surveys
The UK Commission conducts two major employer surveys on a biennial basis, the UK Employer Skills Survey and the UK Employer Perspectives Survey. These surveys run in alternate years.
UK Employer Skills Survey
The UK Employer Skills Survey (ESS) is the first UK-wide skills survey. It is therefore a successor not only to the National Employer Skills Survey in England (NESS), but also to the skills surveys carried out by the devolved administrations across the UK: the Scottish Employer Skills Survey (SESS), the Northern Ireland Skills Monitoring Survey (NISMS), and the Future Skills Wales Sector Skills Survey (FSW).
ESS 2011 is carried out by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland, the Scottish Government, and the Welsh Assembly Government.
We have now published First Findings from the 2011 UK Employer Skills Survey. This short briefing paper reports only UK-wide information for 2011. Figures are not comparable with those previously produced in predecessor surveys in the constituent nations of the UK.
Employer Perspectives Survey 2010
The 2010 Employer Perspectives Survey (EPS) gathered the views of approximately 14,000 employers on the employment and skills system. The aim of the survey is to provide evidence to a variety of stakeholders operating in the system (including the UK Commission) to aid decision making and help them achieve their respective goals. The findings from this survey were published as an evidence report in January 2011.
Employer Perspectives Survey 2010 (PDF, 6.7 Mb)
Employer Perspectives Survey 2010 - Executive Summary (PDF, 4.1 Mb)
Findings from the 2007/2008 Employer Perspectives Survey were reported in the UK Commission’s first evidence report, Skills for the Workplace: Employer Perspectives (PDF, 4.2 Mb) .
