Location Skills Audit
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“Powerful Intelligence for a Powerful Economy”
“We need to draw on the world's
smartest, most creative minds.
Increasingly, we are finding the
talent we need here in Europe”
Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation Paris, October 2008
…Skills, Skills, Skills…
“The availability of highly skilled
workers is a more important
determinant of location than
attributes related to production
costs”
Raymond J Mataloni Jr – US Bureau of Economic Analysis, November 2007
…Skills, Skills, Skills…
““Skills were once a key lever for
prosperity and fairness. Skills are
now increasingly the key lever. A
radical step change is necessary”
Lord Sandy Leitch
Background
Global Environment
Wide choice of world-class locations for corporates
Over 2,000 European EDAs (with similar messages)
Increased competition between global locations
Global downturn/US downturn
Single most important location driver in FDI decisions is skills
Skilled Labour was cited by 50% of Executives
Source: The MedTech Report – Oxford Intelligence
WHAT WERE THE MAIN REASONS FOR YOU CHOOSING THIS LOCATION?
“Skills” & Corporate Location
WHAT WERE THE MAIN REASONS FOR YOU CHOOSING THIS LOCATION?
Source: Oxford Intelligence Investment
Strategies & Location Benchmarking Reports
“Skills” & Corporate Location
To accurately quantify accessible, sector specific labour force skills within a geographical area
To map and benchmark these skills between countries, regions and
sub-regions
To provide analysis of cross-fertilisation of skill sets
To enable business and government through accurate, relevant data
To provide geo-demographic data profiling of these skilled workers
To provide data on annual earnings
To provide a tool for measuring the impact of policy over time
Objectives - Location Skills Audit©
Location Skills Audit©
Location Skills Audit
©Reporting Levels
The Western European
Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
Oxford Intelligence – IT Resource Intensity Index
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden,
The Western European
Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
Oxford Intelligence – IT Resource Capacity Index
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden,
The Western European
Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
Oxford Intelligence – IT Location Skills Index
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden,
The United Kingdom
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
Oxford Intelligence - UK Adults with Technical IT Skills March 2007
The United Kingdom
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
Analysis of West Midlands IT Skills Compared to UK
Distribution of All Technical IT Professionals (Current & Past) in the UK
The West Midlands
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
West Midlands Adults with Technical IT Skills
The West Midlands
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
West Midlands Adults with Advanced Programming Skills
The United Kingdom
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
Distribution of Current/Past IT Professionals - Proficient in “C++”
The West Midlands
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
Age Profile of Current IT Professionals in the West Midlands
The United Kingdom
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
UK Highest Education Level of IT Professionals
Base: All with technical IT Skills March 2007
The United Kingdom
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
Mean Levels of Earnings of Current IT Professionals Working Full Time
The West Midlands
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
West Midlands By County of Residence
Numbers of Adults with Technical IT Skills
The West Midlands
IT Locations Skills Audit
©SLIDE:
West Midlands By County of Residence
as a Percentage of Adults (18- 70) by County
Usage of Location Skill Data
Economic Agency Users
“From my perspective the ICT and foreign languages data is really good data to have. We have commissioned other work over the years which sits on
the shelf gathering dust. This is at the other end of the spectrum – really practical data which can be used by my team and is valued by companies.” “There is a perceived IT skills shortage across the UK. One aspect of this data
for the our region shows that there are many IT trained people not currently working in IT giving a latent pool from which to recruit. A Swedish company visiting the region described it as powerful data. In a nutshell it gives us a
competitive advantage.”
Director Inward Investment UK, RDA
Usage of Location Skill Data
Economic Agency Users
“Many employer based organisations are not representative of the majority of their industry and this is particularly the case with
the ICT sector. Even when surveys claim to involve SMEs we know from experience the difficulty of engaging SMEs (and therefore the cost involved) and we frequently find it’s always the
usual suspects that are being measured. Oxford Intelligence’s methodology and research overcomes this”
ICT Cluster Manager, UK, RDA
“In an increasingly globalised
economy, knowledge and
skills are the key
differentiators of nations as
well as individuals”
Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation The Times 29 January 2008
Oxford Intelligence Ltd Whaddon Hall Whaddon United Kingdom www.oxint.com Michel Lemagnen Research Director T: +44 1908 521 477 E: [email protected] www.oxint.com Milton Keynes London Paris The Hague Frankfurt Boston Washington D.C San Diego Moscow Mumbai Qingdao
