employment
Occupational structure of employment in the Greater West of England, 2024
This data insight presents occupational employment patterns for the Greater West of England, defined here as Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire.
Results are shown for 2024 at both broad occupation group level and detailed occupation sub-group level. Comparisons are made with England excluding London. Percentages are calculated as shares of total employment.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes annual estimates of employment by occupation based on the UK Standard Occupational Classification (SOC2020). These data show how employment is distributed across major occupation groups and detailed sub-groups.
59%
Workers in managerial, professional or associate occupations in the Greater West of England, 2024
29.9%
Employment in professional occupations in the Greater West of England, 2024
36.8%
Employment in four largest occupation sub-groups in the Greater West of England, 2024
4.2%
Employment in sales and customer service occupations in the Greater West of England, 2024
Employment by broad occupation group, Greater West of England, 2024
This visualisation shows the distribution of employment across broad occupation groups in the Greater West of England and England excluding London in 2024.
In the Greater West of England, 59% of workers were employed in managerial, professional, or associate professional and technical occupations, compared with 51% in England excluding London.
Professional occupations accounted for 29.9% of employment in the Greater West of England, compared with 25.5% in England excluding London. Managers and senior officials represented 12.3% of employment in the region compared with 10.7% in England excluding London, while associate professional and technical occupations accounted for 16.6% compared with 14.8%.
Lower shares of employment in the Greater West of England were recorded in administrative and secretarial occupations (7.7% compared with 9.5% in England excluding London), sales and customer service occupations (4.2% compared with 6.2%), and elementary occupations (8.5% compared with 9.5%).
Percentages are calculated as proportions of total employment in each geography.
Employment by occupation sub-group, Greater West of England, 2024
This visualisation shows the distribution of employment across detailed occupation sub-groups in the Greater West of England and England excluding London in 2024.
Four occupation sub-groups accounted for 36.8% of employment in the Greater West of England in 2024. These were science, research, engineering and technology professionals (10.7%), business, media and public service professionals (9.1%), corporate managers and directors (9.0%), and business and public service associate professionals (8.0%).
In comparison with England excluding London, the Greater West of England recorded higher shares of employment in science, research, engineering and technology professionals (10.7% compared with 7.8%), business, media and public service professionals (9.1% compared with 7.4%), and corporate managers and directors (9.0% compared with 7.2%).
Lower shares were recorded in administrative occupations (6.4% compared with 7.9%), sales occupations (3.4% compared with 4.7%), customer service occupations (0.8% compared with 1.5%), and elementary administration and service occupations (7.6% compared with 8.3%).
Percentages are calculated as proportions of total employment in each geography.
