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Job Market Information - Intermediate Level Skills

Although employment in some craft and technician level jobs has actually fallen, these jobs remain vitally important for most production and manufacturing companies.

The craft workforce is getting older, so although the number of JOBS will stay the same, the number of VACANCIES is still set to grow, in some occupational sectors, over the next ten years.

These skills, and in particular those at associate professional level (level 4), are thought to be the most significant skills shortage challenge facing the United Kingdom.

The shortage crosses many sectors and occupations, but it's most serious in personal and protective services, construction, hospitality and catering, public administration, and health and social work.

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