Where the jobs are in Glasgow
Key Facts
The City of Glasgow has a population of nearly 600,000 and is Scotland’s largest city. Glasgow is the business capital of the West of Scotland and provides many services to surrounding areas.
The number of jobs in each industry in Glasgow currently are:
Employee Jobs by Industry Sector (2006)
Source: ONS Annual Business Inquiry employee analysis
|
Glasgow City | ||
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing (A, B) |
a* |
* |
| Utilities, mining and quarrying (C, E) |
* |
* |
| Manufacturing (D) |
23,330 |
6% |
| Construction (F) |
17,673 |
5% |
| Wholesale and retail trade etc (G) |
50,653 |
13% |
| Hotels and restaurants (H) |
27,838 |
7% |
| Transport, storage and communication (I) |
20,724 |
5% |
| Financial intermediation (J) |
23,085 |
6% |
| Real estate, renting and business activities (K) |
78,800 |
20% |
| Public administration and defence etc (L) |
30,101 |
8% |
| Education (M) |
31,820 |
8% |
| Health and social work (N) |
60,703 |
16% |
| Other community, social and personal service etc (O) |
20,613 |
5% |
a - Data for farm based agriculture (class 0100) not included
* - Disclosive data suppressed
Notes - % is a proportion of total employee jobs
Employee jobs excludes self-employed, government-supported trainees and HM Forces
- Total employment in Glasgow has increased to around 400,000, a record 25 year high. Glasgow’s jobs base has grown at nearly twice the rate for Scotland and Britain over the past 10 years.
- Key sectors in Glasgow include: Financial and Business Services, Creative Industries, Health, Education, Knowledge Economy, Retail, Tourism and Hospitality.
- The city is retaining graduates within the workforce – 35% work in Glasgow after graduation, with a further 17% finding employment in the surrounding Metropolitan region.
- Most jobs are in public services (31%) and financial and business services (25%).
- The number of jobs in manufacturing (6%) is much smaller than the rest of Scotland.
- The Job Areas in Glasgow with the most opportunities for school leavers include construction, engineering, financial services, hairdressing, health and social care, hospitality, public admin, retail and shipbuilding.
- However, even in the job areas that are declining; there will be opportunities as the workers leaving them need to be replaced.
- Key employers in Glasgow include: Glasgow City Council, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, National Australia Group (owners of Clydesdale Bank), British Telecom, Lloyds TSB, Scottish Power and BBC.
- Glasgow has three universities (Glasgow, Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian), five higher education institutes in total and ten Further Education colleges with a student population of 168,000, second only to London
More information on the City of Glasgow Labour Market
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