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Local Authority Overview

Harlow has a fast growing economy, with the Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering and Health sectors of

significance. It is home to some of Essex’s leading manufacturing businesses including Raytheon and OI

Manufacturing. Harlow has an above national average growth rate of numbers of business. The Sir Charles Kao

University Technical College opened in 2014. There is likely to be further growth to 2021, including a cluster of

new developments. This includes the further development of the Harlow Enterprise Zone which will create 5,000

jobs and provide a base for many sectors including Advanced Manufacturing; IT, Digital & Creative; and Life

Science.

Significant investment is to be made in public health science with the creation of new world-class public health

labs in Harlow. The investment will see part of Public Health England move from its existing ageing facilities at

Porton Down into the new labs at Harlow, to continue their vital work in tackling some of the biggest issues in

public health. For further information on Harlow and local businesses, visit http://www.harlowbusiness.co.uk/.

At A Glance

ESSEX SKILLS PROFILES: HARLOW 2016

Total

Population

84,600

VAT/ PAYE

Businesses

2,550

Working Age

Population

53,500

Highest number

of vacancies:

Advanced

Manufacturing

Skills in demand

include:

Sales, Repair,

Business

Management

Median Full Time

Weekly Earnings

(Workplace)

£540

Working age

population

with NVQ1+

85%

87%

87% of Businesses

Micro (19

employees)

THIS PROFILE WAS PRODUCED IN

SPRING 2016 WITH THE LATEST

AVAILABLE DATA AT THIS TIME.

IT IS INTENDED AS AN

INTRODUCTION ONLY. FOR

MORE DETAILED AND UPDATED

STATISTICS PLEASE REFER TO THE

WEB LINKS PROVIDED OR THE

ORIGINAL DATA SOURCE.

http://www.harlowbusiness.co.uk/


Section 1 - Harlow Skills & Economy Headlines

Headlines Skills & Economy Harlow Greater Essex

South East LEP

UK

Total population (2014) 84,600 1,773,200 4,097,300 64,596,800

Working age population 16-64 (2014) 53,500 1,095,100 2,512,700 41,036,500

Employment Rate (in employment. Oct 2014-Sep 2015) 37,900 863,500 1,934,800 31,389,000

Median Full- Time weekly Earnings (Workplace) 2015 540 519.5* N/A £529.00

Median Full-time Weekly Earnings (Residents) 2015 490.7 574.9* N/A N/A

Total Employee Jobs (2014) 38,300 664,900 1,492,300 N/A

UK Business Counts - Enterprises (2015) 2,550 71,115 156,915 2,449,415

Micro (0-9) 2,215 63,705 140,335 2,173,355

Small (10 to 49) 265 6,215 13,845 227,770

Medium (50-249) 50 985 2,245 38,940

Large (250+) 15 215 490 9,350

UK Business Counts - Local Units (2015) 3,140 81,610 182,110 2,907,560

Micro (0-9) 2,540 69,575 154,565 2,430,515

Small (10 to 49) 465 9,945 22,690 386,425

Medium (50-249) 115 1,860 4,325 78,685

Large (250+) 20 245 525 11,935

% Working Age Population with NVQ1+ (Jan 2014-Dec 2014)

85 85.7 86.8 84.8


58 69.2 71.7 73.1


44 49.9 52.6 56.5


29 26.6 30.0 35.8

% Working Age Population with no qualifications All qualifications (Jan 2014-Dec 2014)

10.20 9.2 7.8 9

Main out of work benefits (May 2015) 5,190 (9.7%)

84,510 204,580 (8.1%)

N/A

Job seekers allowance claimants (December 2015) 1,040 14,710 31,684 (1.3%)

N/A

Jobs density (ratio jobs to working population) 2013 0.86 0.74 0.72 0.79

Average House Price (ONS house price statistics) 200,000

226,744* £257,818*1

186,350

* Please note this data is for Essex and not Greater Essex due to available data. *

1 Please note that this data is for the South East region due to availability of data (Oct 2015)

Main out-of-work benefits includes the groups: job seekers, ESA and incapacity benefits, lone parents and others on income related benefits For further data on the Harlow District see: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157217/report.aspx?town=harlow

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157217/report.aspx?town=harlow


SECTION 2 – HARLOW ENTERPRISES & EMPLOYEES

All enterprises and employee data is source from ONS datasets; Business Register and Employment

Survey 2014 and UK Business Counts 2015.

Size of companies by Employment Size Band

PAYE and VAT Based Enterprises by SIC Sections 2015?

Enterprises in ESB Priority Sectors

Business Size No of enterprises

0 to 4 1915

5 to 9 300

10 to 19 170

20 to 49 95

50 to 99 30

100 to 249 20

250 to 499 10

500 to 999 5

1000+ 5

<1% <1 % of enterprises

employ >250

employees


As the charts illustrate the highest proportion of Harlow enterprises are in Construction; Professional,

Scientific and Technical Sectors; and Wholesale and Retail Trade. Harlow also has a strong presence of

Advanced Manufacturing and IT, Digital and Creative enterprises.

Please note that the number of enterprises identified in priority sectors is calculated using a specific set

of SIC codes (defined in the relevant sector profile) therefore these figures may differ to industries

identified using SIC sections.

Employees by SIC sections (BRES. ONS 2014)

Employees in ESB Priority Sectors

The charts above show that overall that the Health; Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering; and

Construction sectors are significant sectors of employment in Harlow. Please note that the number of

employees identified in priority sectors is calculated using a specific set of SIC codes (defined in the

relevant sector profile) therefore these figures may differ to industries identified using SIC sections.

17% 17% of employees

work in Advanced

Manufacturing or

Construction

employees


SECTION 3 –VACANCIES, SALARIES & SKILLS NEEDS

Top 20 Employers by no. of Employees1

Enterprise Name Employment sic2007

1 PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS 1000+ 86101

2 OCS GROUP UK LTD 1000+ 81100

3 PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED 500-999 58190

4 BUPA HOME HEALTHCARE LIMITED 500-999 88100

5 HARLOW COLLEGE 250-499 85320

6 SWIFT OFFICE CLEANING SERVICES LTD 250-499 81299

7 NORTON HEALTHCARE LTD FAO MRS 250-499 20130

8 RAYTHEON SYSTEMS LIMITED 250-499 26511

9 TESCO STORES LTD 250-499 47110

10 ASDA STORES LTD 250-499 47110

11 HARLOW DISTRICT COUNCIL 250-499 84110

12 KIER HARLOW LIMITED 250-499 43390

13 TESCO STORES LTD 250-499 47110

14 BRITISH UNITED PROVIDENT 250-499 65120

15 GLAXOSMITHKLINE RESEARCH & 250-499 72190

16 SAINSBURYS SUPERMARKETS LIMITED 250-499 47110

17 TRUCK - LITE EUROPE LIMITED 250-499 27400

18 ARROW ELECTRONICS (UK) LTD 250-499 46520

19 PPE LIMITED INCL HL DISPLAY UK 100-249 31010

20 MERCURY SECURITY LIMITED 100-249 81100

There were 12,657 job vacancies advertised in Harlow during 2015. Outlined below is data showing the

distribution of salaries on offer, the skills in demand and the occupations being advertised.

Vacancy data is sourced from www.labourinsights.com and is for the period Jan 1st 2015 and Dec 31st

2015

Skills in Greatest Demand – Top 10 Baseline Skills.

1 IDBR Data 2014

Skills Job Postings

Communication Skills 2449 Microsoft Excel 1174 Customer service 989 Computer skills 934 Planning 817 Detail- Orientated 806

Organisational Skills 586 Team Work 585 Building Effective Relationships

577

Microsoft Office 540 Postings with unspecified skill:

5,166

33% 33% of vacancies* specified the need for

communication skills within the role. *only vacancies with specified skill used in calculation

http://www.labourinsights.com/


Skills in Greatest Demand – Top 10 Specialised Skills.

Other Skills in Demand

Distribution of Advertised Salary

Skills Job Postings

Sales 2449 Repair 1174 Business Management 989 Business Development 934 Sales Management 817 Account Management 806 Telesales 586 Rehabilitation 585 Administrative support

577

Spreadsheets 540

Postings with unspecified skill:

5,166

Salary range Job Postings

More than £90,000 70

£80,000 to £89,999 108

£70,000 to £79,999 68

£60,000 to £69,999 137

£50,000 to £59,999 352

£40,000 to £49,999 598

£30,000 to £39,999 1674

£20,000 to £29,999 2520 £15,000 to £19,999 1,580

£10,000 to £14,999 495

Less than £10,000 131

Postings with unspecified salary:

4,991

33% 33% of vacancies*

had an advertised

salary of £20,000 to

£29,000. *only vacancies with

specified salary used in

calculation


Vacancies in ESB Priority Sectors

The vacancy data shows that amongst the ESB priority sectors there were more than 1000 vacancies

advertised in 2015 for occupations in IT, Digital and Creative, Logistics and the Advanced Manufacturing

and Engineering sectors.

Harlow: Top 10 Occupations by SOC (3 Digit)

357

358

391

403

421

594

628

699

747

1,008

AdministrativeOccupations: Finance

(412)

Business, Finance andRelated Associate

Professionals (353)

Functional Managers andDirectors (113)

Nursing and MidwiferyProfessionals (223)

Sales Assistants andRetail Cashiers (711)

Information Technologyand Telecommunications

Professionals (213)

Teaching and EducationalProfessionals (231)

Road Transport Drivers(821)

Other AdministrativeOccupations (415)

Sales, Marketing andRelated Associate

Professionals (354)

Other Occupations in demand……

Occupation

Job Postings

Elementary Storage Occupations (926) 185

Metal Machining, Fitting and Instrument Making Trades (522)

182

Plant and Machine Operatives (812) 167

Engineering Professionals (212) 164

Artistic, Literary and Media Occupations (341)

158

Nursing and Midwifery Professionals (223) 153

Elementary Process Plant Occupations (913)

148

Assemblers and Routine Operatives (813) 141

Mobile Machine Drivers and Operatives (822)

140

Elementary Construction Occupations (912)

128

Food Preparation and Hospitality Trades (543)

128

Process Operatives (811) 128

Vehicle Trades (523) 125

Secretarial and Related Occupations (421) 124

Architects, Town Planners and Surveyors (243)

123

Sales Related Occupations (712) 123

Administrative Occupations: Records (413) 116

Electrical and Electronic Trades (524) 112

Elementary Cleaning Occupations (923) 111

Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers (711) 109

Construction and Building Trades (531) 106

Information Technology Technicians (313) 105


Harlow: Examples of Job Postings

Job title: Ward Clerk Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Salary: £15,000 to £17,500 Job description: The successful candidate will have excellent team work skills. They will help to manage the running of the ward including the reception and administrative duties. They work together with the doctors, qualified nurses and healthcare assistants. The candidate will have the ability to work independently and communicate with members of the public through face to face and telephone. The ward clerk is the first point of contact for patients and will provide the best quality service whilst adhering to the Trust values. The successful candidate will need experience in Word, Excel and Power Point.

Job title: Class 2 Multi Drop DriverEngineer Employer: Brakes Group Salary: £29,000 Job description: With a turnover of over £2.6bn, Brakes Group is a leading supplier to the foodservice industry in the UK, Ireland, France and Sweden. As a driver you will be delivering our customers` orders, on multi-drops, accurately and on time. You will need to develop good working relationships with colleagues and customers and have the ability to resolve queries wherever possible. You must have a Class 2 Licence along with an in date CPC card and Digital Tachograph. You will need to be physically fit and have the ability to be flexible to meet the varying demands of your customers

Job title: Finance Manager Employer: AJ Chambers Salary: £27,500 Job description: AJ Chambers are currently recruiting for a Finance Manager for a large technology company based in Harlow. Overseeing a team of 2, you will oversee all Financial Activities for the company reporting directly to the Head of Finance. The Role You will be responsible for the following financial activities: Management of the day to day running of the finance department. Overseeing bank reconciliations and preparation of the trial balance reconciliations on a monthly basis. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in a Finance managerial role with the ability to manage all accounting functions within an SME. You will ideally be qualified or part qualified (ACCA,CIMA or ACA).

Job title: Midwife Band 6 Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS trust Salary: £26,041- £34,876 Job description: An opportunity has arisen at the Princess Alexandra Hospital to join as a midwife. The candidate will be able to provide women with the best quality care. They will also be competent in saturation, cannulation and water births. The hospital encourages midwifes to rotate and gain experience in an array of departments. This will include gaining experience in the Labour Ward, clinics, birthing units containing 3 birthing pools and Post Natal. Candidates will need to be willing to work long and short shifts including 24/7 commitments.

Job title: IT Solutions Architect Employer: Raytheon UK Engineering Solutions Salary: competitive Job description: Raytheon UK Engineering Solutions are recruiting for a Solutions Architect. The candidate will work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders of the organisation, and provide the best quality service to customers in the Defence and Intelligence markets. The successful candidate will have experience in advanced networking systems and they will be able to work with the most common architectural frameworks. There will be an opportunity to participate in an array of projects and resolve technical issues which arise. Experience of working with a team of engineers is essential and a holder of a DV or SV security clearance.

Job title: Support Worker Employer: An award winning provider of support services. Salary: TBC Job description: An award winning provider of support services is currently recruiting a support worker to care for people with disabilities and health and social care needs. This will included helping with daily living tasks, and providing guidance to manage daily living tasks and taking part within the community or get a new job. There will be the opportunity to gain an NVQ in health and social care. Candidates must have good writing skills in order to write care plans, and the ability to work in a team. In addition, you must also be able to follow guidelines and policies easily and have excellent people skills.


SECTION 4 – TRAVEL TO WORK PATTERNS


SECTION 5 – EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Education providers in Harlow There are 29 infant, junior and primary schools, 5 secondary schools (not including special or indepdendent schools) and one General Further Education College and one Higher Education Institution in the Harlow district.

School/College Institution type (age range)

Ofsted inspection result

Ofsted inspection date

Burnt Mill Academy 11-16 1 Outstanding 21 November 2012

Mark Hall Academy 11-16 n/a n/a n/a

Passmores Academy 11-16 2 Good 18 October 2013

Sir Charles Kao UTC 14-19 n/a n/a n/a

St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School

11-18 2 Good 4 July 2013

Stewards Academy 11-16 2 Good 6 June 2013

Harlow College General FE

College (16+) 2 Good 13 January 2016

Anglia Ruskin University (a) HE Institution n/a n/a n/a

(a) Centres in Chelmsford, Harlow, Cambridge, Peterborough, London and Norfolk

Post-16 Further Education and skills participation in Harlow Further Education and skills includes learners aged 16 or over who are studying a course in a FE College, training provider or within their local community, and employees who are undertaking an Apprenticeship or other qualification in the workplace. Further education and skills provision is delivered by General Further Education Colleges including Tertiary, Sixth Form Colleges, Special College - Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges and Art and Design Colleges, Specialist Colleges and External Institutions. Provision delivered through School Sixth Forms is not included in these figures. There were 6,370 Harlow residents (aged 16+) participating in FE and skills provision in 2013/14 (excluding those attending School Sixth Forms). Just over two thirds were were aged 19 or over, a similar percentage to Greater Essex.


Further Education and skills provision is broken into the following types of learning:

Education and training covering further education learning delivered mainly in a classroom, workshop or through distance or e-learning. Provision delivered through School Sixth Forms is not included in these figures;

Apprenticeships which are paid jobs that incorporate on- and off-the-job training leading to nationally recognised qualifications;

Workplace learning which covers a broad range of training including basic skills, Level 2, Level 3 and higher-level skills. This training is mainly delivered in the workplace (but excludes Apprenticeships).

Community Learning which funds a wide range of non-formal courses, ranging from personal development through to older people’s learning, IT courses, employability skills, family learning and activities to promote civic engagement and community development.

A Statistical First Release (SFR) on further education and skills is published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Skills Funding Agency and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-official-statistics Additional statistics on further education and skills provision and participation is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library The following analysis shows Harlow residents’ participation in FE and skills provision by type of learning, subject area and level, taken from data supplied by the Skills Funding Agency to the South East Local Enterprise Partnership. Figures for provision at School Sixth Forms have been taken from data supplied by the Education Funding Agency to Local Authorities.

Education and Training There were 8,300 enrolments on education and training courses by Harlow residents (aged 16 and over) in 2013/14 (excluding enrolments at School Sixth Forms). Learners undertaking multiple courses (i.e. 3 A Levels) will be counted more than once in the figures. Education and training enrolments were split into the following sector subject areas2, by qualification level and by provider as follows:

2 Excludes in enrolments in 14 - Preparation for Life and Work courses and those unassigned to a sector subject

area. Total education and training enrolments by Harlow residents excluding these items are as follows: 2011/12 – 5,430 enrolments, 2012/13 – 6,660 enrolments, 2013/14 – 4,490 enrolments.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-official-statistics

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library


Providers with the highest number of education and training enrolments by Harlow residents in 2013/14

Enrolments by Harlow

residents


Harlow College 4,070 Essex County Council 650 Hertford Regional College 520 CXK Limited 300 A4e Ltd 260 Learndirect Limited 150 Chelmsford College 150 Education & Youth Services Limited 140 The Consultancy Home Counties Limited 130 Writtle College 130 Catch 22 Charity Limited 100 Epping Forest College 100 Bedford College 90 HIT Training Ltd 80 College of Haringey, Enfield and North-east London 80

Apprenticeships

There were 710 apprenticeship starts by Harlow residents in 2013/14 and 720 starts in 2014/15. Further statistics on apprenticeships can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships.

Apprenticeship starts were split into the following sector subject areas, by qualification level and by provider as follows:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships


Providers with highest number of apprenticeship starts by Harlow residents in 2013/14

Apprenticeship starts by Harlow

residents

Harlow College 90

Babcock Training Limited 40

Lifetime Training Group Limited 40

HIT Training Ltd 30

Learndirect Limited 30

Leeds City College 20

West Nottinghamshire College 20

Cambridge Regional College 20

School Sixth Forms

In 2013/14, 420 Harlow 16-18 year old residents attended School Sixth Form provision and were enrolled on 1,490 courses. School Sixth Form enrolments were split into the following sector subject areas3, by qualification level and by provider as follows:

3 Excludes in enrolments in 14 - Preparation for Life and Work courses and those unassigned to a sector subject

area. Total school sixth form enrolments by Harlow residents excluding these items are as follows: 2012/13 – 1,600 enrolments, 2013/14 – 1,450 enrolments.


School Sixth Forms with the highest number of Harlow 16-18 year old learners in 2013/14

Harlow learners

attending school sixth

form

St Mark's West Essex Catholic School 160

Leventhorpe School 100

The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College 80


Participation in Higher Education

Analysis published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England shows the proportion of young people

who participate in Higher Education. This is based on the combined participation rates of those aged 18 between

2005 and 2009 who entered HE between 2005-06 and 2010-11 academic years. Further information can be found

at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/POLAR/

The following chart shows whether the level of young participation in higher education in different areas is higher

or lower than expected, based on factors known to have a bearing on participation. The analysis is based on 5

cohorts of young people, who were aged 18 between 2006-07 and 2010-11 academic years. The participation gap

is expressed as a percentage point difference from the expected young participation level. For example if the

young participation rate is 30 per cent and it was expected to be 40 per cent, then the participation gap is

estimated as -10 percentage points. Further information on the analysis can be found at

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/gaps/

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/POLAR/

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/gaps/

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