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Contact the Labour Market Intelligence team

Email: lmi@sds.co.uk

Labour Market Intelligence

Skills Development Scotland's Labour Market Information and Intelligence (LMI) reports and resources are designed around the requirements of our colleagues. 

Our aim is to make LMI work for Skills Development Scotland (SDS) - we are an internal resource for SDS. All our LMI activities are driven by the requirements of our colleagues. We are happy to make the LMI material regularly provided for SDS staff available in the public domain. If you're looking for a wider range of material, then you should visit Scotland's LMI Portal.

Download the latest national reports

Monthly Unemployment Update

Monthly Vacancies Update

LMI by sector

Technician at The Arches, Glasgow

Access sectoral labour market information from the Sector Skills Councils and the latest developments in the Government Economic Strategy's key sectors. 

A sample issue of Labour Market Focus

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Click on a link below to find out more about the following topics on Research Online, Scotland's Labour Market Intelligence hub

Skills in Focus events

Professor David Ashton

Events to stimulate debate around current skills issues.

LMI events

  • Influencing tomorrow's IT workforce
    16 May 2013

    Skills Development Scotland (SDS) hosted an event in partnership with Scotland Women in Technology on the 16 May 2013 at the Royal Society in Edinburgh to help raise awareness of current and future job opportunities in Information Technology (IT).

  • Careers Guidance and Development Symposium
    23 April 2013

    The Careers Guidance and Development Symposium took place at the University of the West of Scotland on 23 April 2013 with around 60 attendees from Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and students studying for the qualification in Careers Guidance.

Useful links

There are a number of organisations that produce and provide labour market information and intelligence. Find out more.

LMI across Scotland

Find information and statistics for each of the 32 local authority areas.

Media monitoring

A weekly summary of the latest news stories affecting the labour market in Scotland.

Other sources of Labour Market Intelligence

The Scottish Government has recently launched a LMI portal, covering the LMI needs of a wider range of organisations.

Looking for LMI data? Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics is the Scottish Labour Market Data Hub.

Looking for labour market intelligence? Research Online is the Scottish Labour Market Intelligence Hub.

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