Research and analysis

Employment and occupational skill levels among UK and foreign nationals

Examines employment levels changes, in the context of longer-term labour market trends, recent economic conditions and immigration policy changes.

• From: Home Office and UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 19 February 2014

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Employment and occupational skill levels among UK and foreign nationals

Ref: ISBN 978 1 78246 225 5, Occasional Paper 108

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Employment and occupational skill level among UK and foreign nationals: tables

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Over most of the last decade, employment levels in the UK rose faster among foreign nationals than among UK nationals. In 2012 and 2013 the share of employment growth attributed to UK nationals increased, as the share attributed to foreign nationals fell. Lower-skilled employment has been falling consistently for UK nationals since 2003, while such employment grew among foreign nationals.

2012 saw the first substantial rise in lower-skilled employment for UK nationals in a decade and a fall in the number of foreign nationals in lower-skilled employment. Using data from the Labour Force Survey, this report examines these changes, and places it in the context of longer-term labour market trends, recent economic conditions and immigration policy changes.

Published 19 February 2014