Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary

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1 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2 research@warwickshire.gov.uk

2 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2 Introduction The Observatory has been commissioned to produce a quarterly labour market summary for the Coventry and Warwickshire sub-region. The briefing contains information on Job Seekers Allowance claimants, vacancies and worklessness data as well as the key messages emerging from the data. Figures relate to Coventry and Warwickshire combined unless stated otherwise. Please contact the Observatory using the links at the foot of this page if you have any queries. Key Messages The number of job seeker allowance claimants rose to just over 2, in August before falling slightly in September to 19,85. The number of people claiming for less than 6 months fell whilst the number of longer term claimants rose. The number of notified vacancies fell in August before rising again in September to 6,89. In the last quarter the number of claimants per vacancy has fallen in all areas except Rugby and Stratford-on-Avon. Glossary JSA = Job Seekers Allowance ESA = Employment and Support Allowance Notified Vacancy = Vacancies available through Jobcentre Plus Out of Work Benefit = a range of benefits paid to those who are economically inactive, such as Incapacity Benefit NB: The denominator used to calculate rates of claimant counts and DWP benefits has been updated and therefore rates shown in this Summary may be different to those shown in previous versions.

3 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2 Job Seekers Allowance JSA Claimant Trend Latest JSA Claimant Totals 25, Coventry Nuneaton & Bedworth Stratford-on-Avon North Warwickshire Rugby Warwick September 2 % quarterly change % yearly change Coventry, North Warwickshire 1, Nuneaton & Bedworth 3, , Rugby 1, Number of JSA Claimants 15,, 5, Stratford-on-Avon 1, Warwick 2, Latest JSA Claimant Rates Stratford-on-Avon Warwick North Warwickshire Rugby 1.5% 2.% 2.6% 2.8% Nuneaton & Bedworth 4.1% Coventry 5.2% Oct Nov Jan Feb Apr May Jul Aug % 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% Percentage of the working age population

4 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2 Job Seekers Allowance JSA Claimants by Age JSA Claimants by Duration Percentage of economically active population in age group Number of claimants Under 3 months Between 3 and 6 months Between 6 months and 1 year More than 1 year

5 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2 Vacancies Notified Vacancies, Vacancies by Area 4% 35% Total Notified Vacancies in C&W 8, 6, 4, 2, Percentage of vacancies in each area 3% 25% 2% 15% % 5% 9 9 % Coventry North Nuneaton & Warwickshire Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on- Avon Warwick

6 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2 Vacancies Vacancies by Type (top ten) Claimants per Vacancy Number % of all vacancies 6 Heavy goods vehicle drivers 1, Other goods handling and storage Care assistants and home carers Sales representatives Cleaners, domestics Sales related occupations Sales and retail assistants Chefs, cooks Fork lift truck drivers Carpenters and joiners Number of JSA Claimants per Notified Vacancy Nuneaton & Bedw orth Coventry Rugby Warw ick North Stratford-on- Warw ickshire Avon

7 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2 Out of work benefits ( worklessness ) Worklessness Trend Worklessness Rates by Area (Feb 2) 9, 8, JSA ESA & incapacity benefits Lone parent Other Claimants % of working age population Coventry 35, North Warwickshire 4, Claimants of out of work benefits 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,, Feb 9 May 9 Aug 9 Nov 9 Feb May Aug Nov Feb Nuneaton and Bedworth 12, Rugby 6,65.4 Stratford-on-Avon 6,4 8.4 Warwick 8, 8.8 Benefit Claimants by Type and Area (Feb 2) Percentage of Claimants % 8% 6% 4% 2% % Coventry JSA ESA & incapacity benefits Lone parent Other North Warwickshire Nuneaton & Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on- Avon Warwick

8 Coventry and Warwickshire Labour Market Summary October 2