Overview
Given recent rapid labour market developments and changing workforce needs, we commissioned labour market analysts Lightcast to explore engineering and technology skills needs. They also looked at how these have changed across the engineering sector in recent years.
The resulting report, Engineering skills needs – now and into the future provides detailed insights into the engineering and technology sector.
This report includes skills snapshots for each of the 13 engineering thematic grouping. Each snapshot includes the specialist and software skills most sought after by recruiting employers as well as the top occupations employers have been recruiting for over the past year.
This snapshot covers skilled construction trades.
Skills snapshot for skilled construction trades
Who this is for
- Professional Engineering Institutions
- Employers
- Careers leads
- Researchers
- Policymakers
Key findings
- Number of jobs in 2021: 600,500
- Average salary: £37,056
- Top occupations: Carpenters and joiners; construction and building trades; construction and building trades supervisors
- Top specialist skills: Carpentry, construction, roofing
- Top software skills: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, and reliability, availability and safety software