Labour Market & Skills
South Yorkshire has a growing economy, which is being fuelled by a talented and skilled workforce, which is over 1.28 million strong.
A further 21 million people live within a two-hour drive. Employers are already tapping into this strong skills base with over half of South Yorkshire firms attributing their competitiveness to the high level of workforce skills. Comparatively South Yorkshire has a higher percentage of people of working age than other major areas such as London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Newcastle and Glasgow.
To build on this resource, South Yorkshire provides high quality Post 16 education with two world leading universities, six colleges of further education and 598 schools. The region also has a number of Academies, which specialise in areas such as Science with Business and Enterprise, Performing Arts with Business and Enterprise and Business and Enterprise.
The universities in Sheffield offer excellent research facilities, top rated teaching, a combined population of over 53,000 students and a steady flow of highly-educated first class graduates.
