Recently, we created freely available reports that looked at all 39 LEP regions. In these reports, we looked at the economic projections, overviews of industries and occupations as well as what makes these region unique. We have created this tutorial to show you how we found this data and where on Analyst it came from . This way we can show you how you can replicate this reports for your region and compare it to your LEP
If you are looking to save time we suggest you take a look through this tutorial and highlight data that appears on the same page within Analyst. We would also recommend you use the clippings function so you have the ability to re-order your report.
The pages used in this report are-
- Industry overview
- Highest ranking industries
- Highest ranking occupation
- Staffing patterns
Overview of our region’s economy
- Chose ‘Industries‘ and select ‘Industry overview‘
- Go to ‘Select an industry‘ then ‘Browse’ and then ‘Select all’. This will look at all Industries in your region.
- Enter your region into the selection
- Click ‘Run‘
- Change your timeframe to look at 2015-2020 (this is the timeframe from the LEP reports)
- Tick both employees and proprietors
- Number of jobs in 2015 –Top of the page- Found in the first box
- Projected number of jobs by 2020- Regional trends graph- third column on table ‘2020 jobs’ (There may be more than one region on the graph- we are just looking at the one labelled ‘region’)
- Forecast increase in jobs between 2015 and 2020- Regional trends graph- fourth column on table ‘change’ (There may be more than one region on the graph- we are just looking at the one labelled ‘region’)
- Forecast in growth between 2015 and 202- Top of the page- Found in the second box
- Average wage in our region –Top of the page- Found in the third box
High level overview of our region’s industries and occupations
By looking at a high level overview, you can see how whole sectors are performing in your region and which ones are set to grow in the future. In the LEP report we have focused on the top 5, the report you have just pulled off focuses on the top 10. There are two reports that we pulled from these reports. One looks at the largest industries while the other looked at the ones that are set to grow the most
For Industry related figures
- Chose ‘Industries‘ and select ‘Highest ranking industries’
- Change middle dropdown to 1-digit (this allows us to look at high level detail)
- Enter your region
- Click ‘Run’
- Change your timeframe to look at 2015-2020 (this is the timeframe from the LEP reports)
- Tick both employees and proprietors
- Report- ‘Largest Industries’
- Report- ‘Fastest Growing Industries’
For Occupation related figures
- Chose ‘Occupations‘ and select ‘Highest Ranking Occupations’
- Change middle dropdown to 1-digit (this allows us to look at high level detail)
- Enter your region
- Click ‘Run’
- Change your timeframe to look at 2015-2020 (this is the timeframe from the LEP reports)
- Tick both employees and proprietors
- Report- ‘Largest Occupations’
- Report- ‘Fastest Growing Occupations’
Low level overview of our region’s industries and occupations
A good place to start when trying to understand what is driving your regional economy is to look at which industries are driving employment both in terms of total numbers employed and in terms of future growth. It is crucial to drill right down to the most specific industries (4-digit SIC), this level of granularity is important so that you can be more specific about the exact sectors in our region.
Industries
- Chose ‘Industries‘ and select ‘Highest ranking industries’
- Change middle dropdown to 4-digit (this allows us to look at low level detail)
- Enter your region
- Click ‘Run’
- Change your timeframe to look at 2015-2020 (this is the timeframe from the LEP reports)
- Tick both employees and proprietors
There are several reports on this page that have been used in the LEP report
- Largest Industries- Top 10 biggest industries
- Highest Paying Industries- Industries – Median annual wage
- Fastest Growing Industries- Top 10 highest growth industries
- Most Competitive Industries- Industry competitiveness
- Highest Industry location Quotient- Niche occupation/Occupation Location Quotient
Occupations
The industry data tells us a good deal, but we also need to look at the local economy through the lens of occupations to see which jobs are driving the regional economy.
- Chose ‘Occupations‘ and select ‘Highest Ranking Occupations’
- Change middle dropdown to 4-digit (Low level detail)
- Enter your region
- Click ‘Run‘
- Change your timeframe to look at 2015-2020 (this is the timeframe from the LEP reports)
- Tick both employees and proprietors
There are several reports on this page that have been used in the LEP report
- Largest Occupations- Top 10 biggest occupations
- Highest Paying Occupations- Occupations- Median hourly wage
- Fastest Growing Occupations- Top 10 highest growth occupations
- Most Competitive Occupations- Occupation competitiveness
- Highest Occupations location Quotient- Niche industries/ Industry Location Quotient
Niche Industries
Where are the jobs in our most niche industry?
Through our Staffing Pattern function in Analyst we can provide a breakdown of the top occupations within your region’s niche sector, including numbers employed, employment forecast, hourly earnings and education level.
To be able to look at the occupations that are employed in your niche industry you first need to pin-point your region’s niche industry. Follow the instructions above and look for the industry at the top of the ‘Highest Industry location Quotient table’. This will feature at the bottom of the ‘highest ranking report’ on the ‘Industry’ tab.
- Chose ‘Industries‘ and select ‘Staffing patterns’
- Enter the niche industry found on ‘Location Quotient Table’
- In our report we have used the top 10
- Select the top 10
- Click ‘Keep’
- Click Export
- This information will appear on Excel.
We recommend you create a table with this data. When you export your clippings, select the ‘word’ format. You can then add this table into the document and then save as a PDF if required.