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Labour Market Information Portal

Alliance of Sector Skills Councils

The Alliance is an organisation comprising all 25 licensed Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) in the UK. This website provides links to the individual websites of the Sector Skills Councils who each provide their own research information pertinent to their particular sector.

Bank of Ireland - Quarterly Economic Outlook

The Quarterly Economic Outlook can be found at:

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) provides information on a range of labour market issues including employment and unemployment, earnings, redundancies as well as information on businesses within the UK. For more information visit DETI's website

Education Training Inspectorate

The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) website provides links to inspection reports and a number of other publications for Northern Ireland.

First Trust Bank - Economic Outlook and Business Review

The Economic Outlook and Business Review can be found at:

Higher Education Statistics Agency

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) provides data and publications covering higher education students, qualifiers, destinations of leavers, staff and finance in the UK.

HM Treasury

The HM Treasury is responsible for the UK Government's financial and economic policy. The Treasury provides an index of economic data and tools, including government economic strategy and forecasts which can be accessed via their website.

NOMIS

Nomis is a service provided by the Office for National Statistics, ONS, to give you free access to the most detailed and up-to-date UK labour market statistics from official sources.

Northern Bank – Weekly Economic Update

This weekly report gives a summary of recent economic events at a global, national and regional level. The summary also incorporates recently released economic data.

Northern Bank – Quarterly Economic Review

The economic overview and outlook is published on a quarterly basis and provides an in-depth look at Northern Ireland's main economic indicators:

Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service

The Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service (NINS) provides free access to statistical and locational information relating to small areas across Northern Ireland. Information is available across a range of themes including Population, Social and Welfare, Agriculture, Education and Crime.

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is the principal source of official statistics and social research on Northern Ireland’s population and socio-economic conditions. The statistics produced by the Agency inform the policy process within Government, research within Academia and contribute to debate in the wider community.

Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces independent information to improve understanding of the UK's economy and society.

Price Waterhouse Coopers – Economic Update

This report provides a summary of information on the Northern Ireland economy.

UK Statistics Authority

The UK Statistics Authority is an independent body operating at arm's length from government as a non-ministerial department, directly accountable to Parliament. The Authority's statutory objective is to promote and safeguard the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It is also required to promote and safeguard the quality and comprehensiveness of official statistics, and ensure good practice in relation to official statistics.

Ulster Bank – Purchasing Manager’s Index Report

This report features original survey data collected from a representative panel of private sector companies based in Northern Ireland.  The information presented in this report includes output, new orders, employment and prices across the manufacturing, service, construction and retail/wholesale sectors.

Ulster Bank – Quarterly Economic Update

This report presents a quarterly analysis and forecasts for the Northern Irish economy.

Working Futures 2007-2017

Working Futures 2007-2017 is the latest in a long series of projections produced by Institute for Employment Research (IER) in collaboration with Cambridge Econometrics (CE). It focuses upon the future patterns of demand for skills as measured by occupation. The results covered the National (UK) picture, as well as detailed sectoral and spatial results.