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<p>While DCMS does not have any estimates on the number of vacancies, the Department
has published Experimental Official Statistics for skills shortages (%) in DCMS sectors
and sub-sectors. These are for the year 2019, using data from the Employer Skills
Survey, carried out by the Department for Education that covers England, Wales and
Northern Ireland. The ESS is a biennial survey, which was delayed by a further year
during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with 2022-23 data expected to be published
later this year (also currently scheduled to include Scotland).</p><p>Skills shortage
vacancies are defined as vacancies unfilled because applicants did not have the necessary
skills. Two measures for skills shortages are published:</p><ul><li><p>Percentage
of vacancies that are unfilled due to skills shortages</p></li><li><p>Percentage of
businesses with at least one skills shortage vacancy</p></li></ul><p>The “Percentage
of businesses with at least one skills shortage vacancy” estimates are impacted by
the fact that some businesses will not have had a vacancy. Therefore the “% of businesses
with at least one vacancy” figure was also published to help provide context.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sector/subsector</p></td><td><p>%
of vacancies unfilled due to skills shortages</p></td><td><p>% of businesses with
at least one skills shortage vacancy</p></td><td><p>% of businesses with at least
one vacancy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Audio Visual (i - Broadcast Media)</p></td><td><p>19.2</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Publishing
(excluding translation & interpretation activities) (i - Print Media)</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arts
(ii)</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design
and designer fashion (iii)</p></td><td><p>36.8</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tourism
Industries (iv)</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>21.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sport
(v)</p></td><td><p>30.1</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table
1 - Skills shortages in selected sectors. Estimates are not available directly measuring
the areas requested. The sectors presented here have been provided as the closest
to the requested sectors, for which DCMS have skills shortages data.</p><p>Source:
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-skills-shortages-and-skills-gaps-2019"
target="_blank">DCMS Sectors Skills Shortages and Skills Gaps: 2019</a></p>
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