Publication - Consultation paper
Migration Advisory Committee Call for evidence - impact of ending freedom of movement on the adult social care sector: Scottish Government response
The Scottish Government has highlighted in previous responses to the MAC the challenges of recruitment and retention in the social care sector. This response builds upon and updates those previous representations with a particular focus on the adult social care sector.
Annex 1 - myjobscotland data
"*" indicates a value has been suppressed
| Economic Rural Classification of Job Advert | Candidate Salary Bracket | Number of job adverts 2019 | Number of job adverts 2020 | Number of job adverts where at least 1 person was hired 2019 | Number of job adverts where at least 1 person was hired 2020 | Percentage of job adverts where at least 1 person was hired 2019 | Percentage of job adverts where at least 1 person was hired 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islands and Remote Rural | £0 - £10,000 | 66 | 76 | 35 | 41 | 53% | 54% |
| Islands and Remote Rural | £10,001 - £20,000 | 306 | 170 | 137 | 79 | 45% | 46% |
| Islands and Remote Rural | £20,001 - £30,000 | 223 | 189 | 112 | 104 | 50% | 55% |
| Islands and Remote Rural | £30,001 - £40,000 | 51 | 52 | * | 28 | * | 54% |
| Islands and Remote Rural | £40,000+ | 9 | 13 | * | 7 | * | 54% |
| Islands and Remote Rural | All Salary Categories | 655 | 500 | 307 | 259 | 47% | 52% |
| Mainly Rural | £0 - £10,000 | 325 | 224 | 185 | 122 | 57% | 54% |
| Mainly Rural | £10,001 - £20,000 | 543 | 365 | 320 | 230 | 59% | 63% |
| Mainly Rural | £20,001 - £30,000 | 267 | 212 | 166 | 134 | 62% | 63% |
| Mainly Rural | £30,001 - £40,000 | 211 | 197 | 134 | 120 | 64% | 61% |
| Mainly Rural | £40,000+ | 49 | 72 | 27 | 38 | 55% | 53% |
| Mainly Rural | All Salary Categories | 1395 | 1070 | 832 | 644 | 60% | 60% |
| Urban with Substantial Rural | £0 - £10,000 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 80% | 40% |
| Urban with Substantial Rural | £10,001 - £20,000 | 538 | 323 | 353 | 180 | 66% | 56% |
| Urban with Substantial Rural | £20,001 - £30,000 | 366 | 259 | 274 | 161 | 75% | 62% |
| Urban with Substantial Rural | £30,001 - £40,000 | 346 | 227 | 249 | 153 | 72% | 67% |
| Urban with Substantial Rural | £40,000+ | 92 | 102 | 66 | 58 | 72% | 57% |
| Urban with Substantial Rural | All Salary Categories | 1362 | 926 | 958 | 558 | 70% | 60% |
| Larger Cities | £0 - £10,000 | 8 | 5 | 6 | * | 75% | * |
| Larger Cities | £10,001 - £20,000 | 74 | 42 | 48 | 27 | 65% | 64% |
| Larger Cities | £20,001 - £30,000 | 110 | 83 | 69 | 44 | 63% | 53% |
| Larger Cities | £30,001 - £40,000 | 129 | 87 | 79 | 57 | 61% | 66% |
| Larger Cities | £40,000+ | 40 | 39 | 23 | * | 57% | * |
| Larger Cities | All Salary Categories | 361 | 256 | 225 | 153 | 62% | 60% |
| Scotland | All Salary Categories | 3773 | 2752 | 2322 | 1614 | 62% | 59% |
Background
- The source of the data used was myjobscotland. These data only include jobs advertised on and hired from myjobscotland (www.myjobscotland.gov.uk). Provider choice and existing commercial agreements with other partner sites, or local recruitment efforts are not shown here.
- Only adult social work, adult care, adults and children social work and home care related job posts, in the public sector, have been included in the analysis. While there some job adverts may relate to children or young people's services
- The number of jobs adverts does not fully describe the demand on services because 1 job advert may be for more than one post. Similarly, even if at least one person was hired for that job, not all posts may have been filled.
- Application data pre 2019 was not used due to data quality issues. It can take many months for a person to be hired for jobs, hence, 2021 data is incomplete and wasn't used. 160 hired applicants weren't included in the figures because their original job wasn't in the job advert data. They were mostly redeployed or ring fenced applicants.
- Job adverts with missing job start dates were excluded. Job adverts with missing start dates didn't have any applications and therefore may not have been advertised.
- Time periods displayed are based on the date the job application was create created. The years displayed are calendar years.
- Hired applicants are defined where the application status was "Hired".
- Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services (RESAS) Classification of the rural economy was used.
- Islands & Remote were defined as: Argyll & Bute, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands.
- Mainly Rural were defined as: Aberdeenshire, Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Clackmannanshire, East Ayrshire, East Lothian, Highland, Moray, Perth & Kinross, Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire.
- Urban with Substantial Rural areas were defined as: East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Inverclyde, Falkirk, Midlothian, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.
- Larger cities were defined as: Aberdeen City, Dundee City, Edinburgh City and Glasgow City.
- For more information please read the RESAS paper.
Rural and Urban Areas by Unitary Authority in Scotland 
Contact
Email: migration@gov.scot
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