Occupation Profile

Table 3 provides a summary profile of employment by Occupation

Table 3 – Employment Profile

 

Milton Keynes (numbers)

Milton Keynes (%)

South East (%)

Great Britain (%)

Professional/managerial and technical

50,800

43.4

45.7

41.6

Administrative/skilled trades

27,200

23.2

23.4

23.6

Personal service/sales/customer service

16,700

14.2

15.1

15.6

Operative and elementary

22,300

19.0

15.6

18.9

Source: Annual Population Survey

The table shows the occupational profile of Milton Keynes to be similar to the profile of the South East and Great Britain:

  • Over 4 in 10 of the resident workforce are employed in professional, managerial or technical positions
  • Just under a quarter are employed administrative or skilled trade positions
  • 1 in 7 are employed in personal service, sales or customer service positions, and
  • 1 in 6 are employed in operative or elementary positions