National Outcome 2

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NO02 - We realise our full economic potential with more and better employment opportunities for our people

Aberdeen has the tightest labour market in Scotland. There are opportunities for good quality employment, but this is tempered by high rates of economic activity, which in turn requires the City to attract and retain skilled workers from out with the local labour market.

LO2A Aberdeen has high quality employment opportunities for citizens

Measure

Performance

Note

Aberdeen City, place of work full time median values, hourly earnings, excluding overtime - Males

08/09 Report
	Value	Target	Status	Short Trend
2006/07
2007/08	£12.99	-	Baseline year	Baseline year
2008/09	£14.58	£14.28

The increase in hourly earnings for male employees is related to the high levels of investment and activity that were seen in the oil and gas sector in 2008/09.

Measure

Performance

Note

Aberdeen City, place of work full time median values, hourly earnings, excluding overtime - Females

08/09 Report
	Value	Target	Status	Short Trend
2006/07
2007/08	£11.00	-	Baseline year	Baseline year
2008/09	£12.02	£12.02

The increase in hourly earnings for female employees is related to the high levels of investment and activity that were seen in the oil and gas sector in 2008/09, particularly in onshore employment.

Measure

Performance

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Aberdeen City, place of work full time median values, hourly earnings, excluding overtime - Gender Gap

08/09 Report
	Value	Target	Status	Short Trend
2006/07
2007/08	£1.99	-	Baseline year	Baseline year
2008/09	£2.56	£1.98

Although hourly earnings rose for both male and female employees in 2008/09, the gap in earnings increased. This is due to the nature of employment in the oil and gas sector, i.e. the disproportionate number of male employees in high earning occupations. The target for this measure is based on a baseline gender pay gap of £1.99 reduced by 1% over 3 years.

Measure

Performance

Note

Economic activity rate

08/09 Report
	Value	Target	Status	Short Trend
2006	83.1%		Baseline year	Baseline year
2007	82.6%	83.1%
2008	82.3%	82.6%
2009		82.3%

The economic activity rate has been quite stable and is close to target. The slight drop that was seen in 2008 was because of a lower activity rate among the female working age population. This may be due to the non-oil sector being affected by the economic recession in the latter half of the year.

Male: 87.6% / Female 76.4%

Measure

Performance

Note

Number of claimants in receipt of incapacity benefit per 1,000

08/09 Report
	Value	Target	Status	Short Trend
2006
2007	46.8	-	Baseline year	Baseline year
2008	48.6	46.8
2009	42.6	40.6

Although the proportion of Incapacity Benefit claimants fell in 2009, it remains above target. This may be related to the ageing population and the fact that more people are falling into vulnerable age groups.

Figures as at November 2008.

Our target is to reduce by 33% over 5 years.

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