Occupation Profile
Milton Keynes' employment profile gives an indication of the types of occupations that the workforce fills. The majority of the labour force within Milton Keynes is employed in professional, managerial or technical positions.
The table below provides the latest summary profile of employment by occupation in 2007. It shows the occupational profile of Milton Keynes to be similar to the profile of the South East and Great Britain.
Table 3 - Occupation Profile
| Milton Keynes (Numbers) | Milton Keynes (%) | South East (%) | Great Britain (%) | |
| Professional/managerial and technical | 54,900 | 43.8 | 47.4 | 42.9 |
| Administrative/skilled trades | 28,900 | 23 | 22.4 | 22.5 |
| Personal service/sales/customer service | 16,700 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 15.6 |
| elementary/ process,plant and machine operatives | 24800 | 19.8 | 15.4 | 18.6 |
| Source: Annual Population Survey 2007 (ONS). | ||||
- Over 4 in 10 of the resident workforce are employed in professional, managerial or skilled positions
- Just under a quarter are employed in administrative or skilled trade positions
- 1 in 8 are employed in personal service, sales or customer service positions
- 1 in 8 are employed in operative or elementary positions
Last updated Nov 08
