Working Paper 52: London's jobs history - a technical paper

This paper describes the data and methodology used to construct a London jobs history between 1984 and 2010. These data have been used by GLA Economics to forecast long-term employment projections and within GLA Economics' models for exports, tourism and life sciences.

The three outputs are:

1. London Employment Jobs: a London level series which includes Employee Jobs and Self-Employment Jobs from 1984 to 2010 with industries by GLA Economics sectors on a SIC 2007 basis
2. A borough level Employee Jobs series 1984 to 2010 (no industry breakdown)
3. A spread-sheet based tool containing detailed London Employee Jobs data from 1998 to 2010

The paper covers:

• The user need and requirements for a historic jobs series
• Issues in constructing a long-run London jobs series
• The move to the new Standard Industrial Classification 2007
• Background on available ONS data
• Methodology and results