Research published in 2023
ScreenSkills research:
ScreenSkills apprenticeship pilots summary findings - May 2023
Findings from two apprenticeship pilots in collaboration with the Government and the screen industries. They illustrate the serious systemic issues that prevent our sector from taking full advantage of the opportunity that earn-as-you-learn training presents and the need for fundamental legislative change.
Film and Children's TV research:
Placements in UK film and TV - May 2023
Research on employers’ attitudes towards placements, how many and what type of placements are offered by employers, the benefits of them and the factors which effect the scale and effectiveness of placements.
High-end TV research:
High-end TV Skills Fund - workforce research 2023-2024 (PDF)
Research into the perception of skills shortages and skills gaps within the UK's high-end TV industry.
Unscripted TV research:
Research looking exclusively at the skills needs of unscripted TV that provides an evidence base for the work of the new Unscripted TV Skills Fund, which went live in June 2021.
Film and high-end TV research:
Scripted production: assessment of skills shortages and gaps in the UK nations and regions
A qualitative study exploring crew shortages, skills gaps and related workforce issues, highlighting commonalities and differences between UK geographies.
Research focused on global commissioning studios’ outlook for UK production activity, the outlook for soundstage development in the UK and forecast of continued growth in the global SVOD.
High-end TV research:
High-end television in the UK 2021-2022 workforce research, March 2022 (PDF)
Research to identify the key skills and grade shortages and associated issues from the HETV industry to enable the HETV Skills Fund to be more strategic in its investment plans for 2022 and beyond.
Animation research:
Accessibility in animation, February 2022 (PDF)
Shedding light on the perceptions of accessibility within the animation sector, in partnership with Manchester Animation Festival and the Visible in Visuals (ViV) network.
Skills Forecasting Service research:
ScreenSkills Assessment 2021, June 2021 (PDF)
Snapshot of skills issues affecting the UK screen industries during 2020, a time of significant disruption caused by Covid-19.
High-end TV research:
High-end TV UK workforce in 2020, Spring 2021 (PDF)
Identifying the key skills shortages and associated issues from the HETV industry in 2020.
Skills Forecasting Service research:
ScreenSkills Employer and Hirer Survey, August 2020 (PDF)
Findings from the survey conducted among employers and hirers in June 2020.
ScreenSkills Freelancer Survey, April 2020 (PDF)
Findings from the survey conducted among the screen industry freelance community between 31 March and 9 April 2020, in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
High-end TV research:
High-end TV UK workforce in 2019, Spring 2020 (PDF)
Identifying the key skills shortages and associated issues from the HETV industry in 2019.
Skills Forecasting Service research:
Quarterly ScreenSkills Barometer, November 2019 (PDF)
Findings from the Skills Forecasting Service, which investigates current and future skills gaps and needs in the screen industries.
Quarterly ScreenSkills Barometer, August 2019 (PDF)
Findings from the Skills Forecasting Service, which investigates current and future skills gaps and needs in the screen industries.
ScreenSkills Foresighting Analysis, August 2019 (PDF)
The Skills Foresighting Analysis seeks to explore how the screen industries workforce might change over the next five to 10 years, identifying the likely areas of disruption and seeking to understand how these will impact job roles, skill needs and working practices.
Annual ScreenSkills Assessment, August 2019 (PDF)
A comprehensive analysis of existing data combined with a specially commissioned survey of more than 400 employers on the state of the screen sector workforce. Read the executive summary here and access the technical report here.
Explore our series of infographics based on data taken from the Annual ScreenSkills Assessment: skills shortages, diversity, skills gaps, training, employment and contribution to the UK economy
Quarterly ScreenSkills Barometer, April 2019 (PDF)
Findings from the Skills Forecasting Service, which investigates current and future skills gaps and needs in the screen industries.
High-end TV research:
High-end TV UK workforce in 2018, March 2019 (PDF)
Identifying the key skills shortages and associated issues from the HETV industry in 2018.
Skills Forecasting Service research:
Quarterly ScreenSkills Barometer, December 2018 (PDF)
The first findings from the new Skills Forecasting Service, which investigates current and future skills gaps and needs in the screen industries.
High-End TV: Skills research October 2017, 11/2017 (PDF)
Creative Skillset research into the impact of the recent growth in FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google) and increased homegrown production activity on the UK’s High-End Television production sector.
Succeeding in the Film, Television and Games Industries, 02/2017 (PDF)
Summary of a report commissioned by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Creative Skillset, with the British Film Institute (BFI).
Creative Skillset Employment Survey 2015, 06/2016 (PDF)
The 2015 Creative Skillset Employment Survey research was conducted in Autumn 2015, working collaboratively with industry partners.
Making TV More Diverse, 08/2015 (PDF)
Celebration of diversity-related projects in TV carried out and in development as a result of investment from partners in our High-end TV Skills Levy and the TV Skills Fund.
Creativity and Constraint: Leadership in the UK's Creative Industries, 08/2015 (PDF)
This report looks at the leadership, management and business skills gaps within the UK's Creative Industries, also identifying development interventions that may help to meet these gaps.
Creative Media Workforce Survey Report 2014, 05/2015 (PDF)
The Creative Skillset Workforce Survey provides a comprehensive profile of working life in the UK's Creative Media Industries.
- Industry Panel results: Future skills survey, 10/2013
- Panel results: Skills and training solutions, 08/2013
- Fusion Skills report, 30/07/2013
- 2012 Employment Census of the Creative Media Industries, 07/2013
- Employer Panel: Pilot Survey Results, 03/2013
- Classifying and measuring the Creative Industries, 02/2013
- Tuning Out: Women in the UK radio industry 2011, 11/2011
- Computer Games Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2011, 10/2011
- Interactive Media Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2011, 10/2011
- Photo Imaging Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2011, 10/2011
- Publishing Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2011, 10/2011
- TV Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2011, 10/2011
- Creative Media Workforce Survey Report 2010, 07/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative Industries 2011, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in England, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in Scotland, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in the UK, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in Wales, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries: N. Ireland, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion & Textiles Sectors: Scotland, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sectors in NI, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sectors: England, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sectors: UK, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sectors: Wales, 02/2011
- Sector Skills Assessment Summary for the Creative Industries in Wales, 02/2011
- Skillset Employer Survey report 2010, 12/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for Creative Media Industries N. England, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries 2010, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in NI, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries Scotland, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries: England, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries: London, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries: UK, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries: Wales, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Digital Economy 2010, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion & Textiles Sector in NI, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion & Textiles Sector Scotland, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion & Textiles Sector: England, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion & Textiles sector: London, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sector: UK, 09/2010
- Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sector: Wales, 09/2010
- Summary of Strategic Skills Assessment for Fashion & Textiles Scotland, 09/2010
- Summary of Strategic Skills Assessment for Fashion & Textiles: England, 09/2010
- Summary of Strategic Skills Assessment for Fashion & Textiles: London, 09/2010
- Women in the Creative Media Industries report Sept 2010, 09/2010
- Computer Games Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2010, 08/2010
- Film Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2010, 08/2010
- Creative Media and the Use and Limitations of Official Data Sources, 01/2010
- 2009 Census Data - Occupational Group by Region, 12/2009
- 2009 Census Data - Occupational Group by Sector, 12/2009
- 2009 Census Data - Occupational Roles by Sector, 12/2009
- 2009 Census Data - Region by Sector, 12/2009
- 2009 Census Data - Sector by Region, 12/2009
- 2009 Employment Census of the Creative Media Industries, 12/2009
- From Recession to Recovery, 09/2009
- Creative Media Workforce Survey Report 2008, 07/2009
- Film Sector Employers June 2009, 06/2009
- Animation Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2009, 01/2009
- Computer Games Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2009, 01/2009
- Facilities Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2009, 01/2009
- Film Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2009, 01/2009
- Interactive Media Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2009, 01/2009
- Radio Labour Market Intelligence Digest 2009, 01/2009
- Anticipated trends in the future use of skills in the AV industries, 12/2004
- Skillset Census 2004 - Results by Industry Sector, 12/2004
- Skillset Census 2004 - Results by Job Role, 12/2004
- Skillset Census 2004 - Results by Nation and Region, 12/2004
- Skillset Census Report 2004, 12/2004
- Skillset Census Report 2003, 01/2004
- Journalists at Work 2002, 01/2004
- Skillset Census Report 2002, 01/2004
- Skillset Workforce Survey Report 2003, 01/2004
- Skills for Tomorrow's Media Report 2001, 01/2004
- Skillset Freelance Survey Report 2000-01, 01/2004