This indicator measures the percentage of employees who received on the job training in the last 3 months. Find out more about this indicator.

The proportion of those in employment aged 16-64 in Scotland who had received job-related training in the last 3 months decreased from  23.7 per cent in 2019 to 22.3 per cent in 2020.

In 2020, the proportion of those in employment aged 16-64 in Scotland who had received job-related training in the last 3 months was 22.3 per cent, a decrease of 1.5 percentage points since 2019.

In 2020:

• The proportion in employment who received job-related training in the last 3 months is slightly lower in the 50-64 age group compared to the other age groups. All age groups except those aged 50-64 saw the proportion decrease over the year and, over a longer period, all age groups have seen the proportion decrease. The biggest decrease since the series began in 2007 is in the 16-24 age group, which has decreased by 8.9 percentage points.
• The proportion of women in employment who received job related training (24.5 per cent) is higher than the proportion for men (20.1 per cent). For men and women, the proportion in 2020 is lower than at any previous point in the series since 2007.
• The proportion of disabled people in employment (using the Equality Act definition) who received job-relating training in the past 3 months (23.8 per cent) is higher than the proportion for non-disabled people (22.1 per cent). The proportion in employment who received job-related training for both disabled and non-disabled people have seen a decrease since 2019.
• The proportion of those in employment who received job-related training in the past 3 months is lower in the most deprived SIMD quintiles (1 and 2) than in the less deprived quintiles. Over the year there has been a slight increase in the proportion in quintile 1 with all other quintiles showing a decrease.
• A higher proportion of minority ethnic people in employment have received job-related training in the last 3 months (27.0 per cent) compared with 22.1 per cent of those who identify as white. The proportion amongst minority ethnic people in employment has increased by 9.5 percentage points since 2019 whilst the proportion amongst white workers fell by 1.9 percentage points.
• The proportion of those in employment who state that their religion is ‘Other’ and have received job-related training in the last 3 months (25.5 per cent) is higher than those whose response was either ‘No Religion’ (21.6 per cent) or ‘Christian’ (23.1 per cent). The proportion in the ‘Other’ religious classification has increased by 7.6 percentage points since 2019 while it has decreased for the ‘No Religion’ and ‘Christian’ groups.

This indicator can be broken down by age, disability, ethnicity and gender. These breakdowns can be viewed on the Equality Evidence Finder.