This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2019

Variable Details

VariableHIQUAL15
LabelHighest qualification/trade apprenticeship
Responses
1 Higher degree 6235
2 NVQ level 5 298
3 Level 8 Diploma 6
4 Level 8 Certificate 3
5 Level 7 Diploma 5
6 Level 7 Certificate 7
7 Level 8 Award 0
8 First degree/foundation degree 10456
9 Other degree 551
10 NVQ level 4 504
11 Level 6 Diploma 7
12 Level 6 Certificate 10
13 Level 7 Award 2
14 Diploma in higher education 905
15 Level 5 Diploma 10
16 Level 5 Certificate 5
17 Level 6 Award 5
18 HNC/HND/BTEC higher etc 2173
19 Teaching further education 84
20 Teaching secondary education 76
21 Teaching primary education 130
22 Teaching foundation stage 15
23 Teaching level not stated 59
24 Nursing etc 675
25 RSA higher diploma 33
26 Other higher education below degree 631
27 Level 4 Diploma 14
28 Level 4 Certificate 10
29 Level 5 Award 0
30 NVQ level 3 2956
31 Advanced/Progression (14-19) Diploma 74
32 Level 3 Diploma 50
33 Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate 7
34 International Baccalaureate 83
35 Scottish Baccalaureate 4
36 GNVQ/GSVQ advanced 179
37 A-level or equivalent 4437
38 RSA advanced diploma 128
39 OND/ONC/BTEC/SCOTVEC National etc 1138
40 City & Guilds Advanced Craft/Part 1 837
41 Scottish 6 year certificate/CSYS 14
42 SCE higher or equivalent 433
43 Access qualifications 56
44 AS-level or equivalent 257
45 Trade apprenticeship 2132
46 Level 3 Certificate 39
47 Level 4 Award 1
48 NVQ level 2 or equivalent 1998
49 Intermediate Welsh Baccalaureate 3
50 GNVQ/GSVQ intermediate 90
51 RSA diploma 73
52 City & Guilds Craft/Part 2 266
53 BTEC/SCOTVEC First or General diploma etc 241
54 Higher (14-19) Diploma 26
55 Level 2 Diploma 19
56 Level 2 Certificate 47
57 Scottish National Level 5 70
58 O-level, GCSE grade A*-C or equivalent 9376
59 Level 3 Award 2
60 NVQ level 1 or equivalent 187
61 Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate 0
62 GNVQ/GSVQ foundation level 4
63 Foundation (14-19) Diploma 5
64 Level 1 Diploma 7
65 Scottish National Level 4 10
66 CSE below grade 1, GCSE below grade C 1409
67 BTEC/SCOTVEC First or General certificate 13
68 SCOTVEC modules 2
69 RSA other 64
70 Scottish National Level 3 2
71 Scottish National below level 3 0
72 City & Guilds foundation/Part 1 40
73 Level 1 Certificate 12
74 Level 2 Award 2
75 YT/YTP certificate 22
76 Key skills qualification 21
77 Basic skills qualification 146
78 Entry level qualification 40
79 Entry level Diploma 0
80 Entry level Certificate 3
81 Level 1 Award 1
82 Entry level Award 0
83 Other qualification 2918
84 No qualifications 5611
85 Don't know 939
-9 Does not apply 26932
-8 No answer 213
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2019
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.