📊 Industry Change Dashboard – UK Job Market Dynamics

Tool Used: Tableau
Dataset: EMSI Job Change UK
Focus: Industry-level job change analysis across the UK

🌍 Project Overview

In this project, I developed an interactive Tableau dashboard to visualize and analyze shifts in employment across various industries in the UK. Using the EMSI Job Change dataset, I aimed to uncover key trends in job growth and contraction by industry and geography, providing insights that can support policy makers, job seekers, and businesses in workforce planning.

🔍 Key Insights

1. Leading Industries in Growth

The bar chart at the top of the dashboard presents the percentage change in job numbers by 2-digit industry codes. Some standout findings:

• Water collection, treatment, and supply experienced the highest job growth (~85% increase).

• Mining support services and remediation activities also saw significant increases (~75% and ~70% respectively).

• Other traditionally stable sectors like forestry, pharmaceuticals, and scientific research saw moderate growth, indicating a diverse expansion in both industrial and scientific fields.

2. Geographic Patterns

The heatmap below provides a spatial view of industry change across the UK. Each marker represents a region, and the color intensity reflects the magnitude of percentage change:

• Growth hotspots are concentrated in central and southern England, suggesting regional disparities in industrial development.

• Some areas in Scotland and Northern England also show notable activity, hinting at emerging economic zones.

🧠 Skills & Techniques Applied

• Data Cleaning & Structuring: Processed the EMSI dataset to isolate relevant industry codes and compute percentage changes.

• Data Visualization: Designed a clear, dual-section dashboard—combining a bar chart for categorical insights with a geospatial map for regional analysis.

• Storytelling with Data: Used color schemes, tooltips, and interactivity to make the dashboard intuitive and insight-rich.

• Industry Coding & Interpretation: Interpreted 2-digit SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes to present findings in a user-friendly format.

💡 Value Delivered

This dashboard serves as a decision-support tool that stakeholders can use to:

• Identify growing industries for job seekers and training providers.

• Target investment and development in high-potential regions.

• Monitor economic recovery or disruption at both sectoral and regional levels.