Changes continue ...
The expected growth of another 60 000 employed persons hides the fact that very large changes in working life are still to be expected for the Öresund region on the whole.
The historical development that has occurred in both Öresund SE and Öresund DK is expected to continue. Job opportunities will disappear among the primary occupations (agriculture and forestry) and in industry. Hence, an estimated 40 000 jobs will disappear. New job opportunities are expected to be created in both the public and private service occupations. For the Öresund region on the whole, it is expected that approximately 75 000 new jobs will be created in the private service occupations (transport, trade, finance and business services, posts and telephone companies, as well as hotels and restaurants) and 30 000 more jobs in the public sector.
- Average annual growth rate for the number of workplaces, with a historical and future distribution by industry and region
Source: Jobs and competence in Öresund region project
On the one hand, the development is expected to affect Öresund SE and Region Zealand the worst, where agriculture and industry are of significance for employment. On the other hand, one sees an increase in employment especially in service occupations in the greater Copenhagen area as well as the larger cities of Öresund SE. Today 80% of all jobs in the Öresund region can be found in the service occupations, by the year 2020 this figure will rise to 83%.
More jobs will require an education
In both Öresund SE and Öresund DK there is a clear tendency where more jobs require education. By the year 2020, two out of three jobs will require either vocational training or a university or higher education.
- Demand by education level in the Öresund region
Source: Jobs and competence in Öresund region project
The great challenge is that the jobs being created are going to be in other industries and other occupations than the jobs that will disappear. This makes demands of the dynamic and mobility of the labour market and the supply of competence in the entire Öresund region. (See the section on education for more information about educational levels in the Öresund region.)
