Studies and analysis of the labor market
Analysis of employment in Madrid, with experts, trends, projections, surveys and evaluations
These are in-depth studies of the labor market in the Community of Madrid, its current state, its future development, examining the situation of the different groups, of the economic sectors, and evaluating active employment policies, all to adequate decision-making in employment matters.
Featured publications
Teleworking in the Community of Madrid and its implications in the rural environment - NEW
This study has analyzed the evolution of teleworking in the Community of Madrid, its comparative evolution at a national and European level, and its implications in the rural environment, in productivity, in health or in the city model, as well as its gender impact, among other aspects. The study includes a survey of 1.900 people, a qualitative analysis with interviews with experts, and the calculation of teleworking indices according to the methodology used by the European Commission in order to find out the potential for teleworking in the Community of Madrid.
Analysis of the effects of climate change and the transition to the green economy on employment in the Community of Madrid
This study investigates the effects that climate change and the progressive transition to a green economy are having on employment in the Community of Madrid. It analyzes the sectors of activity, the occupations and the skills that will be most required by the promotion of the circular and green economy, as well as those that will disappear or fall into disuse. The research focuses on the Community of Madrid, with its socioeconomic and territorial characteristics, highlighting the pros and cons that the region presents in the face of the challenges posed by the ecological transition.
This publication consists of the following reports:
- overall report
- Executive Summary
- Executive report (Presentation)
Digital skills of unemployed workers for job search in the Community of Madrid
Analysis of the results of a survey of unemployed workers in the Community of Madrid (differentiating between applicants registered in the Employment Offices and unregistered unemployed) to find out their level of digital competence in the search for employment and their attitudes towards the use of tools online for this purpose.
Specifically, it has been analysed:
- the use they make of the internet when looking for a job;
- their perception in relation to their digital skills;
- the barriers and difficulties they encounter;
- their willingness to improve their digital skills; and finally,
- their predisposition to participate in training actions that help them in this regard.
All this, considering possible differences in attention to variables such as age, sex or educational level.
This publication consists of the following Reports:
Socioeconomic and labor classification of the territory of the Community of Madrid 2015, 2020, 2021
The objective of this study is to provide a description and a quantitative analysis of the socioeconomic reality of the municipalities and the NUTS 4 areas that make up the Community of Madrid, reflecting, in the form of tables, graphs and maps, the main socioeconomic indicators of the 179 municipalities and NUTS 4 areas. In addition, based on a conglomerate analysis, 15 groups have been defined, based on labor and sociodemographic characteristics, of the total number of municipalities that make up the Region. At a third level of analysis, natural markets have been identified, that is, those spaces that present, due to their idiosyncrasy, a sociocultural and labor market identity.
This publication consists of several documents:
- Socioeconomic and labor typification of the territory of the Community of Madrid. Lessons learned 2015
- Socioeconomic and labor typification of the territory of the Community of Madrid. Conclusions and recommendations 2015
- Socioeconomic and labor typification of the territory of the Community of Madrid. Analysis of the municipalities by conglomerates 2015
- Socioeconomic and labor typification of the territory of the Community of Madrid. Seven natural markets 2015
You can also consult the updated statistical sheets in 2021 and background, in which the demographic, productive and labor market characteristics that define each of the 179 municipalities of the Community of Madrid and its 11 NUTS 4 zones are shown - graphically and comparatively:
- Statistical files on demography and labor market in the municipalities and NUTS 4 areas of the Community of Madrid 2020
- Statistical sheets on demography and labor market by municipalities
More information:
In the following links you can consult the data of your municipality in the complete publication or locate it on an alphabetically ordered list, being able to download the information in the format of the Statistical Files.
- Labor market in Madrid municipalities (full publication, pdf format)
- Statistical sheets by municipalities (available from June 2019 in excel format)
Strategic sectors in the Community of Madrid from the perspective of job creation 2018
This study seeks to identify, defining, measuring and evaluating, the level of performance of sectors and activities that constitute the fabric that sustains the economy of the Community of Madrid, to know which are the strategic sectors with the potential to contribute significantly to economic growth and development. job.
This publication consists of:
Determination of the Effects of Digitization in the Economic Sectors and Occupations of the Community of Madrid. 2017
This report analyzes the impact of digitization on the occupational and sectoral structure of the Community of Madrid, in perspective compared to the whole of Spain in the last five years. Estimates the percentage of employment that has a high risk of being automated in the medium and long term, in the Community of Madrid and in Spain. It describes the occupations with the greatest probability of expansion and decrease, as well as the factors that favor digitization and, consequently, the creation of new companies, jobs and employment relationship models.
Identification of determining employability factors for companies in the Community of Madrid. 2015
The objective of this research is to discover which are the employability factors, non-technical (transversal or soft skills) that determine the hiring of workers in the Community of Madrid in order to plan the employment, training and orientation policy for people. in search of employment.
In addition, it is intended to know the evolution suffered by the employability factors, emphasizing the emerging factors; the selection of employability factors with greater relevance in the labor market according to the opinion of the intermediary agents; the prioritization of skills in hiring through a series of surveys of companies and workers and the assessment of the adjustment between the vision that companies and workers have regarding employability factors.
Trends and projections of the Labor Market
Occupational profiles present in the labor market of the Community of Madrid. 2020, 2022
The objective of this study has been to analyze and describe in terms of skills a group of occupations present in the labor market of the Community of Madrid. To this end, and in order to improve career guidance for job seekers, the management of intermediation and to help training systems for employment keep pace with the needs of the labor market, in order to facilitate access to the required training, the following dimensions of the occupational profiles have been described, from a qualitative point of view:
- identification of the occupation;
- mission and functions;
- technical-professional skills and knowledge (according to ESCO -European Classification of Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations-)
- transversal and key competences;
- training and professional experience;
- working conditions and context.
It consists of a document with information on the process and hyperlinks to the occupations:
The profiles can also be consulted online in the content "Occupations in the labor market" and complete the information with the details of the Statistical files by occupation.
This report is part of the Employment Monitor Project.
Identification of trends in the economic sectors of the Community of Madrid 2021
The reports in this study delve into the trends in productive activities in Professional family, by consulting bibliographical sources and sectoral experts, in order to detect lines of evolution in the short and medium term, the professional profiles most relevant and its main competencies. It consists of:
Report Main trends and bibliography. NEW
Reports of professional families:
- Physical and sports activities
- Administration and management
- Commerce and marketing
- Building and civil works
- Electricity and electronic
- Hostel and Tourism
- Personal image
- Image and sound
- IT and communications
- Instalation and maintenance
- Socio-cultural and community services
- Agriculture and food industry. NEW
- Health. NEW
- Transport and maintenance of vehicles. NEW
- energy and water.
- Graphic arts.
- Textile, clothing and leather.
- arts and crafts.
- Mechanical manufacturing.
- Security and environment. NEW
- Chemical. NEW
- Wood, furniture and cork. NEW
Determination of employment and qualification projections in the Community of Madrid 2015, 2020
The main objective of the study is to provide projections of employment and qualification, in the short and long term, for the Community of Madrid. An analytical projection model has been developed with which, based on three macroeconomic evolution scenarios (baseline scenario, optimistic scenario and pessimistic scenario), trends in job demand are analyzed in sectors of economic activity, professional occupations, qualifications and qualification levels (high, medium and low). As regards labor supply, population projections have been made, distinguishing by sex, age group, level of studies and qualifications, in order to know the future evolution of supply and the mismatches between supply and demand have been assessed.
Año 2020:
Projections of employment and qualification in the Community of Madrid 2020-2030 Catalog file
- overview report
- Executive Summary
- Infographics:
Año 2015:
Determination of projections of employment and qualification in the Community of Madrid. 2015. Catalog file
Sectoral employment and training trends in the Community of Madrid. Professional families 2015
Sectoral employment and training trends in the Community of Madrid. Professional families 2015
The purpose of this study is to carry out qualitative research, based on SWOT and Delphi techniques, to determine the priorities of Training for Employment in the Community of Madrid in each of the Professional Families and their Training Areas. To determine these training needs, the study has covered all economic activities with an in-depth analysis of the business scenario and the labor market from the perspective of the main sectoral associations, businessmen and specialists in human resources.
The study has had a high representation, with more than 200 participants in the face-to-face workshops and more than 400 in the sectoral Delphi questionnaires. All with the aim of detecting the qualification needs of employed and unemployed workers, due to mismatches between the supply and demand of professional skills, as well as the appearance of new professional profiles or job-generating market niches.
The publication is structured in two blocks:
- - Sectoral employment and training trends in the Community of Madrid. professional families. Executive report
- - Individual reports of the 24 Professional Families existing in the Community of Madrid:
- Physical and sports activities
- Administration and management
- Agrarian
- Graphic arts
- arts and crafts
- Commerce and marketing
- Building and civil works and installation and maintenance
- Electricity and electronic
- energy and water
- Mechanical manufacturing
- Hostel and Tourism
- Personal image
- Image and sound
- Food industries
- Extractive industries
- IT and communications
- Wood, furniture and cork
- Chemical industry
- Health
- Security and environment
- Socio-cultural and community services
- Textile, clothing and leather
- Transport and maintenance of vehicles
- glass and ceramic
Survey of Unemployed Workers of the Community of Madrid 2017
The purpose of this report is to carry out a survey of unemployed workers in the Community of Madrid, considering their administrative situation of being or not registered in the Employment Offices, in order to identify their profile as job seekers based on the resources and skills they have. they use in their search for a job, the perceived barriers and shortcomings regarding their insertion, their expectations, needs and interests in training and guidance, as well as the actions they request from the Employment Service to improve their employability.
Survey of Unemployed Workers of the Community of Madrid 2017. Results report
Survey of Unemployed Workers of the Community of Madrid 2017. Presentation
Evaluation of employment programs and services
Evaluation of the impact of employment incentives and mixed employment and training programs of the General Directorate of the Public Employment Service. 2022 - NEW
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the system of incentives for hiring and mixed employment and training programs managed by the General Directorate of the Public Employment Service of the Community of Madrid. In particular, an attempt has been made to determine the effectiveness of these incentives in terms of improving the employability of participating individuals, maintaining employment, as well as the quality of the jobs achieved. These subsidies were aimed at: women, young people, people over 45 years of age, long-term unemployed people, people with disabilities and people at risk of social exclusion. The final objective is to see if the actions analyzed constitute an effective instrument for the generation of stable employment, if they help to reduce temporary employment and if they contribute to improving access to employment for the most vulnerable people.
This publication consists of the following Reports:
Needs and expectations of unemployed workers, in terms of support services for professional integration
This research deals with the support needs and expectations that the unemployed in the Community of Madrid, users or non-users of the Employment Offices, have in relation to the Public Employment Service, analyzing the influence of their training and professional trajectories. about the insertion perspectives, and about the use of the different job search resources.
To do this, a survey has been carried out on more than 3.500 unemployed people.
Specifically, the research provides information on the resources and skills they use in the job search; the perceived difficulties and deficiencies with regard to their insertion; expectations, needs and interests regarding the job search process; and the actions required by the employment service to improve their employability. Likewise, the most recent milestones in the labor and training trajectories of the unemployed have been analysed; and all this, in order to obtain a profile that allows the identification of different types of action, needs and expectations, taking into account the set of variables collected and analyzed.
Satisfaction and performance of the Employment, Training, Guidance for Employment and Entrepreneurship services of the Community of Madrid 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
The main objective of the study is to know and measure the degree of satisfaction of the users regarding the benefits or services they receive, as well as their performance in the opinion of the users themselves. More specifically, through a telephone survey, the aim is to understand the perception that jobseekers and employers have of the services provided in 2019.
These services are focused on information, guidance, training, mediation and employment programs for applicants and on information and advice, mediation and employment programs for employers.
To this end, in 2019 a total of 2.734 surveys to job seekers y 306 to employers.
The study consists of three documents:
Satisfaction and performance of the Employment services of the Community of Madrid 2019
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
To this end, more than 2018 telephone surveys were carried out annually until 1.400. They are made up of two documents:
- Satisfaction and Performance of Services Job vacancies of the Community of Madrid. 2018
- Satisfaction and Performance of Services Employment, Training and Guidance of the Community of Madrid, 2017 and 2015:
Evaluation of the individual impact of the Active Employment Policies 2015, 2018
The object of the investigation 2018 is to know the impact of individual and personalized employment services, programs and itineraries implemented in the Community of Madrid, as well as the result of the combination of different services and programs and actions carried out in each itinerary. The impact is evaluated for all the applicants who have participated in the different policies and also for specific groups (young people under 30 years of age; long-term unemployed over 45 years of age and women in unskilled occupations). This analysis has made it possible to detect "good practices" by knowing the impact of each of these services, programs or itineraries in particular and of all of them on the applicants and groups that have been participating in them.
- Evaluation of the individual impact of the Active Employment Policies 2018. General report of all plaintiffs.
- Evaluation of the individual impact of the Active Employment Policies 2018. Presentation.
- Evaluation of the individual impact of the Active Employment Policies 2018. Specific Groups Report.
The objective of the research 2015 is to evaluate the individual impact of the active employment policies of the Community of Madrid that ended in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The evaluation has been carried out for three groups: all applicants, young people under 30 years of age and long-term unemployed . The individual impact of a policy is defined as the difference between the benefit that the person obtains after participating in the policy and what they would have obtained if they had not participated; the latter cannot be observed, but it is approximated from other people with similar characteristics who have not participated in it (control group). In said evaluation, quantitative techniques have been used fundamentally (econometric models) and the data has been nuanced with qualitative techniques.
- Evaluation of the individual impact of the 2015 Active Employment Policies. All groups.
- Evaluation of the individual impact of the Active Employment Policies 2015. Executive Report.
- of the individual impact of the 2015 Active Employment Policies. Young people under 30 years of age.
- Evaluation of the individual impact of the 2015 Active Employment Policies. Long-term unemployed.
Evaluation of training against the labor market
Qualification needs of the labor market of the Community of Madrid 2021
Framed report, together with two other complementary documents, in an investigation in order to determine the training needs of Madrid workers, both employed and unemployed, and establish indicators who value these qualification demands. Specifically, the research is based on a survey of companies in the Community of Madrid with 2 or more workers, in which they are asked about the lack of training, the evolution of hiring, organizational changes, etc.
These documents present the results and assess the training needs found, differentiating between technical and personal skills, and taking as a reference for the latter, those established in the European Classification of Skills/competences, qualifications and occupations (ESCO).
The data is shown by Sectoral Groups and by Occupations, also taking into account other variables such as the size of the companies, their age, scope of activity, organizational structure, etc. This exploitation allows identifying in which productive areas of the Region the training demands are produced, as well as the type and degree of need expressed by the companies surveyed.
This publication consists of the following Reports:
3. Business structure. Executive report.
4. Indicators of need for internal and external training.
5. Indicators of the need for internal and external training. Executive report.
6. Training needs by sectors and occupations.
7. Training needs by sectors and occupations. Executive report.
Background to this post
The Business Structure in the Community of Madrid 2015, 2017, 2019
Through a survey of companies in the Community of Madrid, with 2 or more workers, the aim is to find out the occupational structure of said companies, and identify the different jobs (occupations) that make them up, as well as the number of workers in each one. of them, the appearance of new jobs, the evolution of employment and hiring forecasts and likewise determine the training needs, both of the employed and the unemployed, and indicators that translate said training needs.
It consists of two biannual documents:
- The business structure of the Community of Madrid. Report 2019
- The business structure of the Community of Madrid. Presentation 2019
- The business structure of the Community of Madrid. Report 2017
- The business structure of the Community of Madrid. Presentation 2017
- The business structure in the Community of Madrid. 2015 report
- The business structure in the Community of Madrid. Presentation 2015
This study is related to the publication Training needs in the Community of Madrid of this same Employment Monitor project.
Training needs in the Community of Madrid 2015, 2017, 2019
This report is part of the Employment Monitor Project and aims, by conducting a survey of companies in the Community of Madrid with 2 or more workers, to determine the training needs of both employed and unemployed workers and indicators that translate these training needs.
The analysis of the training demand has been carried out at three levels: at a first level, it is about seeing to what extent the different types of companies are more or less affected by training needs considering the Sectorial Group, size, seniority , the scope of activity and the organizational structure. At a second level, the focus of analysis moves to the workers to find out, according to the Sector and Occupational Group in which they are immersed, the different types of training demanded. Finally, an analysis is carried out for each of the sectoral groups, specifying the demands for technical training, in personal skills, computer skills, in languages or in new skills that workers require according to their Occupational Group, associating a module to the training demand. training capable of satisfying it.
It consists of two biannual documents:
- Training needs in the Community of Madrid. 2019 Report
- Training needs in the Community of Madrid. 2019 Presentation
- Training needs in the Community of Madrid. 2017 Report
- Training needs in the Community of Madrid. 2017 Presentation
- Training needs in the Community of Madrid. 2015 Report
- Training needs in the Community of Madrid. 2015 Presentation
This study is related to the publication Business structure in the Community of Madrid, within this same Employment Monitor project.
Labor insertion. Certificates of Professionalism in the Community of Madrid 2015-2016 /2016-2017/2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021
The general objective of this report is to analyze access to the labor market for people who carry out these training actions; it deals with the study of the insertion to twelve months (one year) of the students who participated - with the result of apto - in the courses directed preferably to unemployed.
Job placement data by specialty
- Consult study 2020-2021
- Consult study 2019-2020
- Consult study 2018-2019. Also available the presentation (click here)
- Consult study 2017-2018
- Consult study 2016-2017
- Consult study 2015-2016
Job placement data by specialty
Labor insertion of graduates in Vocational Training in the Community of Madrid 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Studies of Labor insertion of graduates in Vocational Training in the Community of Madrid They offer relevant data that allow analyzing the insertion in the labor market of graduates in Vocational Training in the year following the completion of their degrees. All this refers to the group of students who completed their studies in public centers of the Community of Madrid, obtaining the qualification of "apt" in the training cycles of Basic Level, Intermediate Level and Higher Level.
To carry out these studies, a database has been created from the crossing of three sources of information: Database of people who completed their Vocational Training studies in public centers in the Community of Madrid, the Register of Employment Contracts Work of the Community of Madrid and the Register of Job Seekers of the Community of Madrid.
- Consult study 2019-2020
- Consult study 2018-2019
- Consult study 2017-2018
- Consult study 2016-2017
- Consult study 2015-2016
- Consult study 2013-2014 and 2014-2015
Job placement data by training cycles:
Survey of participants in training actions aimed primarily at employed workers. 2018
The purpose of this report is to know the opinion of workers who have attended as students the courses carried out during 2017 within the framework of Training for Employment and, specifically, in the Offer Training calls promoted by the Community of Madrid and directed, preferably, to employed workers. The purpose of the study is to measure the impact of the training acquired on the professional development of these students, assess the training experience and collect information on current training needs.
- Survey of participants in training actions aimed primarily at employed workers. Results report 2018
- Survey of participants in training actions aimed primarily at employed workers. Presentation 2018
Implementation of certificates of Professionalism in the Community of Madrid. 2013 - 2015
This research aims to identify the situation of the implementation of Certificates
of Professionalism from a territorial and sectorial point of view, with the purpose of
design action measures against possible imbalances, in order to bring to light
Employability niches via certificates that do not materialize because there is no
training offer.
The information obtained by crossing databases of centers is analyzed.
of accredited training, of centers awarded the training calls
for employment, accredited non-subsidized training centers and
training priorities according to programming model, among others.
Study on the women's labor market
Study on women victims of gender violence. Profiling, employment/training needs and measures for their labor insertion.2021
Study on this group with information from different perspectives that provides, among other techniques, the rare value of a survey of more than a hundred women victims of gender violence. The results of the analysis allow us to advance in the reflection on the care model provided by the Employment Offices of the Community of Madrid and provide different proposals for improving the support services for the labor insertion of these women, which in the most of the cases it contributes to the real way out of the situation of violence.
This publication consists of two reports:
Studies on the labor market of various groups
Studies on the labor market of young people
Analysis of job adaptation and professional trajectories of young people in the medium and long term in the Community of Madrid
The general objective of this study has been to analyze the relevant variables that condition the professional adaptation of young people from the Community of Madrid to the labor market, from their incorporation and during the subsequent years of their work career, with the purpose of knowing the stability employment and/or transitions to other employment situations, as well as employment and salary dynamics and the influence of the initial educational mismatch on subsequent results in order to see whether or not they improve over time.
The labor trajectories of young workers (from 16 to 35 years old) in the Community of Madrid who enter the labor market for the first time at different points in time have been analysed. This population of young people has been followed up during the first five and ten years of their working lives (in the medium and long term, respectively), for which the Continuous Sample of Working Lives (MCVL) has been used. A comparative vision with the rest of Spain is also offered.
This publication consists of the following reports:
- Infographic 1: Employment trajectories of young people in the Community of Madrid
- Infographic 2: Contractual trajectories of young people in the Community of Madrid
- Infographic 3: Salary dynamics of young people in the Community of Madrid
- Infographic 4: Initial educational mismatch of young people in the Community of Madrid
- Infographic 5: Evolution of the educational mismatch of young people in the Community of Madrid
Studies on the labor market of people with disabilities
Economic Impact of the Special Employment Centers in the Community of Madrid 2017
The objective of this research is to estimate the economic flows that the special employment centers (CEE) receive from the public administration, and those that return to it. Executed spending, personal income tax, Social Security, corporate and indirect taxes, unemployment benefits and pensions, among others, are taken into account.
This research will also serve to compare results with studies carried out previously in the Public Employment Service and others carried out by entities and companies on similar topics.
Studies on the self-employed labor market
Evolution of the self-employed worker profile in the Community of Madrid based on the Continuous Sample of Working Lives (MCVL) 2020
This study is part of the project Employment Monitor and its objective is to exploit the files of the Continuous Sample of Labor Lives (MCVL) to analyze the social and labor characteristics of self-employed workers in the region, as well as their work trajectories. The analysis has been carried out based on the cross-sectional exploitation (for self-employed workers of each year of the period considered) and longitudinal exploitation (for the same people over time) of the data from the administrative files of the MCVL referring to the employed population of the Community of Madrid for the period 2008-2018.
This publication consists of two documents:
- Evolution of the self-employed worker profile in the Community of Madrid based on the Continuous Sample of Working Lives (MCVL): Results report
European Union Employment Newsletter
Employment Bulletin in the Council of the European Union EPSSCO 2010-2023. periodic publication
Informative bulletin on the actions in labor matters that are dealt with in the Council of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers (EPSSCO), in which the representation of the General Directorate of the Public Employment Service is present.
This monthly technical report also includes statistics, data and news related to employment in the Community of Madrid and in the European Union. Collects monthly data since January 2010.
Guide to aid and incentives for employment, training, self-employment and entrepreneurship
Guide to grants and incentives for employment, training, the self-employed and entrepreneurship
Compilation of subsidies and aid from the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment managed by the General Directorates of the Public Employment Service, Training and Self-Employed and Entrepreneurship.
It is an irregularly updated publication that offers employers and citizens a tool to which the aid and subsidies that the Community of Madrid allocates to job creation, training, the self-employed and entrepreneurship will be incorporated, classified by the type of beneficiary to whom they are directed and taking into account the recipient/participant of the program. Updated 10/02/2002
Employment Studies co-financed by the European Social Fund
The European Social Fund invests in your future
The European Union, through the European Social Fund, helps to finance most of these studies, with a co-financing rate of 50 percent, within the framework of the Operational Program 2014-2020, from the European Social Fund of the Community of Madrid , Priority Axis 8A Technical Assistance, Specific Objective 2: “Carry out quality studies and evaluations to measure the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the Operational Program”, in order to have quality evaluations and studies, in relation to the different topics addressed in the Operational Program, that allow determining the validity and the results achieved, and where appropriate, help make decisions that are necessary for the maintenance or modification of the actions to be carried out."
You can consult information on the projects and programs co-financed by the European funds in the Community of Madrid and on the website of the European Union on regional policies.
Other labor market statistics reports
Periodic information on Registered Unemployment, Hiring, Affiliation and Active Population (EPA), according to different variables and special groups: foreigners, young people, disabled, etc., as well as an application to customize statistical reports on active, inactive, employed, employed, unemployed people ...
Where to find more publications
All these studies of the Labor Market and others on various topics can be consulted in the online catalog of Publications of the Community of Madrid.