National Apprenticeship Week: apprenticeships in numbers
- Emma Finamore
- 15 Mar 2016
Did you know 28,000 apprenticeship vacancies are available online at any one time?

The Skills Funding Agency has released up-to-date apprenticeship facts just in time for National Apprenticeship Week. Here are the vital statistics…
28,000 – the number of apprenticeship vacancies available online at any one time
1,583,669 – the number of apprenticeship on-line applications in 2014-15
1,500 – apprenticeship job roles
170 – apprenticeship industries, from advertising to youth work and from environmental engineering to legal
1,300 – employers involved in designing the new apprenticeships standards
194 – apprenticeship standards have been published so far, of which over 60 are higher and degree apprenticeships
871,800 – funded apprentices participated on an apprenticeship 2014-15
19% – proportion of advanced apprentices that progress to higher education
89% – proportion of apprentice employers saying it has improved the quality of their product or service
75 – Higher and Degree apprenticeships available, including foundation degrees, HNDs and full honours degrees
90% – proportion of apprentices that stay in employment after their programme
23% – proportion of former apprentices receiving a promotion 12 months of finishing their programme
89% – proportion of apprentices are satisfied with their apprenticeship
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