Economic information and plan

Workforce and skills

CDL

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One of the UK’s leading insurance software houses, employing over 600 people at our campus in Stockport, we remain committed to supporting our local community and workforce.

Underpinning the success of Stockport’s economy is a highly skilled workforce, supporting growth in particular in knowledge-intensive business sectors:

• third largest workforce within Greater Manchester, with 138,000 people employed in almost 14,000 businesses
• 52.2% of Stockport’s residents are qualified to RQF level 4 or above
• 110,000 students across 4 local universities with 40,000 graduates a year
• over 47% (67,000) of the working population have professional occupations