QS Employer and Skills Dataset

Trusted employer insight to keep your programmes aligned with real market demand.
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Bridge the education–employment gap

Built for curriculum leaders, accreditation teams, and employability offices, the QS Employer and Skills Dataset maps in-demand skills to your programmes and benchmarks them against employer expectations. With trusted insight into what employers value most, it helps you strengthen partnerships with industry.
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Why employer priorities matter

Every graduate competes in a labour market that’s shifting beneath their feet. Employers are asking for new skills, often before universities have had time to adapt. Without clear signals, programmes risk falling out of step, and partnerships can become harder to sustain. Are you keeping up?

The QS Employer and Skills Dataset consolidates 200,000+ employer inputs, mapping demand across sectors and regions to gives you a trusted, actionable view of which skills are rising in demand, where your programmes already align, and where to focus next.
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200,000+
employer inputs analysed.
Industry and regional insights
covering skills demand across sectors.
Curriculum support
including planning, accreditation and employer engagement.

From market signals to strategy

Employer and Skills makes industry expectations visible and usable. Whether you’re planning curricula, reviewing accreditation, or building partnerships, it gives you a clear line of sight from labour market signals to student outcomes.
Map priority skills to your curriculum
Identify in-demand skills and map them to courses to reveal gaps.
Benchmark against employer expectations
Compare programmes to employer-rated skills and surface key gaps.
Target partnerships and placements
Find hiring organisations to guide partnerships and placements.
Evidence for reviews and accreditation
Export alignment reports to support reviews and accreditation.
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