These sources provide information on FSSC research, focusing on skills gaps and shortages, skills provision and labour market trends in the financial services sector.

The Skills Bill - The Skills Bill is the Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) for UK financial services. The FSSC has reported on the first three parts of the SSA which examine the sector’s skills needs now and in the future, the extent to which they are met by existing provision, and the gaps between what employers want and what the labour market and training providers can offer.

The Skills Bill: An agenda for the industry (2007)

The Skills Bill: Assessment of education and training provision in UK financial services (2007)

The Skills Bill: Analysis of skills needs in UK financial services (2007)

Skills demand and forecasting - These reports focus on the demand for labour and skills now and in the future, focusing on specific sectors or areas of interest.

UK Financial Services: Five Years Forward (2006)

Graduate skills and recruitment in the City, FSSC and City of London (2006)

Sector insights - This report is the culmination of the FSSC’s review of skills in wholesale financial services, commissioned by HM Treasury for the Chancellor’s High Level City Group.

Skills review: UK wholesale financial services (2007)

Productivity - This report uses EU KLEMS economic data to discuss the sources of growth in UK financial services, as well as the role of skills in creating employment and value.

The view from Europe: Productivity and change in UK financial services (2007)

Regional/national focus -These reports outline the findings for Skills Bill research in Scotland and Wales.

The Skills Bill: An agenda for the industry in Scotland (2007)

The Skills Bill: An agenda for the industry in Wales (2007)

Agenda ar gyfer y diwydiant - Canlyniadau Allweddol – Cymru (2007)

These websites offer careers information, advice and guidance to jobseekers hoping to enter the industry through academic or vocational education as well as experienced staff seeking information on career paths in financial services.

FSSC qualifications and careers website – FSSC resource for jobseekers and learners in the industry

Sector specific awarding bodies
Below are a number of links to organisations that design and offer qualifications in financial services. Many are professional bodies that represent their members and promote professionalism in their sectors. Awarding bodies typically provide information on qualifications, professional development and career paths.

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)

Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)

Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA Institute/AIMR)

Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)

Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA)

Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland (CIOBS)

Faculty/Institute of Actuaries

Institute of Financial Services (ifs School of Finance)

Personal Finance Society (PFS)

Pensions Management Institute (PMI) 

Securities & Investment Institute (SII)

UK Society of Investment Professionals (UKSIP)

For further links and links to trade bodies, regulators and other organisations in the sector go to the FSSC website.