Prosperity 2030 UCL · IGP Prosperity 2030

Jobs

Half a million new jobs

Household Effect · work, economics, care, transport
Net Jobs Created
547,000
Net of Skills Centres cross over
Transport jobs
84,000
Net of Skills Centres cross over
Skills Centres Jobs
300,000
Trainees & Apprentices

The rollout of new services and the Skills Centre network are responsible for the creation of over half a million new jobs, of which more than 90% are full-time.

The largest single component, about 55% of the jobs, is the Skills Centre Apprentice and Trainee network, whose wages are met by levies and firm charges rather than the programme budget.

Jobs by P2030 Policy

Apart from Skills Centres, the programme-funded work is concentrated in transport, technical, and catering, representing 200,000 jobs. These are created to deliver the Universal Transport Service, and the National Food and Digital Services.

Jobs by Sector

Detail

Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)

The Skills Centre pipeline creates 300,000 apprentice and trainee positions, of which the 120,000 trainee places are designed as a no-qualification entry route from age 16, the structural route for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET). Against a NEET population of one million at the start of 2026, the trainee tier alone represents about 12% of the total and about 25% of the 400,000 work-ready, job-seeking NEETs (44% of NEET young people report a work-limiting health condition1). Not every place will be filled by a former NEET, so the pipeline represents capacity, not delivery.

Net v Gross job numbers

Skills Centres are the programme's labour pipeline for construction and care, among other sectors. Community Housing construction and the Universal Care Service capacity expansion therefore draw partly on the same Apprentices/Trainees already counted under Skills Centres. The Net numbers are net of identified overlaps, removing the two most clearly double-counted rows. Residual partial overlaps (heating installers, some other care posts) mean the true net-additional figure is likely lower again.

Jobs created in parts of the P2030 Programme

Policy (H2) Role Pay range (annual) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Universal Transport Service Bus drivers £33,200 gross (£38,000 incl. NI + pension) 19,844 39,688 59,531 79,374
Universal Transport Service Bus maintenance technicians (fitters, auto-electricians, HV) £30,000-£42,000 890 1,790 2,680 3,570
Universal Transport Service Bus manufacturing & supply chain £28,000-£40,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 4,000 2,000
Universal Transport Service Depot & highway construction £30,000-£45,000 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 500
NFS : Community Food Centres CFC frontline staff (cooks, kitchen, front-of-house) £25,000-£30,000 11,400 25,600 42,600 54,000 54,000
NFS : Community Food Centres CFC regional & national management ~£40,000 360 810 1,340 1,700 1,700
NFS : School Meals Catering staff (year-round extension) £11,500 gross (~18.75 hrs/wk; ~£23,000 FTE) 8,000 13,000 17,000 20,000 20,000
NFS : Participating Venues (no NFS-employed staff) n/a - - - - -
Energy for the Future Heating electrification installers / heating engineers £30,000-£45,000 - 7,900 15,800 23,600 31,500
Energy for the Future Smart-grid device manufacture (controllers, comms modules, home energy hubs) £26,000-£42,000 - 500 1,000 1,600 2,000
Energy for the Future Smart-grid data services (DERMS, telemetry, dispatch, cybersecurity) £45,000-£90,000 - 700 1,500 2,400 3,000
Energy for the Future Smart-grid install assist (device deployment & commissioning) £24,000-£35,000 - 600 1,200 2,000 2,500
Energy for the Future Distribution-network reinforcement (substations, transformers, cable, monitoring) £32,000-£55,000 - 800 1,800 2,800 3,500
Energy for the Future Community energy (project development, install, O&M, technical assistance) £24,000-£45,000 - 160 400 640 800
Energy for the Future Community energy (project development, install, O&M, technical assistance) £17,250 gross (~18.75 hrs/wk) - 240 600 960 1,200
Skills Centres Apprentice positions (salaried) £19,500 base (£13.54/hr availability) 3,000 40,000 99,000 144,000 180,000
Skills Centres Trainee positions (salaried) £7,525 base (£6.27/hr availability) 2,000 27,000 66,000 96,000 120,000
National Digital Service Data infrastructure, engineering & security (commission workforce) £45,000-£90,000 - 1,000 2,200 3,200 4,000
National Digital Service Digital ID operations, service desk & inclusion £24,000-£45,000 210 560 1,050 1,400 1,750
National Digital Service Digital ID inclusion, outreach & assisted verification £17,250 gross (~18.75 hrs/wk) 90 240 450 600 750
Community Housing Construction & delivery trades (supported) £28,000-£45,000 18,000 30,000 40,000 45,000 48,000
Community Housing Stewardship, maintenance & lettings £25,000-£40,000 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Right to Life Hospice & palliative service expansion (nurses, HCAs, counsellors) £24,000-£48,000 - 1,375 2,750 4,400 5,500
Right to Life Hospice & palliative service expansion (nurses, HCAs, counsellors) £18,000 gross (~18.75 hrs/wk) - 1,125 2,250 3,600 4,500
Right to Life Facility construction & refurbishment £28,000-£45,000 - 3,000 3,000 3,000 2,000
Air Passenger Duty Domestic tourism & hospitality (staycation shift) £12,500 gross (~18.75 hrs/wk; ~£25,000 FTE) 5,000 5,500 6,000 6,500 7,000
Universal Care Service Expanded care capacity (new posts within existing eligibility) £23,000-£30,000 (NLW+) - 5,000 11,000 17,500 20,000
Universal Care Service Expanded care capacity (new posts within existing eligibility) £13,250 gross (~18.75 hrs/wk) - 5,000 11,000 17,500 20,000
Local Service Hubs Hub core teams (managers, reception/triage, Digital ID/navigation) £24,000-£42,000 540 2,040 3,600 5,280 6,900
Local Service Hubs Hub core teams (reception/triage, Digital ID/navigation) £16,500 gross (~18.75 hrs/wk) 360 1,360 2,400 3,520 4,600
TOTAL counted positions (gross) 56,460 202,744 384,918 533,911 635,644
less: roles overlapping Skills Centres pipeline (Community Housing construction; UCS expanded capacity) (18,000) (40,000) (62,000) (80,000) (88,000)
TOTAL net of identified overlaps 38,460 162,744 322,918 453,911 547,644

[Jobs per P2030 policy from Appendices]

Related7 links across 2 groups
Complements
Structural Measure

Community Housing

Structural Measure

Energy Security

Structural Measure

National Digital Service

Universal Service

National Food Service

Universal Service

Universal Care Service

Universal Service

Universal Transport Service

Depends on
Structural Measure

Skills Centres

  1. Young people and work: interim report. 1.3 Health, Milburn Review, DWP, June 2026 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-people-and-work-interim-report/young-people-and-work-interim-report#chapter-1-who-are-the-uks-neet-young-people ↩

Published 6 June 2026 · Updated 21 June 2026