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Education · Adaptive Capacity (Census)

The Whole Workforce on the Quadrant

Same framework as /education/adaptive-capacity but expanded to every 3-digit SOC minor group in the IoM census — not just the slice UCM teaches toward. The point is to see, on one chart, where the UCM-served population sits inside the wider workforce, and where the no-pathway-at-all groups cluster.

🌗AI Transition Era · context for the analysis below

We're in a weird transition phase — read every signal twice.

Labour market signals and AI disruption are arriving at the same time. UCM is a partner in the response, not the target of analysis. Where we flag a gap, treat it as an opportunity to lead.

Why two adaptive-capacity pages?

UCM-served slice. The 4-digit SOCs UCM offers training for — about 12,000 census workers across 66 occupations. Capacity is scored from per-occupation UCM pathway depth. This is the page UCM curriculum committee uses to identify cohort-scaling and catalogue-gap priorities.

/education/adaptive-capacity-census (this page)

Whole census. Every 3-digit SOC minor group on the Island — about 43,313 workers across 105 groups. Capacity is rolled up from UCM to 3-digit; groups with zero UCM pathways score very low on capacity, which is the policy point. This is the page Treasury / DfE workforce planners use to see where the wider workforce sits relative to the UCM-served population.

Both pages use the same exposure threshold (≥ 50) and capacity threshold (≥ 50). The UCM-served quadrant's 32.1% vulnerable share is a hotspots-map number; this page's vulnerable share is a population-level number. The two are complementary, not duplicative — read them together.

⚠️Vulnerable
4.2%
7 minor groups · 1,812 of 43,313

High AI exposure × low adaptive capacity.

🤝Mobile
0.0%
0 minor groups · 0 of 43,313

High exposure × high capacity.

🛡️Overqualified
11.0%
9 minor groups · 4,773 of 43,313

Low exposure × high capacity.

🏠Sheltered
84.8%
89 minor groups · 36,728 of 43,313

Low exposure × low capacity.

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4.2% of the whole IoM workforce sits in the vulnerable cell

Across all 105 3-digit SOC minor groups in the IoM census (43,313 workers covered), the vulnerable cell — high AI exposure × low adaptive capacity — accounts for 4.2% of workers. The number is structurally lower than the UCM-served page's 32.1% because we're now including the lower-exposure trades and care occupations the UCM-served slice excluded. But the absolute headcount tells the policy story: whatever fraction it is, that's the population whose retraining infrastructure is the thinnest.

No-pathway flag: 46.2% of the IoM workforce (20,026 workers) sits in 3-digit SOC minor groups where UCM offers zero qualifying pathways. That fraction isn't in the years-to-absorb arithmetic at all — there is no supply tap to scale. It's a different policy problem: catalogue addition, not cohort scaling. Read the table below; rows with “0” in the UCM courses column are the no-pathway groups.
Filter cellsPathway
Major group
02550751000255075100AI exposure score (low ← → high)Adaptive capacity score (low ← → high)🛡️ Overqualified🤝 Mobile🏠 Sheltered⚠️ Vulnerable — high exposure × low capacity

Each dot is a 3-digit SOC minor group; size = census workforce in that group.Pink dashed border marks groups with zero UCM pathway — the catalogue-gap groups. Hover for detail.

Every census 3-digit SOC minor group, scored

CellMinor group Workers Exposure Capacity Median £ UCM courses Grads/yrLagSkill xfer
🏠 Sheltered
113Functional Managers and Directors· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS2 4-digit SOCs
4,8234146£67k1625518mo54
🏠 Sheltered
411Administrative Occupations: Government and Related Organisations· ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS
2,658238£30k0
🏠 Sheltered
614SOC 614· CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS5 4-digit SOCs
1,66642433047112mo41
🛡️ Overqualified
242Finance professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS4 4-digit SOCs
1,6463588£46k74138618mo41
🏠 Sheltered
356Public Services Associate Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
1,6042600
🏠 Sheltered
412Administrative Occupations: Finance· ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS
1,528397£27k0
🏠 Sheltered
711Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers· SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
1,505383£14k0
🏠 Sheltered
531Construction and Building Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS5 4-digit SOCs
1,492947£33k2945718mo46
🏠 Sheltered
923Elementary Security Occupations· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
1,390350£3k0
🏠 Sheltered
231Teaching professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS3 4-digit SOCs
1,2883825£40k34824mo19
🏠 Sheltered
354Business Associate Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
1,0944424£36k12018mo117
🏠 Sheltered
213Information technology professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS3 4-digit SOCs
1,0234237£53k1117824mo59
🏠 Sheltered
927SOC 927· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
1,0103600
⚠️ Vulnerable
421Secretarial and Related Occupations· ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS
988526£23k0
🏠 Sheltered
821Road Transport Drivers· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
941309£33k0
🛡️ Overqualified
353Finance Associate Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS3 4-digit SOCs
8993871£45k5397818mo87
🏠 Sheltered
543Food Preparation and Hospitality Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS2 4-digit SOCs
8702735£25k1324418mo18
🏠 Sheltered
223Nursing professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
8081441£37k2230324mo27
🏠 Sheltered
416SOC 416· ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS
7991800
🏠 Sheltered
612Animal Care and Control Services· CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS2 4-digit SOCs
7731733£27k919618mo13
🛡️ Overqualified
212Engineering professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
7072950£53k3641236mo22
🏠 Sheltered
111Chief Executives and Senior Officials· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
7043300
🏠 Sheltered
125Managers and Proprietors in Other Services· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
6733614£52k0
🏠 Sheltered
511Agricultural and Related Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS2 4-digit SOCs
6181227£28k810024mo92
🏠 Sheltered
221Medical practitioners· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS2 4-digit SOCs
6171832£70k916571
🏠 Sheltered
532Building Finishing Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
5492325£32k32424mo92
🏠 Sheltered
122Managers and Proprietors in Hospitality and Leisure Services· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
539429£35k0
🏠 Sheltered
613Caring Personal Services· CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
515227£25k0
🛡️ Overqualified
524Electrical and Electronic Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS2 4-digit SOCs
4981655£40k4348018mo102
🏠 Sheltered
331Protective Service Occupations· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
4892510£38k0
🏠 Sheltered
622Hairdressers and Related Services· CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS2 4-digit SOCs
4761835£15k1629612mo72
🏠 Sheltered
244Business and financial project management professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
4592841120
🏠 Sheltered
912Elementary Construction Occupations· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
438207£27k0
🏠 Sheltered
321Health Associate Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
406197£28k0
🛡️ Overqualified
311Science, Engineering and Production Technicians· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS3 4-digit SOCs
4002960£35k5162424mo61
🏠 Sheltered
241Legal professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
3874116£40k26045
🏠 Sheltered
523Vehicle Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS2 4-digit SOCs
3101732£35k914018mo101
🛡️ Overqualified
522Metal Machining, Fitting and Instrument Making Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS3 4-digit SOCs
2971850£38k3641218mo58
🏠 Sheltered
924Elementary Sales Occupations· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
285364£16k0
⚠️ Vulnerable
313Information Technology Technicians· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
2845530£34k914624mo
🏠 Sheltered
112Production Managers and Directors· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
2814015£54k0
⚠️ Vulnerable
344SOC 344· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
27656241015924mo116
🏠 Sheltered
811Process Operatives· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
270248£30k0
🏠 Sheltered
243Business, research, and administrative professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
2294630£48k11207129
🏠 Sheltered
247Librarians and related professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
2274123£33k12018mo
⚠️ Vulnerable
721Customer Service Occupations· SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
219507£28k0
🏠 Sheltered
921Elementary Administration Occupations· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
217367£26k0
🏠 Sheltered
814Assemblers and Routine Operatives· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
196288£30k0
🏠 Sheltered
119SOC 119· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
1853400
🏠 Sheltered
355Sales, Marketing and Related Associate Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
1794710£36k0
🏠 Sheltered
222Therapy professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
1692010£36k0
🏠 Sheltered
521Metal Forming, Welding and Related Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS
1641010£37k0
🏠 Sheltered
312CAD, drawing, and architectural technicians· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
1443000
🛡️ Overqualified
342Design Occupations· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
1383350£36k3353118mo0
🛡️ Overqualified
341Artistic, Literary and Media Occupations· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS3 4-digit SOCs
1274151£38k3353118mo0
🏠 Sheltered
211Natural and social science professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS4 4-digit SOCs
1242737£45k1521224mo0
🏠 Sheltered
621Leisure and Travel Services· CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
1212939£29k1531912mo88
🏠 Sheltered
911Elementary Agricultural Occupations· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
1151900
🏠 Sheltered
124Managers in Logistics, Warehousing and Transport· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
1102411£42k0
🏠 Sheltered
926Other Elementary Services Occupations· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
86237£25k0
🏠 Sheltered
351Transport Associate Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
852300
🏠 Sheltered
117Health and Social Services Managers and Directors· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
773214£51k0
🏠 Sheltered
118SOC 118· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
733400
🏠 Sheltered
962SOC 962· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
681000
🛡️ Overqualified
415Other Administrative Occupations· ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS1 4-digit SOC
614863£25k5194618mo99
🏠 Sheltered
813Plant and Machine Operatives· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
57259£32k0
🏠 Sheltered
116Senior Officers in Protective Services· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
573319£67k0
🏠 Sheltered
544Other Skilled Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS
56328£29k0
🏠 Sheltered
823Other Drivers and Transport Operatives· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
542016£58k0
🏠 Sheltered
115Managers and Directors in Retail and Wholesale· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
534110£36k0
🏠 Sheltered
812Metal Working Machine Operatives· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
502200
🏠 Sheltered
541Textiles and Garments Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS
49327£26k0
🏠 Sheltered
624Cleaning and Housekeeping Managers and Supervisors· CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
48316£25k0
🏠 Sheltered
323Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
48456£22k0
🏠 Sheltered
246Welfare professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
462010£35k0
🏠 Sheltered
245Architects, chartered architectural technologists, planning officers, surveyors, and construction professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
453711£40k0
🏠 Sheltered
343Sports and Fitness Occupations· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
4163£13k0
🏠 Sheltered
913Elementary Process Plant Occupations· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
34197£27k0
🏠 Sheltered
922Elementary Cleaning Occupations· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
29167£25k0
🏠 Sheltered
822Mobile Machine Drivers and Operatives· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
23329£34k0
🏠 Sheltered
123Managers and Proprietors in Health and Care Services· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
232911£39k0
⚠️ Vulnerable
611Teaching and Childcare Support Occupations· CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
22534£17k0
⚠️ Vulnerable
214Web and multimedia design professionals· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
226411£39k0
🏠 Sheltered
712Sales Related Occupations· SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
21297£28k0
🏠 Sheltered
413Administrative Occupations: Records· ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS
21418£29k0
🏠 Sheltered
121Managers and Proprietors in Agriculture Related Services· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
16349£33k0
🏠 Sheltered
132SOC 132· MANAGERS, DIRECTORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
141000
🏠 Sheltered
623Housekeeping and Related Services· CARING, LEISURE AND OTHER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
13305£21k0
🏠 Sheltered
315SOC 315· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
133500
🏠 Sheltered
816Production, Factory and Assembly Supervisors· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
92410£35k0
🏠 Sheltered
542Printing Trades· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS
8357£27k0
🏠 Sheltered
824SOC 824· PROCESS, PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATIVES
73200
🏠 Sheltered
999SOC 999· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
71000
🏠 Sheltered
914SOC 914· ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS
62000
🏠 Sheltered
000SOC 000· Major group 0
51000
🏠 Sheltered
533Construction and Building Trades Supervisors· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS
42612£45k0
🏠 Sheltered
414Administrative Occupations: Office Managers and Supervisors· ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS
4349£35k0
🏠 Sheltered
235SOC 235· PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
43800
🏠 Sheltered
722Customer Service Supervisors· SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
1239£34k0
🏠 Sheltered
713Shopkeepers and Sales Supervisors· SALES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE OCCUPATIONS
14700
🏠 Sheltered
549SOC 549· SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS
13100
⚠️ Vulnerable
422SOC 422· ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECRETARIAL OCCUPATIONS
16600
🏠 Sheltered
371SOC 371· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
11000
🏠 Sheltered
357HR, Training and Other Vocational Associate Guidance Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
14500
🏠 Sheltered
352Legal Associate Professionals· ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
1439£32k0

Reading the table: Exposure ≥ 50 = high (red); Capacity ≥ 50 = high (green). UCM courses = parent courses (modules suppressed) targeting any 4-digit SOC inside this 3-digit minor group. Pink “0” values are the no-pathway groups — different policy problem from slow-pipeline groups, see methodology. Grads/yr is the estimated annual UCM throughput. Lag is the fastest qualifying UCM route in months. Click any row with a “4-digit SOCs” counter to see the per-occupation cells inside that minor group — the within-group heterogeneity that the 3-digit aggregation hides.

Methodology — every input visible

AI exposure score (0-100)

0.55 × Felten AIOE + 0.25 × Anthropic automation + 0.20 × (1 − Anthropic augmentation), rescaled to 0-100. The Felten signal substitutes for Frey-Osborne at 3-digit minor-group level (the census view aggregates 4-digit FO out). Cell threshold ≥ 50 = high.

Adaptive capacity score (0-100)
  • UCM pathway count (rolled up to 3-digit) — 30%
  • UCM annual graduate supply — 20%
  • Median wage (mobility proxy) — 20%
  • Training lag, inverted — 15%
  • Field diversity (distinct UCM categories) — 15%

4-digit SOC pathway data from education-page-data.json aggregated to 3-digit minor groups by prefix-matching. Each course contributes once per minor group regardless of how many 4-digit matches it has inside that group.

3-digit aggregation, with drill-down: The quadrant scores at 3-digit minor-group level because that's what vw_census_treemap exposes. Aggregation can hide within-group heterogeneity (one minor group might contain a heavily-exposed and a lightly-exposed 4-digit SOC averaging out). To address this: click any minor-group row in the table to drill into the 4-digit SOCs UCM teaches toward inside that group, with their per-SOC adaptive cell, exposure, capacity, pathways and skill-transferability score. The drill-down covers UCM-served SOCs only — any 4-digit SOC inside the minor group that UCM doesn't teach toward folds into the group's “no-pathway” share but isn't individually enumerated. For pure per-4-digit detail (without the census denominator) use /education/adaptive-capacity directly.

Honest limit 2: the capacity formula is the same shape as the UCM-served page, but for groups with no UCM pathway the only non-zero component is the wage normalisation. So a high-wage no-pathway group (e.g. some senior-management cells) scores moderate capacity even with no UCM offer — interpreted as “these workers can self-fund transitions”. A low-wage no-pathway group floors near zero, which is the right signal.

Source: NBER Working Paper w34705 (Manning & Aguirre, January 2026). The blog post Who's Exposed AND Stuck? walks through the full reasoning behind both pages.

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Need per-occupation detail? This page sits at 3-digit minor-group granularity. For per-4-digit SOC scoring (the actual occupations UCM teaches toward, with their per-SOC pathway count, supply tap, lag, years-to-absorb and skill-transferability) jump to /education/adaptive-capacity. That page is the curriculum-committee shopping list; this page is the population-level map. Read them as a pair.
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