How we’ve enhanced our Standard Occupational Classification to help better understand the UK jobs market. The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) is a framework used to classify occupations according to skill level and specialisation. It assigns all jobs a four-digit code …
DataConnect21 is almost here - a week of over 70 free online events and sessions for anyone working with data in the UK government and public sector - 27 September to 1 October. DataConnect21 is co-hosted by the Government Data …
We always try and find ways to explain what Data Architecture is. We even penned a blog about it a few months ago to try and come up with a half decent analogy for it. However, upon a re-watching of …
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution It’s been a weird old time since March (extra points if you’ve heard that opening before) and the lockdown. However, Data Architecture is continuing to undertake the important work we do making sure the data our …
As more organisations decide to do more with their data, they frequently feel the need for creating a strategy to do so: a Data Strategy. Questions that normally follow this realisation are what exactly is a Data Strategy, what does …
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Office for National Statistics Hello! My name is Matt Davies. I am the Stakeholder Engagement Manager for Data Architecture in the Office for National Statistics (ONS). My main aim is to promote the work that our …
Metadata. Everyone agrees we should have it, but in the busy worlds we operate in it’s the first thing labelled as “good to have” but not essential. This is dangerous as government departments gather economy-driven information, which, in order to …
The Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are working closely with government departments to improve how we manage and maintain data. The Government Transformation Strategy published in 2017 had a whole section on making better …
The ONS's Tomas Sanchez makes his case for the purpose for this blog and explains some of the history that led to its inception.