The Datum Report

Measure · Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

3211 : Dispensing opticians

No short definition is available for this measure. The producer's documentation below is the authority on what it counts.

Published byONS
SeriesAnnual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
How oftenAnnual (calendar-year windows)
Basissurvey
CoversDec. 31, 2021 to March 31, 2026 (18 periods)
Geographiescountry, region
Areas held19, of which 8 withheld (42.1%)
LicenceOGL-UK-3.0

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Each of these is measured from the data rather than written down, so it stays true as the data changes.

The producer publishes an interval for this measure but does not document its basis. It is shown as a range and never as precision.

8 of 19 areas are withheld by the producer. Most commonly: Estimate and confidence interval not available since the group sample size is zero or disclosive (0-2)

This is one slice of a breakdown with many categories. It is shown behind a disclosure and never ranked against other areas, because a label that pools thousands of rows into one comparison produces rankings that mean nothing.

Others in this series

A definition is often only clear beside its siblings.

MeasureWhat it counts
1 : Managers, Directors And Senior Official —
11 : Corporate Managers And Directors —
111 : Chief Executives and Senior Officials —
1111 : Chief executives and senior officials —
1112 : Elected officers and representatives —
112 : Production Managers and Directors —
1121 : Production managers and directors in manufacturing —
1122 : Production managers and directors in construction —
1123 : Production managers and directors in mining and energy —
113 : Functional Managers and Directors —
1131 : Financial managers and directors —
1132 : Marketing, sales and advertising directors —
1133 : Public relations and communications directors —
1134 : Purchasing managers and directors —
1135 : Charitable organisation managers and directors —
1136 : Human resource managers and directors —
1137 : Information technology directors —
1139 : Functional managers and directors n.e.c. —
114 : Directors in Logistics, Warehousing and Transport —
1140 : Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport —

Latest figures

AreaValuePeriod
East 1100.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
East Midlands 1100.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Scotland 1600.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
South East 2400.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
South West 600.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Yorkshire and The Humber 1400.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
England 7200.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
England and Wales 7600.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Great Britain 9200.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
Scotland 1600.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026
United Kingdom 9200.0 Apr 2025-Mar 2026