Workforce

Currently home to a working population of nearly 225,000, East Kent also has more than 8,000 graduates joining the potential local workforce every year.

East Kent companies enjoy high levels of staff retention from a skilled, flexible and motivated workforce who live and work in the area. Around 75,000 workers are at technical, professional or managerial level. With affordable residential property, this multi-skilled workforce has an attractive quality of life.

East Kent boasts an affordable workforce, with salaries around a fifth cheaper than the South East average and a third lower than London salaries. Plus there's a huge potential for businesses to attract employees to live and work in East Kent - an untapped workforce which commutes to and from London.